HONOLULU — U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono seems to bristle every time a reporter raises the 2002 race for Hawaii governor — the race where she barely edged Ed Case in the Democratic primary and lost to Republican Linda Lingle in
HONOLULU — U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono seems to bristle every time a reporter raises the 2002 race for Hawaii governor — the race where she barely edged Ed Case in the Democratic primary and lost to Republican Linda Lingle in the general by 4.5 percentage points.
“That was nine years ago,” Hirono said during a Civil Beat interview Wednesday. “A lot has happened since then.”
Among the many things that have happened, she says, is that she has two terms under her belt in Congress that she believes have been distinguished by her commitment to issues like education, energy, health care, transportation and job creation.
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