Something interesting is that Hawaii Republicans are in position to take a seat in the Senate.
SD-23, currently occupied by State Sen. Clayton Hee (D), consists of the northern shore of Oahu. It's a remarkably conservative district by Hawaii standards, even Obama only won it with 58%, the only Senate seat he won with less than 60% (Hirono won it 52-47 over Lingle). Hee himself only won it by a little under 1,000 votes in 2012.
Earlier this year, State Rep. Richard Fale (R), best known for being one of the most vocal opponents of marriage equality, announced he would run against Hee in 2014. Hee then did the courageous thing an announced he would primary Lt. Gov Shan Tsutsui instead of running for re-election.
As such the Hawaii State Senate looks like it will soon go from 24-1 D to 23-2 D, the Hawaii equivalent of an R wave.
Funnily enough the D candidate for SD-23 will be Gil Riviere, a former State Rep. who was a Republican until Fale primaried him out.
Riviere will probably squeak it out by a point or two, but he'd be the biggest DINO in the Hawaii State Senate for sure. I'd rather just have Fale win.
