Roll Roons
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« on: June 14, 2021, 12:05:10 PM » |
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« edited: June 14, 2021, 12:52:03 PM by Roll Roons »
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Hawaii actually had a Republican governor in the 2000s - her name was Linda Lingle, and she was moderate. I think she was actually Jewish. There was also a guy named Charles Djou who served a partial term in Congress - he was Chinese. He endorsed Biden last year, if that tells you anything. Right now, there are four Republican State Reps - two are white transplants from the mainland, one is Japanese and the fourth is Native. So it's probably fair to say that Hawaii Republicans are a bit more diverse than those on the mainland.
At the same time, I've heard the party's lurched hard to the right in the Trump era. Along with Wyoming, it's the closest thing there is to a one-party state, so it makes sense that any ambitious politician would choose to run as a Democrat and only the hardcore ones are left in the GOP. IIRC, there's actually a decent number of moderate/conservative Democrats in the state.
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