Ed Case Wins Hawaii 1st District Primary at 73, Beating 42-Year-Old Left Challenger
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Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 9
Ed Case Wins Hawaii 1st District Primary at 73, Beating 42-Year-Old Left Challenger
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 9
Summary
Ed Case secured the Democratic nomination in Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District, turning back state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole in a generational test inside the party.
Case, 73, beat the 42-year-old challenger after Keohokalole campaigned on generational change and attacked the incumbent’s more conservative voting record.
The win keeps the moderate Democrat on track for another term after his 2019 return to the House, following an earlier stint in Congress in the 2000s.
In heavily Democratic Hawaii, the primary result leaves Case strongly positioned for November and suggests limited appetite among district voters for a leftward shift.