Gary Cordery Wins Hawaii GOP Nomination, Challenging $3.5 Million-Funded Josh Green
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 9
Gary Cordery Wins Hawaii GOP Nomination, Challenging $3.5 Million-Funded Josh Green
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 9
Summary
Gary Cordery defeated Ken Fujiyama in Saturday’s Republican primary and will face Democratic Gov. Josh Green in November.
A 56% approval rating for Green, a Cook Political Report rating of Solid Democratic and Hawaii’s D+13 partisan lean leave Cordery as a clear underdog.
Fundraising underscores that gap: Green has raised about $3.5 million versus roughly $313,000 for Cordery, a contracting-company owner.
Cordery is campaigning on lowering living costs, adding 15,000 homes priced around $400,000 to $600,000, ending the general excise tax on food and medicine, and ordering audits of state spending.
Hawaii has not elected a Republican governor since Linda Lingle left office in 2010, making the race a test of whether cost-of-living concerns can dent long Democratic dominance.