Rep. Ed Case of Hawaii, a moderate Democrat, beat a primary challenger in Saturday’s state election, increasing his chances of winning a sixth term in the House of Representatives.
Case is running for Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District seat, a position he has held since winning the 2018 midterm elections.
He first entered Congress as the representative for the island’s 2nd Congressional District, winning a special election in 2002 to fill the seat of Rep. Patsy Mink, who died of pneumonia.
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Rep. Ed Case, a moderate Democrat, won the primary and is on track to be elected to a sixth term in November. (Getty Images)
Case retired from the House of Representatives in January 2007 and returned to represent his current district in January 2019.
He made headlines last month as one of dozens of House Democrats who called on President Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, which he did later that month.
In a statement on July 11, Case argued that the decision was prompted by concerns about whether the 81-year-old leader could serve out another four years in office.
“This has nothing to do with his character or his history,” Case said at the time. “If it did, there would be no decision to be made.”
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Case was one of dozens of House Democrats who called on President Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. (AP/Evan Vucci)
Case is no stranger to crowded primaries, having defeated 44 other candidates to succeed Mink in the final two months of his term in 2002 and winning a seven-way primary to challenge the incumbent in 2018.
But this time around, he faces only one candidate in the primary: Cecil Hale, who does not appear to have disclosed campaign finance data to the Federal Election Commission.
By contrast, Case raised about $120,000 in individual donations and ended the primary with about $260,000 in cash on hand.
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A possible Case victory in November would be a welcome bolster for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is seeking to flip the House to the Democrats. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Hawaii has only two districts, both represented by Democrats, and both senators are Democrats.
Despite pervasive issues such as the rising cost of living, it’s a safe Democratic stronghold for the left, and elsewhere has traditionally been a powerful political weapon for Republicans.
Republican Patrick Largey is running unopposed for the GOP nomination to challenge Case in November.
