CNN also predicts former state Sen. Jill Tokuda will win the Democratic nomination for the state’s open 2nd Congressional District and Republican Joe Akana will win his party’s nomination for the seat. From 7 am ET Sunday, Tokuda was winning 58.6 percent of the vote while state Rep. Patrick Branco had 24.6 percent. Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz will win re-election and face Republican Bob McDermott in November, and 1st Congressional District Democratic Rep. Ed Case will win re-election and face Republican Conrad Kress, CNN projects. Green, a former emergency room physician who served in the Hawaii state House and Senate, defeated Rep. Kai Kahele and former Hawaii first lady Vicky Cayetano to win the nomination. Green was born in New York and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a member of the National Health Service, he moved to Hawaii where he was stationed in 2000. He served in the Hawaii state legislature from 2004 to 2018. He was elected lieutenant governor in 2018 and in 2020 became the state’s liaison on Covid-19, according to with his CV. In a July debate, Green called on Kahele to serve one term in Congress and then retire to return to Hawaii and run for governor, Hawaii News Now reported at the time. Kahele, who was elected to Congress in 2020 to replace Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, came under fire earlier this year for his part-time work as a commercial pilot for Hawaiian Airlines, which raised questions about whether he violated ethics rules to continue. his job with the airline. Questions about Kahele’s work with Hawaiian Airlines arose after Honolulu Civil Beat published an in-depth story examining his involvement in the U.S. Capitol this year and his personal income since taking office. The report found that Kahele had voted by proxy at least 120 times from the start of the year to early April, meaning another lawmaker voted for him. Kahele’s office at the time defended his part-time job with Hawaiian Airlines and said his decision to vote by proxy was prompted by concerns about new strains of the coronavirus, given that the lawmaker lives in a multigenerational family home. His office said he remained committed to his work in Washington, DC.
