As of 7 a.m. ET Sunday, Green had won 63.7 percent of the vote, while former Hawaii first lady Vicky Cayetano had 21.4 percent and Rep. Kai Kahele had 13.7 percent.
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. As of 7 a.m. ET Sunday, Tokuda had won 58.6 percent of the vote while state Rep. Patrick Branco had 24.6 percent.
Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz will win re-nomination and face Republican Bob McDermott in November, and 1st Congressional District Democratic Rep. Ed Case will win re-nomination 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 clinch the nomination.
Green was born in New York and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A member of the National Health Service Corps, 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 2020 became the link of the Covid-19 state. according to his biography.
In a July debate, Green called out Kahele for serving one term in Congress and then retiring 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 broke any rules of ethics to continue. his work with the airline.
Questions about Kahele’s work with Hawaiian Airlines arose after the Honolulu Civil Beat published an in-depth story about his attendance at 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 beginning of the year to early April, meaning another lawmaker has 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 motivated by concerns about new variants of the coronavirus, given that the congressman lives in a multigenerational family home . His office said he remained committed to his work in Washington, DC.