GOP wins House seat in Obama's home district
By HERBERT A. SAMPLE
The Associated Press
HONOLULU — A Honolulu city councilman has defeated two Democrats to give Republicans a midterm election victory in the U.S. congressional district where President Barack Obama grew up.
Republican Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou addresses his supporters, Saturday, May 22, 2009 in Honolulu. Djou defeated former U.S. Rep. Ed Case and Hawaii State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, both Democrats in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Democrat Neil Abercrombie who resigned from Congress to run for governor. He is the first Republican in decades to be elected to the 1st Congressional District seat representing urban Honolulu, President Barack Obama's hometown. Stacey Djou, left, Djou's wife, holds their daughter Alli, as his daughter Tori, bottom left, and son Nick, far right, look on. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)
Republican Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou addresses his supporters, Saturday, May 22, 2009 in Honolulu. Djou defeated former U.S. Rep. Ed Case and Hawaii State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, both Democrats in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Democrat Neil Abercrombie who resigned from Congress to run for governor. He is the first Republican in decades to be elected to the 1st Congressional District seat representing urban Honolulu, President Barack Obama's hometown. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)
Republican Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou, left, has his picture taken with Marian Crislip, left center, of Mililani, by Chita Stewart, far right, also of Mililani Saturday, May 22, 2009 in Honolulu. Djou won a special election for 1st Congressional District seat representing urban Honolulu, President Barack Obama's hometown. Djou defeated former U.S. Rep. Ed Case and Hawaii State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, both Democrats in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Democrat Neil Abercrombie who resigned from Congress to run for governor. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)
Charles Djou's win Saturday is the latest triumph for the GOP as it looks to take back control of Congress. And it came as a blow to Democrats who could not rally around a candidate and find away to win a congressional race that should have been a cakewalk. The seat had been held by a Democrat for nearly 20 years and is located where Obama was born and spent most of his childhood.
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