Republicans endangered in Hawaii
by Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times
Nov 13, 2017
3 minutes
HONOLULU - It has been a rough few days for Republicans, who lost big in mayoral and gubernatorial races across the country in Tuesday's election. But Shirlene Ostrov knows it can be much worse.
She is the chairwoman of the Republican Party in Hawaii.
The job can be lonely and thankless. Her party is teetering on the edge of extinction here.
The last time Hawaii had a Republican in the U.S. Senate was 1977. Since becoming a state in 1959, it's had just two GOP members in the U.S. House of
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