Rep. Colleen Hanabusa has yet to announce whether she’ll run for re-election in the U.S. House or challenge fellow Congresswoman Mazie Hirono for a seat in the U.S. Senate, but Hanabusa is already in campaign mode. 

That’s partly because former Congressman Charles Djou, who wants to unseat Hanabusa, is going after her. Djou claimed Hawaii’s Democrats on Capitol Hill “vote lockstep” with their party. 

“I can defend my record,” Hanabusa told DC808. “I believe my record demonstrates independence and I can explain to you why I voted a certain way, and it’s definitely not because my party said to vote a certain way.”

Civil Beat gave Djou a “false” rating in a Fact Check of his “lockstep” remark, though it’s important to point out that Hanabusa voted with a Democratic majority 95 percent of the time between January and August. 

Read the complete Fact Check

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