Add NPR’s Ken Rudin to the list of political junkies with their eyes on Hawaii in 2012. 

Rudin selected Hawaii’s race for Senate as one of seven tossup contests that could mean Democrats losing a seat. The others: Florida, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Virginia and Wisconsin. 

It’s worth noting that Rudin points to only one tossup state — Massachusetts — on the Republican side. 

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