Former Congressman Charles Djou is back from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan, and the Republican says he’s ready to hit the campaign trail.

He’s challenging Democratic Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who took his seat in the 2010 election. dc808 has more on the story.

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