Lingle-Hirono Race Gets HuffPo Take

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The article in Huffington Post, titled “Linda Lingle, Running For Senate In Hawaii, Promotes Herself Using Obama Photo,” can be read here. Excerpt:

The Republican nominee for Hawaii’s open U.S. Senate seat is being criticized by Democrats for trying to promote a record of bipartisanship, a charge she responded to by posting a photo of herself with President Barack Obama to Facebook.

Former Gov. Linda Lingle has in recent weeks been touting a bipartisan record, but Democrats attacked the campaign strategy Friday, noting both her questioning of whether the country would be safe with Obama in the White House and also her decision to skip a 2008 National Governors Association meeting with the then president-elect. Lingle responded by posting the photo of herself and Obama at a 2009 White House dinner for governors. Lingle is running against Democratic Rep. Mazie Hirono for the seat of retiring Sen. Daniel Akaka (D).

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