POLITICO: GOP Sent Operative to Democratic Hawaii

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A GOP operative traveled to Hawaii this spring in an effort to make the Senate race there competitive.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee sent western regional political director Sarah Morgan, who managed Jeff Flake’s Senate campaign in Arizona last year, for a “campaign school” to train potential candidates and to meet with Hawaii GOP leaders. …

The committee said she was there May 16-17 to build coalitions and do outreach. The NRSC is trying to help Hawaii’s state GOP, which has a young chairman, build an infrastructure for the midterms.

National Republicans hope to capitalize on a Democratic primary between freshman Sen. Brian Schatz — who was appointed in December to replace the late Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye — and Rep. Colleen Hanabusa. …

“One of the biggest secrets of the 2014 cycle is that the ugliest primary battle in America is a Democratic one in Barack Obama’s home state,” said NRSC spokesman Brad Dayspring. …

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Photo: Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, Sen. Brian Schatz. (Courtesy)

—Chad Blair

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