Update: It’s now official, according to latest Advertiser breaking news. Ann Kobayashi has announced that she will run for mayor. As a result, I imagine there are some busy people now racing down to pick up papers and collect signatures to run for her seat. It’s going to be a whirlwind day for those folks and their supporters!
[Earlier entry] The Advertiser’s “breaking news” is reporting that City Council member Ann Kobayashi will decide this morning whether to leave her council seat to challenge Mayor Hannemann. It’s an interesting situation. Her challenge could end up aiding Hannemann by splitting the anti-Mufi vote with highway engineer Panos Prevedouros, who has already entered the race as an anti-rail candidate. And, of course, it opens the door for last minute candidates for the council seat Kobayashi would vacate.
Kobayashi promises an announcement this morning. Stay tuned.
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I am sure Ann Kobayashi has more than likely been in communication with a potential candidate for her vacated seat. I can’t imagine she would vacate it otherwise. Problem is, that doesn’t leave any time for any other potential candidates from a different “camp” to get their ducks in a row. The only people who could be in a position to file at this late hour are those who already have either 1) money for a visible campaign or 2) a strong constituency already or 3) both!
Think again, Rachel. Why would Ann do this without having someone in mind to take her seat?
So now you have Bainum and Caldwell running and Caldwell’s seat going to a Republican since no Democrat thought Caldwell would run for the council.
Well, that’s one way for the Republicans to add to their numbers in the House, I suppose.
So Ann’s last minute action (whether calculated or not) resulted in the Republicans gaining another seat in the House with no effort whatsover.
Doesn’t sound like it was part of an overall plan.
someone will let me know if I know nothing but the notion of “an overall plan” [by Ms. K or Mr. H or Mr. P] is, at least to me [and I’ll cop to knowing no thing] laughable. It’s rather like amateur hour. but amateur hour is what “you” get with safe districts. And if there is a lesson here it is that there are too many “safe” districts. Safe districts lead to sloppy political calculation.