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Posted: Sunday, September 24th, 2006 8:33 AM HST

Hirono leads Hanabusa; Abercrombie clinches nomination

By Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) _ Mazie Hirono emerged from a large field of well-known candidates as the apparent winner in the Democratic primary for the Second District U-S House seat. Congressman Neil Abercrombie easily won his Democratic primary for the First District. With all but one precinct reporting, Hirono, a former lieutenant governor, garnered more than 24-thousad votes in the ten-way primary race, compared to more than 23-thousand for state Senator Colleen Hanabusa, who was in second place. Republican State Senator Bob Hogue led former state Representative Quentin Kawananakoa eight-thousand-393 to eight-thousand-194 in the Republican primary. The Democratic and GOP winners face each other in the November seventh general election to fill the seat being vacated by Congressman Ed Case. (Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved)