The story failed to mentioned Senator Hirono’s health, which could make 2018 the biggest and most interesting political year in Hawaii history.  She says she is going to run for reelection in 2018 despite having stage 4 kidney cancer, which has a five-year survival rate of just 8%.  It is nice to be optimistic but it is better to realistic.  Should her health worsen, she may not be able to run for reelection which would then start an entirely new political ball game in 2018.  If that were to occur, Hanabusa could run for the senate seat with no incumbent or other significant challengers or she could run against an incumbent governor, which would be a more difficult challenge.  Either way it opens up her seat in the House for dozens of wannabe Representatives.  However, if she runs for governor and Mazie does not run for reelection, Tulsi Gabbard most likely will run for the senate leaving both House seats open for new blood.   The curtain for this political drama will open soon.