With Governor Linda Lingle (R) term-limited, and Congressman Neil Abercrombie as the Democratic nominee, most anticipated the Hawaii Governor's mansion to flip back into Democratic control. Even though, Republican Charles Djou won a spectacular special election back in May.
However, according to a just released Rasmussen Reports survey, the current Lt. Governor and Republican Nominee for Governor, Duke Aiona has closed the gap with Abercrombie, moving the hotly contested Gubernatorial election into the "toss-up" category.
Rasmussen Reports survey of 500 likely voters:
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D) - 49%.
Lt. Governor Duke Aiona (R) - 47%.
Some other candidate - 1%.
Undecided/Uncommitted - 4%.
The Aloha State might have supported Barack Obama with 70% of their vote in 2008, but that appears to have been a one-time electoral result, because Charles Djou is likely to be reelected to Congress, while Duke Aiona's chances of being only the second Republican Governor to be elected since the 1960's are relatively high.
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