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Gary Cordery, who owns a contracting company, won the Republican nomination for Hawaii<\/a> governor after defeating business owner Ken Fujiyama in Saturday’s primary.<\/p>\n

He is now set to face Democratic Gov. Josh Green in November in a race that heavily favors the incumbent. The Cook Political Report rates the contest as Solid Democratic, with a Partisan Voting Index of D+13.<\/p>\n

Cordery faces a steep challenge: Hawaii has not had a Republican governor<\/a> since Linda Lingle left office in 2010.<\/p>\n

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In addition to facing an incumbent<\/a> with a 56% approval rating and Hawaii’s long history of Democratic control, Cordery faces a significant financial disadvantage against Green.<\/p>\n

Green has raised approximately $3.5 million, far outpacing Cordery, who has raised about $313,000, according to Honolulu<\/a> Civil Beat.<\/p>\n

Despite the uphill battle, Cordery is pitching voters on a platform centered on lowering Hawaii\u2019s high cost of living, reforming education and cracking down on corruption.<\/p>\n

“As a husband, father and grandfather, businessman and community servant, I love Hawai\u2019i,” Cordery said in an interview with Honolulu Civil Beat<\/a>. “These islands of unique beauty have endured mismanagement for decades. Her people live under tremendous stress and anxiety. I am running to open opportunity, create abundance and ensure stewardship of her resources, bringing accountability and hope for the people.”<\/p>\n

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Part of Cordery’s plan to create abundance includes adding 15,000 homes across the islands for working families, with prices ranging from roughly $400,000 to $600,000. His proposal calls for using state-owned land for fee-simple housing while streamlining permitting and opening more land for residential development.<\/p>\n

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He is also proposing eliminating the state’s General Excise Tax on food and medicine and freezing property taxes for homeowners<\/a> at retirement. Cordery argues that the state is failing to properly manage taxpayers’ dollars and says he would order audits to root out waste.<\/p>\n

“Hawai\u2019i\u2019s 20.5 billion dollar budget for 1.4 mil[lion] people is a staggering number. New Hampshire has 1.4 million people but a $7.75 billion dollar budget,” Cordery said. “I believe our tax burden is out of control. The answer is management.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hawaii-contractor-nominated-construct-gop-comeback-two-decade-democratic-hold-governors-mansion <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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