Democrats Sweep U.S. Congress Abercrombie to Take Sub-Comittee Chair for Local General Armed Forces Tactics Elections Mostly As Expected by Justin Hedani by Matthew K
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Inside News 1,2,3,6,7 Features 8,9,10,11 Thursday Commentary 4,5 November 9, 2006 Comics/Classifieds 14,15 Sports 12,13,16 VOL. 101 | ISSUE 58 Serving the students of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa since 1922 WWW.KALEO.ORG Dale Gammie Tennessee Williams’ takes the tee in her ‘Streetcar’ showing senior year at Kennedy Sports | Page 13 Features | Page 8 Democrats sweep U.S. Congress Abercrombie to take sub-comittee chair for Local general Armed Forces tactics elections mostly as expected By Justin Hedani By Matthew K. Ing Ka Leo Senior Reporter Ka Leo News Editor After senatorial recounts The Hawai‘i State General in Virgina and Montana, the Election held no surprises Tuesday Democratic Party has gained control as incumbents and favored candi- of the U.S. Congress as the party dates took control of most major majority in an electoral sweep. political state positions with com- Democrats took the U.S. House manding leads. after taking about 26 seats from the Gov. Linda Lingle and Lt. Republicans, and, in a neck-and- Gov. James “Duke” Aiona were neck decision that went down to re-elected to office, representing two individual late-reporting states, the only major Republican power Democrats became the majority in the islands. The pair beat chal- with a 51 to 50 seat victory. lengers Randy Iwase and running In Hawai‘i, newcomer Mazie mate Mālama Solomon. Hirono, a Democrat, has won the Although Iwase targeted seat for the 2nd Congressional Lingle late in the election season District in Congress, maintaining with campaign ads linking Lingle Hawaii’s democratic presence after MATTHEW K. ING • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i to Bush and supporting the War in Congressman Ed Case dropped UH Board of Regents chairwoman Kitty Lagareta (center) served as an official observer during the tabulation of election results at the State Capitol during Iraq — following a national trend out to unsuccessfully run against the general election Tuesday night while an amendment was passed that changes the regent selection process, threatening her reappointment. targeting many GOP candidates Democrat Sen. Daniel Akaka for a — Lingle overpowered her oppo- seat in the U.S. Senate. nent with about 63 percent of the Eighty percent of Americans State of Hawai‘i (Waikīkī, Ala Moana, Kaka‘ako) Knudson, Karen 110,513 15.4% total votes. across the nation implemented Meanwhile, Hawai‘i residents General Election 2006 (D) Brower, Tom 2,455 49.6% Iwamoto, Kim Coco 81,532 11.4% the use of new electronic bal- Final Statewide Results Tom, Terrance, W.H. 77,991 10.9% sent Democrats to represent the lot machines — which, as some (R) Stevens, Anne V. 2,243 45.3% state in the national legislative experts cautioned, caused some U.S. Senator State Representative, Dist. 24 Office of Hawaiian Affairs branch. Incumbent Sen. Daniel unnecessary problems. According (D) Akaka, Daniel K. 209,939 60.3% (Mānoa, Mō‘ili‘ili, Punahou) At Large Trustee Akaka defeated late-comer Cynthia to the New York Times, several Thieland with a commanding lead, (R) Theilen, Cynthia 115,843 36.1% states will likely face recounts. (D) Caldwell, Kirk 6,751 77.6% Akana, Rowena M. Noelani as did Rep. Neil Abercrombie over Included are the states that will U.S. Representative, Dist. 1 (R) Niimoto, Rose I. Alarcon 1,458 112,040 10.7% challenger Richard Hough and determine the party majority results newcomer Mazie Hirono over Bob 16.8% Waihe‘e, John IV 102,091 9.8% for the U.S. Senate. (D) Abercrombie, Neil 112,587 66.4% Hogue for U.S. House. Most Hawai‘i polling precincts (R) Hough, Richard (Noah) 49,723 State Representative, Dist. 30 Stender, Oswald K. 88,470 8.5% While the newly implement- mainly relied on the traditional 29.3% (Kalihi Valley, Fort Shafter, Alewa Boyd, Manu 80,389 7.7% ed electronic ballot voting sys- paper ballot, and no major prob- Heights) Kanahele, Dennis (Bumpy) 53,240 tem caused problems elsewhere lems with electronic ballots were U.S. Representative, Dist. 2 in the U.S., Hawai‘i was largely (D) Mizuno, John 3,040 61.1% 5.1% reported, according to Hawai‘i (D) Hirono, Mazie K. 106,814 59.8% unaffected, as most citizens opted (R) Manayan, Rick 1,487 29.9% State Office of Elections spokes- (R) Hogue, Bob 68,165 38.1% Consitutional Amendment for the paper ballot, according to (N) Patria, DANA 151 3.0% man Rex Quidilla. Board of Regents Selection* Hawai‘i State Office of Elections Because of the influx of Governor and Lieutenant Governor (G) DeGiacomo, Frank L. 123 spokesman Rex Quidilla. Democratic seats in the House, 2.5% Yes 195,541 56.2% However, Quidilla did admit (R) Lingle, Linda/AIONA, Duke Congressman Neil Abercrombie No 122,220 35.1% that the electronic might have con- is expected to head the Armed 214,872 61.7% Board of Education – Top three elected tributed to a minor slow-down in the Forces subcommittee as part of the (D) Iwase, Randy/ SOLOMON, Mālama (No Departmental School District * The BOR will be selected by a search counting system, as paper ballots Congressional majority. 121,516 34.9% Residency) advisory committee instead of by the and electronic ballots were counted State Representative, Dist. 23 Ikeda, Donna R. 123,002 17.1% governor alone. See National, page 2 See Local, page 2 One in four employers will google potential hires a new trend in the workplace, one simple Google search. used social networking sites in their According to the survey, many Photos and blogs on which finds employers turning to Twenty-six percent of hir- screening, 63 percent said they did companies strongly believe they are search engines and social network- ing managers said they have used not hire a person based on what they entitled to as much information as social networking sites ing sites, such as MySpace.com, for Internet search engines to research found. they can obtain about job candidates, screening backgrounds of job appli- potential employees, and 12 percent This survey was conducted and that reviewing these personal could cost you your job cants as a way of saving money and said they have used social network- online by Harris Interactive on Web sites is fair game to find out time while recruiting. ing sites, according to an online sur- behalf of CareerBuilder.com, the who will be the best fit for their By Charlotte Marten Many members of social net- vey released by CareerBuilder.com. nation’s largest online job recruit- organization. Internet screening has Ka Leo Staff Reporter working Web sites present them- Of those hiring managers who ment Web site with more than 23 evolved into the ability to eliminate selves as “party animals.” Imagine used Internet search engines to million visitors and over 1.5 million candidates early on in the hiring You might want to think about not getting the job you always want- research job candidates, 51 percent jobs. It included 1,150 hiring man- process. what kind of information and photos ed because a potential employer did not hire a person based solely agers nationwide and was completed you post on the Internet. There is found your party pictures after a on what they found. Of those who in September. See Career, page 3 Ka Leo o Hawai‘i News Page 2 | Thursday, November 9, 2006 Editor: Matthew K. Ing | (808) 956-3221 | [email protected] and secrecy to the current process, while others, such as amendment introducer Frank Boas, said that Case to prep Hirono for Congress Local the new selection process will From page 1 represent the interests of a wider range of individuals. Senatorial challenger separately in separate processes, Political analysts and UH says he lost when Akaka causing problems with keeping professors last week told Ka Leo track of separate precincts. that they opposed the amend- linked him to Bush While results were being tab- ment, saying that the new selec- ulated at the Hawai‘i State Capitol tion process would yield prob- By Tiffany Hill building, Board of Regents chair- lems for the university’s and the Ka Leo Staff Reporter woman Kitty Lagareta served state’s political structures. as an official elections observ- While more than half of the Although he is not Hawaii’s er on the floor of the Senate BOR members’ terms expire in newly elected U.S. senator, he became Galley. Meanwhile, Hawai‘i 2007, the amended selection pro- just as well known as his incumbent voters passed an amendment to cess could affect the likelihood opponent in the primary election. the Hawai‘i State Constitution of their reappointment next year. His name is Ed Case, and wheth- to divert UH regent nomination The race for the three O‘ahu- er you voted for him, voted against power from the governor to a at-large Board of Education him or simply did not vote, he made his political voice heard during his selection advisory committee. positions was relatively neck- 2006 Hawai‘i senatorial campaign. Lagareta, who opposed the and-neck, with incumbent Karen Currently the U.S. representa- amendment, said that the amend- Knudsen and newcomers Donna tive for the State of Hawai‘i (until ment would cause “back-door pol- Ikeda and Kim Coco Iwamoto Jan. 2, 2007), Congressman Case itics,” adding layers of confusion emerging as the victors. is still as much involved in Hawai‘i politics today as he was when he began his senatorial campaign this Robert M. Gates, for- January, and he is striving to prepare mer director of central intelli- freshly elected Hawai‘i representa- gence, will replace Rumsfeld as tive Mazie Hirono.