埃德·凯斯赢得党内初选，尽管因其对《保护美国选民资格法案》的投票立场和移民政策遭到左翼批评
美国东部时间2026年8月9日凌晨1:35 / 福克斯新闻
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周六，民主党建制派在左翼与社会主义激进派持续爆发的内斗中赢得一场关键战役。
资深联邦众议员、来自夏威夷州的民主党人埃德·凯斯成功赢得党内初选，将寻求连任众议院议员一职，击败了进步派州参议员贾勒特·凯奥霍卡洛莱。
凯斯曾于2002年至2007年任职国会，2018年再次当选，今年遭遇了其从政以来最严峻的党内初选挑战。此次选举正值民主党建制派与极左翼阵营全面对峙之际，此前已有多名众议院现任议员输给了社会主义新锐候选人。
“社会主义者的胜利表明民主党正滑向‘共产主义的致命道路’，约翰逊警告
2024年7月10日周三，夏威夷州民主党众议员埃德·凯斯抵达雷伯恩众议院办公楼，出席众议院拨款委员会对多项拨款法案的 markup 会议。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-罗尔Call公司通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
凯奥霍卡洛莱自2014年起任职夏威夷州议会，是今年党内初选中意图罢免凯斯的一众挑战者中实力最强的一位。
两人在竞选期间都募集了可观资金，不过这位现任议员在竞选初期的竞选资金储备更为丰厚。
凯奥霍卡洛莱批评凯斯在特朗普政府第二任期内未能充分对抗前者，包括反对唐纳德·特朗普总统领导的联邦移民执法行动。
2026年8月4日，华盛顿特区一个炎热潮湿的傍晚，太阳落山于美国国会大厦后方。（凯文·卡特/盖蒂图片社拍摄）
这位进步派挑战者还抨击凯斯是4名在2025年4月投票支持共和党最初版本的《保护美国选民资格法案》的众议院民主党议员之一。
约翰逊绕过民主党对《拯救美国法案》阻挠的策略在关键投票中过关，为共和党带来重大胜利
该最初版本法案将要求联邦层面的投票现场出示选民身份证，并要求登记投票时提供公民身份证明，但允许无法提供证明者提交书面宣誓书。
凯斯在接受夏威夷新闻网采访时表示，他“绝不会”做一个在投票时完全追随本党路线的议员，并就非公民投票权问题说道：“这与选民压制毫无关系。当然，人们有担忧，也存在合理的担忧，我理解这些顾虑。”
“这是一个为解决不存在的问题而提出的方案。我们的选举系统不存在安全隐患问题，”凯奥霍卡洛莱在接受该媒体采访时表示。
位于瓦胡岛南海岸的檀香山是夏威夷州首府，也是这个太平洋美国群岛州的门户。（帕特里克·普伊尔/图片联盟通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
凯斯后来与几乎所有其他众议院民主党议员一道，反对了更新版本的《保护美国选民资格法案》，即《拯救美国法案》，该法案原本将大幅扩大联邦政府对州选民名册的管辖权。
他将在11月与共和党候选人阿德里尔·拉姆展开角逐。
夏威夷州第一国会选区涵盖瓦胡岛部分区域，包括檀香山，根据库克政治报告评级，该席位属于安全民主党席位，评级为D+13。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，负责众议院相关报道。此前她曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻发表署名文章。
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Dem establishment strikes back as longtime incumbent fends off progressive challenger
Ed Case won his primary despite facing left-wing criticism for his SAVE America Act vote and stance on immigration
August 9, 2026 1:35am EDT / Fox News
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The Democratic establishment won a key battle in the left’s ongoing civil war with its socialist insurgency on Saturday.
Longtime Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, won his primary bid to seek another term in the House of Representatives, defeating progressive state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole.
Case, who served in Congress from 2002 to 2007 and then won again in 2018, faced his toughest primary challenge yet this year. It comes amid a wider showdown between the Democratic establishment and its far-left flank that’s seen multiple House incumbents lose to socialist upstarts.
SOCIALIST VICTORIES SHOW DEMS’ DESCENT DOWN ‘DEADLY PATH OF COMMUNISM,’ JOHNSON WARNS
Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, arrives for the start of the House Appropriations Committee markup of several appropriations bills in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday, July 10, 2024.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Keohokalole, who’s been in Hawaii’s state legislature since 2014, was the most formidable of a group of primary challengers looking to oust Case this year.
Both raised considerable money on the campaign trail, though the incumbent had more money in his war chest at the outset of the race.
Keohokalole criticized Case for not doing enough to stand up to the Trump administration during the president’s second term, including President Donald Trump’s federal immigration operations.
The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol on a hot and humid evening on Aug. 4, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
The progressive challenger also attacked Case for being one of four House Democrats to vote for Republicans’ initial iteration of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act in April 2025.
JOHNSON’S STRATEGY TO BYPASS DEMOCRATS’ SAVE ACT BLOCKADE SURVIVES KEY VOTE, HANDING GOP BIG WIN
That version would have imposed a federal voter ID requirement at the polls as well as a proof of citizenship mandate for registering to vote, but would have allowed for a written affidavit absent that proof.
Case told Hawaii News Now that he will “never” be someone who votes in lockstep with his party and said of the issue of noncitizen voting, “This has nothing to do with voter suppression. Now, those are fears and there are legitimate fears, and I accept those concerns.”
“It’s a solution in search of a problem. There is no security problem in our election system,” Keohokalole told the outlet.
Honolulu, on the south coast of the island of Oahu, is the capital of Hawaii and the gateway to this U.S. island chain in the Pacific.(Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Case later joined nearly all other House Democrats in opposing an updated version, the SAVE America Act, which would have vastly expanded the federal government’s authority over state voter rolls.
He now goes on to face Republican Adriel Lam in November.
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Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District, which encompasses part of Oahu, including Honolulu, is rated a safe Democratic seat with a Cook Political Report rating of D+13.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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