<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Wildfire burns amid drought on Hawaii’s Big Island"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">HONOLULU — For their 16th wedding anniversary, Democrats in Hawaii gifted Josh Green and his wife, Jaime, a comfortable margin of victory in the gubernatorial primary Saturday.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Green, the state's current lieutenant governor, handily defeated former first lady Vicky Cayetano and Kaiali'I Kahele, who decided to seek the governor's office instead of a second term in the U.S. House.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Green, with lei of yellow and purple flowers and green leaves piled high up to his neck, alternated between throwing fists in the air and giving the shaka sign to a boisterous crowd of supporters at his victory party.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"On to November, we will win the governorship and lead Hawaii forward," he said to the cheering crowd.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">He will face former two-term Republican Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona in the general election, who defeated mixed martial arts championship fighter B.J. Penn in his party's primary.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Wyoming primary:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/elections/2022/08/14/liz-cheney-wyoming-primary-jan-6/10238435002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:6|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Republican Rep. Liz Cheney is on track to lose her Wyoming primary. Here's how she's chasi</a>ng a bigger win</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:441px" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/08/14/USAT/e340edf2-5b2d-4ac5-a194-975b1216c743-AP_US_Election_2022_Hawaii.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/08/14/USAT/e340edf2-5b2d-4ac5-a194-975b1216c743-AP_US_Election_2022_Hawaii.jpg?width=1320&height=882&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Green speaks at his campaign headquarters inside the Modern Hotel on Aug. 13, 2022, in Honolulu. Green, the current lieutenant governor, is the Democratic Party’s candidate to be Hawaii’s next governor. Green defeated U.S. Rep. Kaiali’i Kahele and former Hawaii first lady Vicky Cayetano in Saturday’s primary election."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In an interview with Hawaii News Now, Aiona said his supporters "trusted my ability to lead the state, and I'm truly, truly appreciative and grateful for that."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Green has served as second-in-command for the past four years to Hawaii Gov. David Ige, who has already served two terms and isn't eligible to run for reelection.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The winner of the Democratic primary is favored to win the general election in the liberal state.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Alaska primary:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/elections/2022/08/14/murkowski-palin-alaska-primary-gop/10238544002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:12|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Murkowski and Palin show the deepening fissures in the Republican...</a></p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/08/14/hawaii-primary-election-results-josh-green-captures/10322828002/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
