The Hawaiʻi congressman has drawn a couple of high-profile challengers in the 2026 election. But they seem to be running against Trump, not Case.

In January 2006, when U.S. Rep. Ed Case, announced he was going to run for U.S. Senate for the seat held by longtime beloved Native Hawaiian politician Dan Akaka, all around town, Hawaiʻi Democrats clutched their pearls and gasped, “How dare he!”

Case did not win that challenge, and he would not win an election again until 2018 when, in a crowded primary, he beat out six other Democrats to return to Congress, though this time, representing Hawaiʻi’s First Congressional District.

All these years later, Case is no different. He is the same un-flashy individualist he has always been. He still holds constituent talk-stories more than just about ev

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