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Aug 24, 2012 · The draft of this year's GOP platform calls for a constitutional amendment banning access to abortion, making no exceptions for women who have been victims of rape or incest, or when the life of the mother is at risk.
Oct 9, 2022 · Lingle also was not a typical Republican. She supported abortion rights, for example, and opposed the death penalty.
- Chad Blair
Lingle is a member of The Wish List, which supports Republican candidates who favor the right to an abortion. She’s the second Jewish Republican woman to lead a state.
The Republican nominee was former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle, who had defeated Hirono a decade earlier in the gubernatorial election. Hirono defeated Lingle with 63% of the vote. [40] She is the first female senator from Hawaii, as well as the first Asian-born immigrant to be elected to the U.S. Senate. [41]
Oct 19, 2002 · Linda Lingle, Republican former mayor of Maui, is expected to defeat Lt Gov Mazie Hirono in Hawaii's governor's race after campaign in which she hammered Democrats for mismanagement of...
(Examples of her moderate stances include support of abortion rights and opposition to the death penalty.) See Also: This Week in History : Linda Lingle elected Governor of Hawaii. Success in the governor’s race came in 2002, when Lingle defeated Democrat Mazie K. Hirono to become the state of Hawaii’s sixth governor (and the first woman).
Linda Lingle ( née Cutter; June 4, 1953) is an American politician who served as the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. She was the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1959, and was the state's first female and first Jewish governor. Prior to serving as governor, Lingle served as mayor of Maui County from 1991 to 1999 ...
