Voters contacted by Civil Beat say the recent barrage of negative ads are mostly annoying — and haven’t changed their minds.

Gov. David Ige, after trailing Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa in a May poll, now leads by 9 percentage points among likely primary voters.

His record as a city prosecutor and corporate lobbyists shows a conservative bent.

“On Kauai, the public has access to beaches that are part of the Pacific Missile Research Facility. If the U.S. were to weaponize that facility, as Congresswoman Gabbard proposed in May 2018, then public access would stop.”

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A solid majority of those surveyed support the idea of holding the first such event in 40 years.

Only former President Obama gets higher marks than the Hawaii congresswoman.

Fukumoto and Ing show strength among younger voters, many of whom remain undecided.

It’s a close contest in a crowded field, with many voters still undecided.

The congresswoman had a narrower gap than earlier polls showed but the governor is still in trouble.