Steve Jackson

Republicans criticize Neil Abercrombie embracing big government and leading Hawaii down a road of socialist measures.

Candidate Aaron Toa Bonar and family.

Moderator Dan Boylen puts forward questions to State Sen. Colleen Hanabusa, above, and Beth Fukumoto, below.

A mailer sent out by incumbent Rep. Rida Cabanilla Arakawa shows a photo of her in military uniform, with no disclaimer.

A true-color satellite view of Hawaii .

Tito Montes listens to supporters at his campaign kickoff fundraiser.

The crowd cheers as President Barack Obama addresses the Milwaukee Laborfest at Henry Maier Festival Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 6.

Above: Congressional District 2 candidate John Willoughby, right, at a Honolulu Tea Party rally at the State Capitol. Below: The Willoughby family.

The University of Hawaii Warrior football team hung tough with nationally ranked USC before the 14th-ranked Trojans ultimately pulled away, 49-36, Thursday night at Aloha Stadium in the season opener for both teams.

Adam Bouska’s NO H8 campaign in support of gay marriage featured Meghan McCain, daughter of former Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Six-year-olds Pia, Paulina and Markus (left to right) pose on their first day at the Marienfelde Klepert elementary school in Berlin on August 25, 2003.

Panos Prevedouros, center, at a talk story session in June.

Above: State House District 37 candidate Beth Fukumoto, right, speaks with supporters over chilli and rice at her campaign kickoff on August 8. Below: Fukumoto, left, at the Armed Services-YMCA Waipio Carnival in July.

U.S. circuit judges Robert A. Katzmann and Damon J. Keith and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at a 2004 exhibit on the Fourteenth Amendment.