How Did Republican Linda Lingle Become Governor Of Hawaii? The historic election of 2002 seemed highly unlikely in the bluest of states. But it happened.
Twenty years ago next month Hawaii elected its first female governor, its first governor of Jewish ancestry, the first former county mayor to become governor and the first neighbor island resident to become governor.
Ballotpedia adds two other distinctions: the first twice-divorced governor of Hawaii, and the first not to have any children.
That’s a lot of firsts. How did Linda Lingle do it?
