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The Hawai‘i Superferry was sailing under a facade of success in the summer of 2008 — boasting of record ridership — but it had already begun to shortchange the state on its monthly fees, according to an Associated Press review of Department of Transportation records. Associated Press. Political hopefuls made their candidacy official for the state primaries and the general election Tuesday. KITV. Hawaii’s vastly outnumbered Republicans are looking to make a comeback this election year, with GOP candidates running in almost every legislative district of the nation’s second-most politically monolithic state. Associated Press. This year’s election is drawing a lot of interest from both parties and today as many as three dozen more people became candidates in the nick of time. KHON2. Former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann said yesterday that his chief executive experience as mayor of the state’s largest city would shape his campaign for governor, but his opponent, former U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, dismissed that record as a failure. Star-Advertiser. The feisty race for governor is on. Hawaii News Now. Mayor Mufi Hannemann Tuesday became candidate Hannemann after he filed to run for Hawaii governor. KITV. Neil Abercrombie also had harsh words for his democratic challenger in the governor’s race. KHON2. As Mufi Hannemann leaves one political arena for another, Hawaii News Now asked three observers to grade his job performance as Honolulu’s mayor. Hawaii News Now. The Hawaii State Office of Elections released the completed list of all candidates for office on the filing deadline, Tuesday July 20. Hawaii News Now. With a vacancy in the mayor’s office created by Mufi Hannemann’s resignation to run for governor, the City Council has scheduled a meeting tomorrow to set the date of a special election to fill the final two years of his term. Star-Advertiser. North Kona Councilman Kelly Greenwell vowed Monday to fight charges after an altercation Saturday with police that Greenwell claimed left him “tethered to a post like a goat while being booked as a criminal.” West Hawaii Today. North Kona Councilman Kelly Greenwell has been arrested and released after getting into a “wrestling match” with a police officer who cited him for speeding Saturday in Kailua-Kona. Tribune-Herald. The Lanai City hearing in the voter registration appeal against Maui County Council Member Sol Kaho’ohalahala concluded Monday, and now a decision is once again in the hands of the state Board of Registration for Maui County. Maui News. The Department of the Attorney General