Weren't they just touting...

.. how great the Hawaiian state government was working?    Looks like it's not as good as they thought.. and it might cost Hawaiians something that is a constiutional right

Cash-strapped Hawaii can't afford to pay for an election to replace a congressman who is planning to step down next month to run for governor, potentially leaving 600,000 urban Honolulu residents without representation in Washington.

Budget cuts have left the state Office of Elections with about $5,000 to last until July, with a special election costing nearly $1 million, interim Chief Elections Officer Scott Nago said.

So there will only be 534 Reps in Congress?   So if he's not replaced in an election, there's one less Democrat in Congress?