Talk:Neil Abercrombie

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Abercrombie and fitch?

There is no citation proving that Neil Abercrombie is mistakenly thought to be related to the company so I will remove this probable joke. Musaabdulrashid 21:16, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hehe funny...

And now, almost two years later, I stopped by specifically to see if there was any connection there. I reinserted the statement, minus the disputed "often mistaken" part. Maghnus (talk) 17:00, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NPR note

Just wanted to make sure folks at this page knew about this clarification [1] from NPR:

Q: You stated in your Sept. 27 column that no Hawaii incumbent member of Congress has ever been defeated for re-election, including Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D). But I checked both Wikipedia and the Congressional Quarterly Web site, and both said that incumbent Abercrombie was defeated in 1986 by Republican Patricia Saiki. -- Will Ryan, Phoenix, Ariz.

A: Nobody does a finer job with politics than the folks at CQ, and you should know better than to trust everything you see in Wikipedia, but I am correct here. Abercrombie competed in two contests on the same day in September of 1986: a special election to replace Rep. Cecil Heftel (D), who was required by state law to leave his House seat in order to run for governor, and the regular Democratic primary for Heftel's seat that would commence the following January. Abercrombie won the special election to become a member of Congress. But at the same time he lost the primary (to Mufi Hannemann) to fill the seat for the regular term. It was Hannemann, not Abercrombie, who lost to Saiki that November. Abercrombie's term in Congress lasted less than four months, from the September special to the new Congress being sworn in on 1/3/87. He later returned to the House in the 1990 election, when Saiki left to make an abortive bid for the Senate.

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Brother

It's been reported that Neil Abercrombie's brother, Hal Abercrombie, works in a flea market in Central Florida. Any proof for this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.127.199.117 (talk) 20:18, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disability

Out of curiosity, what disability does he have to put him in "Politicians with Disabilities"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.142.154.220 (talk) 01:02, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Governor of Hawaii section

Though being the oldest/second oldest governor and the efforts regarding Obama's birth certificate are worth note, even for a short tenure, this section is missing some important bits. First, is efforts on the budget and public opinion of whether he's keeping campaign promises in that regard. A consistently notable issue is his insistence, contrary to precedent of previous governors and the legal opinions put forth by the very agency in charge of these things, to not only withhold the names of other candidates approved by the Judicial Selection Committee prior to confirmation of his pick, but even after that confirmation. IMHO (talk) 21:20, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

seventh governor since 2010 ?

The opening sentence needs a punctuation mark or an additional word: it currently appears to say Hawaii has had seven governors in the last two years. Perhaps this: "seventh governor, serving since December, 2010"Princetoniac (talk) 17:47, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ancestry

article says his ancestry is english, irish, and german. later in the article it says he was named 'scot of the year'. quite funny. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.50.231.147 (talk) 23:23, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

James?

A user seems to have made an edit which suggests that Abercrombie's full name is James Neil Abercrombie. Could a source be provided on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brachytrachelopan (talk • contribs) 15:31, 18 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]