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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2016, file photo, Shirlene Ostrov, then-Republican candidate for Congress, waves to drivers at a highway intersection in Waipahu, Hawaii. The top official in the Hawaii Republican party has resigned a week after one of her top chairman posted pro-QAnon tweets on the GOP's official account. Ostrov took full responsibility in the wake of the tweets posted Jan. 23, 2021, by Edwin Boyette, the communications chairman who resigned a day later. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz, File)

Hawaii GOP chair resigns after party tweets about QAnon

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018 photo, Val Okimoto, right, a candidate to represent the Honolulu suburb of Mililani in the state House, speaks to voter Corazon Faxon, middle, and Faxon's son Matthew Faxon, left, as she walks door-to-door in Mililani, Hawaii. Hawaii’s Republican Party has just five representatives in the 51-member state House. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Hawaii Republicans are making efforts to boost their ranks

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