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HONOLULU (AP) -- Are running mates supposed to get along?
Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run separately in primary elections in Hawaii. The primary winners from each party then come together on the same ticket in the general election. This means they don't pick each other, which can lead to rocky relations.
Marissa Kerns, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, said she didn't attend a KITV televised debate on Oct. 29 because her running mate, state Rep. Andria Tupola, deliberately failed to tell her she was invited, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. The Republican gubernatorial candidate denied this, saying she told Kerns at a campaign rally the day before the election that Kerns was invited.
Earlier this year, Kerns said Tupola should apologize for her voting record in the state House, which she thought was too liberal.
Democrats aren't immune to discord.
Shan Tsutsui, who was elected lieutenant governor with Gov. David Ige in 2014, abruptly quit in January after complaining Ige didn't give him enough responsibility. He then endorsed Ige's primary election opponent, U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa.
Ige's running mate is Dr. Josh Green, a state senator who won the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor. He attended the KITV debate.