Republicans finally broke their losing streak in special elections for the U.S. House over the weekend, as they picked up a seat in Hawaii that held been held for years by Democrats. In fact, the main reason that Democrats lost the seat was because they had two big time candidates in the race - and without a primary to knock one of them out - the two split almost 58% of the vote, and so the Republican won.

Honolulu City Councilman, and now Rep. Elect Charles Djou will be the first Republican in the House from Hawaii since 1991.

The win for the GOP will cut the Democratic advantage in the House to 78 seats.  That will be trimmed one more on June 8, when Republicans will officially win a seat in Georgia that was held by Rep. Nathan Deal, who resigned to run for Governor.

Some other quick points about elections this weekend include a stop in Colorado, where Democrats and Republicans held conventions to choose which candidates should get top billing on the ballot for the primary elections.

In the Governor's race, former Rep. Scott McInnis was edged out by a businessman named  Dan Maes - he has NEVER run for office before.   Maybe that's a message, eh?

Meanwhile, over on the Democratic side, Sen. Michael Bennet also was taken down a notch like McInnis, as former State House Speaker Andrew Romanoff won the right to the top ballot spot in their primary battle.

Again, there is an interesting mix out there - that if you capture the energy - it can give you an election advantage in certain races.

One other thing that should be noted was the formal announcement this past weekend that New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is running for Governor of the Empire State.

While his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, never won the Democratic nomination for President, it won't surprise me if we hear Andrew's name mentioned in coming years as a possibility for his party.

Finally, the questions aren't going away for the White House on whether Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) was offered a job by someone in the Obama Administration to entice Sestak to get out of the race against now-defeated Sen. Arlen Specter.

"I was offered a job," Sestak said on NBC's Meet the Press, but he wouldn't reveal any other details about who offered what.

This could well turn out to be one of those stories that chugs along, gets a little interest, and then maybe explodes after awhile.

And you know that the Republicans will be more than happy to keep asking questions about it, because it helps them on two fronts - it raises questions about Sestak in Pennsylvania and about the White House nationally.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has threatened to file an ethics complaint against Sestak by July 4 if no one else does.