colleen always wanted to be governor of Hawaii one day.  but her good friend and mentor, senator Inouye wanted her to succeed him to carry on his legacy,  out of respect for him that is why she ran for congress to obtain experience in congress until inouye retired or died.  when Abercrombie did not appoint her to succeed him but appointed schatz.  she felt dishonored and decided to challenge schatz,  however, schatz put up a good fight and edged her out.  she decided to run for takai's seat because he asked her to and wanted to protect it against republican control (djou).  so those who claim that she is flip-flopping does not know the real story.  so, to see her to come home and run for governor is not surprising, and since she is not getting younger and ige has not performed well, she felt that it would be a good time to run for governor.