From Eric Dondero:

Libertarian Republican has been one of the earliest supporters of two Republican special election congressional candidates in Pennsylvania and Hawaii. In PA, LR contributor and Draft Sarah Palin for VP 2008 co-founder, Steve Maloney has been very active as a volunteer, in the campaign of Republican Tim Burns, running for the Murtha seat. We here at LR were one of the first blogs to highlight the Hawaii race of fiscal conservative and US Army Veteran Charles Djou in Hawaii, running for the open Abercombrie seat. Both elections are in May.

Recent polls show both Burns and Djou ahead, but by only small margins.

Now add the "star power" of Scott Brown to the mix.

From Chris Cillizza, WaPo (via Memeo):

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) knows a little something about special elections.

After chalking up a stunning win in the race to replace the late senator Edward M. Kennedy (D) earlier this year, he is hoping to use his star power to help House Republicans bring home two special-election victories this month.

Brown has written a letter to his list of Hawaii donors for Honolulu City Council member Charles Djou, the Republican candidate in the state's 1st Congressional District. Brown will also travel to southwestern Pennsylvania this month in support of businessman Tim Burns's campaign for that state's 12th District seat. Brown will appear at two events for Burns on May 14: a fundraiser in Canonsburg, Pa., and a rally in Washington, Pa.

A sidenote; Cillizza also mentions that Brown has recently endorsed State Rep. Jeff Perry for Congress in Massachusetts CD 2. This is the William Delahunt seat, who is retiring. We have featured Perry here at LR. He is a close friend and ally of longtime Libertarian Republican State Senator Bob Hedlund, who also considered running in this race. Hedlund bowed out and endorsed his friend Jeff Perry.

(H/t Memeo)