This article was updated late Wednesday to reflect the filings of Neil Abercrombie and Mufi Hannemann.
Democratic candidate Neil Abercrombie raised more than twice as much money as his primary opponent Mufi Hanneman from July 1 to Sept. 3, according to campaign finance reports published late Wednesday.
The filings with the state come just 10 days before the primary election and show that Abercrombie and Hannemann both have spent about $3 million on their campaigns to date.
Abercrombie has raised $2.76 million for his campaign to date, while Hannemann has raised $2.78 million to date. The former mayor started out his campaign with $672,000 cash on hand, which brings Hannemann’s total receipts to $3.49 million to date. As of September 3, Abercrombie had only about a third as much cash on hand as Hannemann.
The reports for Republican candidates James “Duke” Aiona and John Carroll show Aiona has a significant money advantage over his opponent. Aiona raised almost $200,000 for the two-month period, while Carroll brought in $929.
Here are the details of those reports:
Mufi Hannemann
Hannemann raised $330,408 from July 1 to September 3, bringing his total contributions to $3.49 million, including the $672,079 he had on hand at the start of his campaign.
Hannemann spent $1.54 million during the latest reporting period, and $2.7 million to date. As of September 3, he had $791,787 cash on hand.
The biggest recipient of Hannemann’s spending was Spaulding Printing Inc. of California, which was paid a total of $201,735 for direct mail printing and mailing. Honolulu-based Anthology Marketing Group was paid a total of $150,520 for consulting and advertising.
The Hannemann campaign’s largest single transactions were $64,395 with Spaulding Printing and $62,199 for advertising in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
Read Hannemann’s disclosure .
Neil Abercrombie
Democrat Abercrombie raised $718,290 from July 1 to September 3, bringing his total election contributions to $2.76 million. He started his campaign from scratch with no cash on hand, according to his filing.
Abercrombie spent just shy of $1 million 鈥 $996,766 to be exact 鈥 during the two-month period, and $2.98 million for the election to date. As of September 3, he had $275,030 on hand.
The biggest recipient of Abercrombie’s spending was Olomana Marketing of Hawaii, which was paid a total of $90,813 for consulting and advertising. The Abercrombie campaign’s biggest single transaction for the latest reporting period was $43,455 paid to Olomana Marketing.
Read Abercrombie’s disclosure .
James “Duke” Aiona
Republican Aiona brought in contributions totaling $199,378 from July 1 to September 3. The bulk of the money he received 鈥 $156,560 鈥 came in sums of more than $100. This brings Aiona鈥檚 contributions for the entire election cycle to $2.57 million.
The campaign spent $432,342 during the latest reporting period and $2.3 million through the whole election cycle. As of September 3, he had $487,174 cash on hand.
The biggest recipients of Aiona’s spending were two Mainland political consulting firms. The campaign paid $100,000 in three transactions to BrabenderCox of Pittsburgh, whose says it offers 鈥渁 variety of voter contact services.鈥 It also spent $87,376 on professional services, printing and advertising with of California.
The Aiona campaign’s biggest single transaction was a $50,000 payout to BrabenderCox for 鈥渕edia production.鈥
Read Aiona’s disclosure .
John Carroll
Republican Carroll’s total contributions from July 1 to September 3 came to $929. His contributions for the entire election cycle come to $14,425.
Carroll reported expenditures of $10,575 for the two-month period, including a $5,100 loan repayment. He has spent $26,326 through the whole election cycle, and as of September 3 had $1,807 cash on hand.
Read Carroll’s .
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