Abercrombie Still Leads Aiona in Money Race
Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Aiona brought in an extra $65,400 while former Congressman Neil Abercrombie raised more than four times his opponent during the two weeks leading up to the Sept. 18 primary election.
But despite Abercrombie’s fundraising advantage, Aiona has the support of the Republican Governors Association, which had bought $605,382 worth of commercials for Aiona through Sept. 18, according to reports with the state .
Campaign finance reports covering all contributions and expenses between Sept. 4-18 were due by midnight Monday.
James “Duke” Aiona
Republican Aiona raised $65,432 between Sept. 4-18, bringing his total contributions over the course of the primary to $2.64 million. He started his campaign with $196,063 cash on hand.
Among the largest donors were state comptroller Russ Saito ($4,500), the Hawaii Ophthalmological Society PAC ($5,500) and Pacific Rim Bank executive Austin Imamura ($5,999).
Aiona spent $153,926 for the latest reporting period, and $2.47 million total for the primary. This reporting period was the first time the campaign bought television ads. It spent $48,721 with Brabendercox of Pittsburgh for TV ads, another $12,173 with KHON, and $7,219 with KGMB.
Read Aiona’s disclosure .
Neil Abercrombie
Abercrombie, who won the Democratic primary, raised $261,266 during the reporting period, bringing his total contributions through Sept. 18 to just over $3 million. As of Sept. 18, he had $237,345 cash on hand.
Among his largest donors for the two-week period were the United Food and Commercial Workers ($6,000), the Hawaii Machinists Non-Partisan Political LGE ($6,000) and executives with Liberty Dialysis of Washington ($10,000).
Abercrombie spent $328,394 in the final two weeks before the primary and a total of $3.3 million over the course of the campaign. Some of his larger expenses included $29,324 for ads in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and $18,152 spent with KHON for advertising.
Abercrombie’s disclosure is available online.
Mufi Hannemann
Hannemann raised $101,606 during the two-week period and spent $749,290. But because he had $790,320 cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period, he ended up with a surplus of $142,637 for the cycle.
Those additions bring Hannemann鈥檚 fundraising total to $2.89 million for the entire primary election and his expenses to $3.45 million.
Some of his last-minute donors included city rail contractor Parsons Brinkerhoff Inc. PAC of New York ($6,000), William Chee, the CEO of Prudential Locations ($6,000), ESPN broadcaster Christopher Berman ($6,000) and the Hilton Hawaiian Village ($6,000).
Hannemann’s latest filing shows he spent $195,000 on television ads on the four major network stations and $97,906 for eight ads in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser between Sept.4-18.
Read Hannemann’s disclosure .
Here’s a look at the two winning lieutenant governor candidates:
Brian Schatz
Democrat Schatz raised $20,985 during the two-week period, which added to $9,360 in cash on hand. The campaign said it owed $66,000 in loans through the primary election and reported a deficit of $58,364.
Among the largest donors to Schatz’s campaign were the United Public Workers PAC ($3,750), the Hawaii Medical Service Association Employee PAC ($2,000) and Liberty Dialysis of Washington ($2,000).
Schatz’s expenses, not counting the loans, amounted to $22,708 for the reporting period, and $628,376 for the primary election.
The campaign鈥檚 single largest expense was $9,628 paid out to the Star-Advertiser for advertising. He also spent $9,000 with Media Strategies of Virginia for television ads.
Read Schatz鈥檚 disclosure .
Runner-up Bobby Bunda raised more than twice that of Schatz during the two weeks. Bunda brought in $57,210, which added to $75,474 cash on hand. But he spent $130,403, which, counting a $25,000 loan, left his campaign with a deficit of $22,719.
Lynn Finnegan
Republican Finnegan brought in $26,480 from Sept. 4-18, which added to $10,121 cash on hand. The campaign had raised $148,666 total for the primary.
The campaign spent $36,350 during the two-week period, and $182,973 for the entire primary. Finnegan spent just $6,608 on advertising during the reporting period, including ads on cable channels and radio. The largest expense was $4,165 for postcards, letterhead and envelopes with Edward Enterprises of Honolulu.
Read Finnegan’s disclosure .
