Where Neil, Brian, Duke and Lynn Get Their Money
If the outcome of the governor’s race were based simply on who raises the most cash, the Democratic ticket would have a big advantage over Republicans.
Neil Abercrombie had a better than 2-to-1 margin over James “Duke” Aiona in the latest campaign finance report (between Sept. 19 and Oct. 18). Same goes for Brian Schatz over Lynn Finnegan.
Civil Beat takes a look at where all the kala is coming from.
As we have done since well before the primary election, Civil Beat breaks down donors and contributions to get a sense of where the Democrat and Republican candidates get their dough — especially in the final stretch, when many donors are suffering from donor fatigue.
According to Abercrombie’s , he’s getting money from unions but also employees of Bank of Hawaii, Pacific Shipyard International, R. M. Towill Corporation, law firm Labaton Sucharow and a lot of people who work for the state’s university and public school system.
As seen in Ainoa’s , it means lots cash from state employees, faith workers, retired people, donors who gave $100 or less and, oddly, a lot of dentists. (Abercrombie has dental support, too.)
According to Schatz’s , he’s particularly popular among attorneys. We mean you, Galiher DeRobertis Ono. And Leavitt Yamane and Soldner. And Cronin Fried Sekiya Kekina & Fairbanks.
Like Aiona, Finnegan’s suggests she is popular with state workers and prominent Republicans.
As before, we apologize if we left your name and/or organization off the list. Remember, there’s always the next reporting cycle!
Industry PACs
Abercrombie Hawaiian Airlines Inc. Committee ($1,000), Island Insurance Employees PAC ($6,000), Associated Steel Workers ($2,000), Hawaii Association of Realtors PAC ($4,000), Hawaii Venture Capital Association ($1,000), Hilton Hawaiian Village ($3,000), Royal State Corporation (insurance; $6,000), Enterprise Holdings, Inc. PAC (the rental-car company; $2,500), SPEC State PAC (Bank of Hawaii; $3,700), Watanabe Ing LLP State PAC (law firm; $1,000), Castle & Cooke Inc. Legislative Committee Hawaii ($2,500), NCL America/Polynesian Adventure Tours PAC (cruise line; $500), Hilo Hawaiian Hotel ($6,000), Hawaii Medical Service Assn Employee PAC ($1,000) and Hawaii Credit Union League State PAC ($1,000).
Schatz Young Brothers Limited ($5,500), Hawaii Medical Service Association Employee PAC ($500), Holland America Line Paymaster Corporation ($3,000), Hilton Worldwide-Memphis Memphis ($6,000), ARDA ROC-PAC (a resort owners coalition; $6,000) and Hawaii Association of Realtors PAC ($6,000)
Aiona Hilton Hawaiian Village ($6,000), First Hawaiian Bank ($3,000), Hawaiian Airlines Inc. Committee for a Better HI ($1,000) and Maui Hotel & Lodging Assn PAC ($500).
Labor PACs
Abercrombie HGEA Political Contribution Account ($6,000), United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners ($5,800), ILWU Local 142 PAC ($6,000), IBEW Local Union 1357 PAC ($500), Hawaii Fire Fighters Association PAC ($6,000), Hawaii Committee on Political Education ($6,000), United Public Workers PAC ($2,000), Hawaii Carpenters Market Recovery Program ($6,000), Painters Local Union 1791 PAC ($6,000) and IBEW Local 1260 Voluntary Political Fund ($2,000).
Schatz Hawaii State Teachers Association ($6,000), Local Union 1186 IBEW PAC Fund ($6,000), Glaziers, Architectural Metal and Glassworkers 189 ($6,000), Painters Local Union 1791 PAC ($6,000), Plumbers and Pipefitters Political Action Committee ($6,000), Hawaii Laborers Political Action Committee ($6,000), United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners Local 745 ($5,800), HEMEP Political Fund (unionized electrical workers; $6,000), University of Hawaii Professional Assembly ($6,000) and Hawaii Fire Fighters Association PAC ($2,000).
Central Pacific Bank
Abercrombie John C. Dean, CEO ($1,500)
Schatz CPB PAC-State ($5,500)
Aiona CPB Pac-State ($350)
Finnegan CPB PAC-State ($2,500)
Politicians
Abercrombie John Waihee ($5,000), Felipe Abinsay, Jr. ($200), Friends of Calvin Say ($1,000), Friends of Rosalyn Baker ($2,000), Friends of Carol Fukunaga ($1,000), Friends of Michael Magaoay ($1,000), Friends of Pono Chong ($1,000) and Friends of Brenda Ford (Hawaii County Council; $500)
Schatz Friends of Josh Green ($1,000) and Kim Coco Iwamoto ($6,000)
Aiona Quentin Kawananakoa ($5,650), Colleen Meyer ($200) and Fred Rohlfing ($25)
Finnegan Linda Lingle Campaign Committee ($5,750) and Quentin Kawananakoa ($6,000)
Government People
Abercrombie Hugh Jones, Hawaii Deputy Attorney General ($300), Jay Kimura, County of Hawaii Attorney ($500), Michael Formby, Hawaii Harbor Division Deputy Director ($1,000) and Richard Pezzulo, Office of Hawaiian Affairs CFO ($250)
Aiona Marsha Weinert, State Tourism Liaison ($300), Russ Saito, State Comptroller ($1,000) and Sandra Kunimoto, Hawaii Department of Agriculture ($200)
Finnegan Mark Bennett, Hawaii Attorney General ($250), Marcia Klompus, State Scheduler, Office of the Governor ($109.50), Linda Smith, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Governor ($150) and Lorraine Shin, State Director USDA Rural Development ($2,000)
Business People
Abercrombie Richard Dahl, James Campbell Company ($3,000), Jeff Kissel, The Gas Company ($500),
Bert A. Kobayashi, Kobayashi Develpment Group ($6,000), Tim Johns, Bishop Museum ($4,000), Stanford S. Carr, Stanford Carr Development ($6,000), Warren K. K. Luke, Hawaii National Bank ($1,000), Arthur A. Ushijima, Queen’s Health Systems ($1,000), Guy Merola, Commercial Data System ($1,000), Mark D. Wong, Commercial Data Systems ($1,000), Janet A. Liang, Kaiser Foundation ($3,000), Stanley Kuriyama, Alexander & Baldwin ($3,000), Hoyt H. Zia, Hawaiian Airlines ($1,000), David Carey, Outrigger Enterprise Group ($2,000), Duncan MacNaughton, The MacNaughton Group ($6,000), Joshua Feldman, Tori Richard ($500) and Donna A. Tanoue, Bank of Hawaii ($1,000)
Schatz Arthur Ushijima, Queens Medical Center ($5,000) and Dennis Mitsunaga, Mitsunaga and Associates ($4,000)
Aiona Morris Stoebner, Honda Windward ($5,000), Carol A. May, City Mill ($500), Jaide V. Watumull, Watumull Bros. ($500), Frank Coluccio, Frank Coluccio Construction ($4,050), Led Brodie, tire magnate ($500), Stanford Carr, Stanford Carr Dev. ($6,000) and Warren K K. Luke, Hawaii National Bank ($750.00)
Finnegan Joseph P. Nicolai, JN Group Inc. ($250), Frank Coluccio, Frank Coluccio Construction Company ($3,000), David Carey, Outrigger Enterprises ($2,000), Charles King, King Auto Center ($2,000) and Dorvin Leis, Dorvin D. Leis Co. ($2,000)
Jeff Stone, The Resort Group
Abercrombie $4,700
Schatz $1,500
Finnegan $2,250
Legal People
Abercrombie Louise Ing of Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing ($1,000) and Jeff Portnoy of Cades Schutte ($1,200)
Schatz Steven Levinson, retired Associate Justice ($25)
Finnegan Sidney Ayabe of Ayabe, Chong, Nishimoto, Sia & Nakamura ($2,000)
Religious People
Abercrombie Wallace Fukunaga, Christ Church Uniting in Kailua ($100), Robert Fitzpatrick, Episcopal Church ($150), George M. Lee, Episcopal Church ($150) and Norma Nyuk Wong, Daihonzan Chozen-ji ($510)
Aiona Don Kimi, New Hope Kauai (in-kind; $1,496), Carolyn Oda, St. Andrew’s Priory ($2,000), Franchon Keamo-Young, Catholic Charaties Hawaii ($100), Elwin Ahu, New Hope Christian Fellowship ($92), Edward Asto, Grace Bible Church ($46), Anne Fujii, Kings Cathedral Wailuku ($20) and Alison Higa, New Hope Kauai Kapaa ($50)
Finnegan Carolyn Oda, St. Andrew’s Priory ($2,000)
Librarians
Abercrombie Ruth Horie, University of Hawaii at Manoa ($50)
Finnegan Gregg Geary, State of Hawaii ($300)
From Out of State
Abercrombie Bevin Cherot, U. S. Army aviator, Potomac, Md. ($500)
Schatz The Fuentes Consulting Group, Miami-Dade County, Fla. ($250)
Aiona Mark Nakagawa, U.S. Dept of Defense soldier, Springfield, Va. ($25)
Finnegan Karen Delaney, homemaker, Laguna Niguel, Calif. ($6,000)
Number of Donors Who Gave Only $10
Abercrombie Nine
Schatz One
Aiona Five
Finnegan Zero
Potpourri
Abercrombie TYRI, Inc., Lihue (in-kind portable toilet rental fee; $166.67)
Aiona Schuman Aviation Company (in-kind airfare to neighbor islands, $4,262.40)
Finnegan Jade by Nikolai, gemstone designer ($1,000)
