Gabbard Wants More Campaign Cash
The Hawaii congresswoman warns of “multiple opponents who are twisting my record in an attempt to win voters.”
Tulsi Gabbard’s campaign sent out an email Sunday asking supporters for more campaign contributions.
“If you can afford it, please make a contribution of $3 or more to support my re-election campaign in Hawaii,” Gabbard states in the email. “As you may know, I am facing multiple opponents who are twisting my record in an attempt to win voters. I need your help to defeat them.”
It’s interesting that the U.S. representative thinks she needs more money, as she raised more than $420,000 in the April-June period and reported nearly $1.9 million in cash on hand.
By the standard of most U.S. House races in Hawaii, that’s a lot of kala. Meanwhile, Gabbard’s official challengers report little or no campaign finances at all.
The Democrat representing Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District did not expand on what she means by “twisting” her record, although primary challenger Shay Chan Hodges about Gabbard’s tenure in Congress.
Hodges has also called Gabbard with the 2nd District, which covers the neighbor islands and mostly non-urban Oahu. And Hodges has pushed — unsuccessfully, so far — with Gabbard.
On another matter, in her campaign email Gabbard expressed satisfaction that the national Democratic Party accepted “major reforms to the superdelegate process.”
She said, “This compromise helps to make our presidential nominating contest more democratic. In addition, the party will be actively encouraging open primaries and same-day party registration, like what we have in Hawaii.”
Sanders and Gabbard — she’s a superdelegate backing Bernie — are expected in Philadelphia for the national party convention that begins Monday.
