Democratic Congresswoman Mazie Hirono got a $99,000 boost from a long list of political action committees in her campaign for U.S. Senate last quarter.
Hirono raised a total of $281,268 between April 1 and June 30, nearly doubling the fundraising effort of Democratic opponent Ed Case over the same period.
“It’s going really well,” Hirono told Civil Beat. “I’ve got a team that has experience electing Senate candidates. It’s what I call my ‘go-for-broke’ race, which means I’m giving it everything I’ve got.”
Hirono also reported more than half-a-million dollars in cash on hand, $545,632, and paid $26,401 in expenses last quarter. She has raised $382,643 through this election cycle.
Campaign finance reports for the last quarter were due July 15, and a staffer for the U.S. Senate Secretary confirmed to Civil Beat that both Hirono and Case submitted their forms before the deadline.
As of July 20, though, the Federal Election Commission still hadn’t posted the reports, which Civil Beat obtained through the Senate Office of Public Records. (Read about Case’s fundraising filing.)
Even without $99,000 from PACs, Hirono still would have surpassed Case in fundraising last quarter. Case raised $147,940 in the quarter.
A slew of well-known business executives and attorneys were among the individuals who contributed a total of $182,668 to Hirono’s campaign in the three months since April 1.
Hirono also accepted donations from some influential figures in Hawaii education — University of Hawaii Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, for example — a signal that her legislative focus on education may have resonated with them.
Here’s a snapshot of contributions to the Hirono campaign from the April 1 through June 30.
Government
- Deborah Kim, Hawaii public defender: $2,000
- Bruce Anderson, former Hawaii state health director and now president and CEO of Hawaii Health Systems Corp.: $1,000
- Daryl Higashi, director of housing finance for the city of San Francisco: $500
- Will Tom, lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission: $500
- Walter Ozawa, former deputy director of the Hawaii Judiciary: $250
Construction, Developers
- Fooney Freestone, engineer for construction contractor Nan, Inc.: $2,500
- Ryan Nakaima, engineer for construction contractor Nan, Inc.: $2,500
- Melvin Kaneshige, executive vice president of real estate, development for Outrigger Enterprises: $2,500
- Glenn Nohara, construction consultant for Genba Hawaii, Inc.: $2,500
- Richard Gushman, CEO of developer DGM Group: $2,500
- Wallace Miura, flooring contractor with Wally’s Flooring: $2,500
- Lance Inouye, president and CEO of Ralph S. Inouye Co., general contractor: $1,500
- David Carey, CEO and President of Outrigger Enterprises: $1,000
- Brad Myers, Kapolei Development LLC, $600
- Michael Jones, president of developer D.R. Horton: $500
- Frank Lyon, Jr., chairman and founder of Lyon Associates: $500
Attorneys, Business Executives
- Ian Mattoch, Law Offices of Ian Mattoch (personal injury lawyer): $5,000
- Judith Mattoch, listed the same address as Ian Mattoch: $5,000
- James Cook, owner of POP Fishing and Marine (commercial fishing): $2,500
- Richard Dahl, chief executive of the James Campbell Co.: $2,500
- Chester Koga, project manager at R.M. Towill: $2,500
- Greg Hiyakumoto, engineer at R.M. Towill: $2,500
- Christopher Tahbaz of mainland law firm Debevoise and Plimpton LLP: $2,500
- L. Mason Henderson, director of waste water treatment at Sand Island Treatment Center: $2,500
- Jeffrey Gural of Newmark Knight Frank, global real estate company: $2,500
- Robert King, president of Pacific Biodiesel, Inc.: $2,500
- Stanley Kuriyama, Alexander & Baldwin CEO: $1,500
- Kelly King, communications for Pacific Biodiesel, Inc.: $1,500
- Denis Dwyer, principal at Washington-based government-affairs firm Williams & Jensen: $1,200
- Rob Bellinger, vice president of Makai Ocean Engineering: $1,000
- Cedric Choi, Vice President of Choi International real estate: $1,000
- Constance Lau, president and CEO of Hawaiian Electric Industries (HECO): $1,000
- Bertil Werjefelt, president of VisionSafe Corp.: $1,000
- Paul Alston, director of Alston, Hunt, Floyd & Ing: $1,000
- Richard Rosenblum, CEO of Hawaiian Electric Co.: $500
- Gary Fujitani, executive director of the Hawaii Bankers Association: $500
- Anne Barnes, spokeswoman for Kauai Island Utility Cooperative: $500
- Stafford Kiguchi, executive vice president of Bank of Hawaii: $500
- Andrew Twomey, president of algae-to-energy company Phycal Hawaii: $250
- Louise Ing, director of Alston, Hunt, Floyd & Ing: $250
Education
- Virginia Hinshaw, chancellor of the University of Hawaii: $1,000
- Robert Littman, professor at the University of Hawaii: $1,000
- Walter Kirimitsu, president of St. Louis Schools: $1,000
- Patricia Hamamoto, principal of St. Louis Schools: $500
- Don Nakanishi, former director of UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center: $500
- Sumner La Croix, professor at the University of Hawaii: $300
- Julie Azume, founder and CEO of Different Roads to Learning: $250
PACs
- National Air Traffic Controllers Association: $5,000
- American Postal Workers Union: $5,000
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers: $5,000
- Boeing Political Action Committee: $5,000
- American Association for Justice PAC: $5,000
- Electrical Contractors Political Action Committee: $5,000
- American Crystal Sugar Co. PAC: $5,000
- National Postal Mail Handlers Union: $4,000
- Unite Here Tip Campaign Committee: $2,500
- Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association: $2,500
- International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots: $2,500
- Transport Workers Union PCC: $2,500
- Seafarers Political Activity Donation: $2,500
- American Maritime Officers PAC: $2,500
- United Transportation Union: $2,500
- Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE): $2,000
- Teamsters’ Democrat, Republican Independent Voter Education (DRIVE): $2,000
- American Chiropractic Association: $1,000
- Boilermakers-Blacksmiths LEAP: $1,000
- Credit Union Legislative Action Council: $1,000
- Parsons Corporation PAC: $1,000
- Hawaiian Airlines PAC: $1,000
- International Longshore and Warehouse Union: $1,000
- Matson Federal Election Committee: $1,000
- Association of Professional Flight Attendants: $1,000
- EdisonLearning Inc., PAC: $1,000
- National Association of Realtors: $1,000
- American Federation of State County and Municipal Emploees (AFL-CIO): $1,000
- ActBlue, Massachusetts-based Democratic clearinghouse: $500
- Bank of Hawaii: $500
Hirono’s mother-in-law, Rosemary Oshima, donated $5,000 to her campaign.
Hirono’s expenses included $12,000 to Washington, D.C.-based fundraising consultant Kieloch Consulting ($4,000 per month); $7,026 to another Washington fundraising consultant, Hirschberg Strategies; $345.10 in monthly payments for office space in the Davies Pacific Center on Bishop Street and monthly cell phone payments of $103.81 to AT&T.
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