The detailed report, filed with the Federal Election Commission, showed former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, now chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group, a lobbying firm, gave Schatz $1,000.
A large chunk of the money listed on 234 pages of contributions raised by Schatz’ campaign during the first quarter of this year came from Hawaii business leaders, many of whom gave Schatz close to the combined $5,200 contributon limit for both the primary and general election.
Most notable was the presence of Navatek, the Honolulu company that develops ship hull designs and is a subsidiary of Pacific Marine. According to Schatz’ campaign records, seven Navatek employees and excutives each contributed $5,000 to Schatz including CFO Martin Kao, vice presidents Eric Schiff and Michael Schmicker, chief technology officer Steve Loui, chief scientist Dave Kring, and treasurer Susan Matsura.
Among other major donors were:
Richard Rosenblum, Honolulu, CEO Hawaiian Electric, $5,200
Raymond Vara, Jr., Honolulu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kapiolani Medical Center, $5,000.
Patrick Shin, Honolulu, President, Nan Inc. $5,200
Keith Amemiya, Honolulu, senior vice president, Island Holdings, $5,000
Jeffrey Arce, Honolulu, partner The McNaughton Group, $5,000
Henk Rogers, Honolulu, game designer Blue Planet Software, $5,000
Brian Sakamaki, Honolulu, principal Linoking LLC, $4,000
Bradley Smith, Honolulu, private invetor Kahala Capital Investors, $5,000
Patrick Sullivan, Kailua, founder/chairman Oceanit, $5,000
Easton Manson, Honolulul, president Persis Corp., $5,000
Peter Thompson, Enterprise Holdings, Wilmington, Del., production manager, $5,000
Mark Tilker, Honolulu, president Marathon Group, $5,000
Adam Wong, Honolulu, managing partner, ACW Ventures, $5,000
Russell Young, Honolulu, president AC Kobayashi, Inc. $5,000
Schatz also received a number of major donations from PACs, which can $5,000 each for the primary or the general. Giving the maximum were:
American Association for Justice (trial lawyers), Washington D.C., $5,000
American Bankers Association, $5,000
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees (labor), $5,000
Committee on Letter Carriers (labor), $5,000
Common Sense Colorado, PAC (Colorado Sen. Michael Bennett’s leadership PAC), $5,000
International Association of Bridge, Structural Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers (labor), $5,000
New York Life Insurance, $5,000
Pacific Century Financial Corporation, $5,000
Prairie PAC (Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin’s leadership PAC), $5,000
Real Estate Roundtable PAC, $5,000
Searchlight Leadership Fund (Senator Harry Reid’s leadership PAC), $5,000

— Kery Murakami
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