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Ben Cayetano

Four Ex-Hawaii Governors Say They Fear For Our Future Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Four Ex-Hawaii Governors Say They Fear For Our Future

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Civil Beat interviewed four of Hawaii’s most prominent leaders. They had a lot to say about our growing social and economic problems and the lack of leadership to help resolve them.

Cayetano To Trump: Cut Honolulu Rail Funds Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Cayetano To Trump: Cut Honolulu Rail Funds

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UPDATE: The former Hawaii governor is asking the president to withhold $800 million in federal money for the rail project.

Caldwell, Djou Headed For Runoff In Honolulu Mayor’s Race Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Caldwell, Djou Headed For Runoff In Honolulu Mayor’s Race

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The mayor barely outpolled his primary challenger, but neither candidate garnered a majority of the vote, so they both advance.
Caldwell Touts Democratic Support Caldwell For Mayor

Caldwell Touts Democratic Support

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The Honolulu mayor is running campaign ads featuring Gov. David Ige.
Djou Gets Some Democratic Support In Campaign For Mayor Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Djou Gets Some Democratic Support In Campaign For Mayor

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Ben Cayetano, Walter Heen and Ann Kobayashi want change at Honolulu Hale, even if their favored candidate is a Republican.
New Political Parties Get Their Shot On Hawaii Ballots This Year PF Bentley/Civil Beat

New Political Parties Get Their Shot On Hawaii Ballots This Year

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UPDATED: The Hawaii Constitution Party, the Hawaii Independent Party and the American Shopping Party have qualified.
Pod Squad: Who’s More Local? The Discussion Has Just Begun Civil Beat

Pod Squad: Who’s More Local? The Discussion Has Just Begun

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Defining "local" in Hawaii is highly subjective, but exploring the question proves enlightening.
Is Anybody More Local Than Ben Cayetano? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Is Anybody More Local Than Ben Cayetano?

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Hawaii’s remarkable ethnic and racial diversity and the social tension that comes with it is the subject of a new Connections thread. Who better to kick off that discussion than a man who has worked through it all?
Cayetano: PRP Super PAC Broke Federal Election Law

Cayetano: PRP Super PAC Broke Federal Election Law

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UPDATE: The former Hawaii governor has lodged a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging the super PAC coordinated with U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono's campaign in 2012.
Denby Fawcett: Digging Up Dirt and Opposition Research 101 PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Denby Fawcett: Digging Up Dirt and Opposition Research 101

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Political operatives who supply sleazy campaign fodder against opposing candidates can suffer consequences, but their goal is victory.
Hidden Super PAC Money Comes to Light in Campaign Spending Reports

Hidden Super PAC Money Comes to Light in Campaign Spending Reports

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The Hawaii Super PAC that helped launch Mayor Kirk Caldwell into office and kept the rail project on track broke campaign spending rules in 2012 by not disclosing who it hired.
Hawaii Candidates Need to Sign the ‘People’s Pledge’ Flickr: www.flickr.com: DonkeyHotey

Hawaii Candidates Need to Sign the ‘People’s Pledge’

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We can stop Super PACS funded by mysterious donors from inundating Hawaii with negative ads.
Ben Cayetano