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MEDIA RELEASE U. S. Senate candidate Ed Case has publicly asked his Democratic opponent Mazie Hirono to “hit the road” with him statewide to take their candidacies to Hawaii’s voters together. “Voters are entitled to listen to us debate the issues of our day, just as we must be able to do as their United [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Neighbor island Democratic Congressional candidate Bob Marx supports a national bill to increase millionaires’ income tax rate to 30 percent. The bill, to be introduced by U.S. Sens. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), would bring in about $50 billion a year. Speaking Wednesday to a group of Kaneohe democrats, Marx said: [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Tulsi Gabbard’s campaign for U.S. Congress continues to gain momentum with the FEC filing showing the candidate raised $208,255 in the fourth quarter of 2011. Seventy-four percent of Tulsi’s donors are from Hawaii, and 60 percent of all donations were $200 or less signaling strong grassroots support. The campaign’s fourth quarter fundraising total [...]

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From Ed Case, candidate for U.S. Senate: My top priority as U.S. Senator will be to grow our economy and create good jobs. For Hawaii that means in part maintaining and enhancing our current economic drivers. At upwards of a quarter of our total economy and our second largest employer (after tourism), our defense community [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Democrat Mufi Hannemann reports his campaign for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District has collected more than $538,000 ($526,000 raised and a $12,000 loan from the candidate) since he announced his candidacy on Aug. 30 through Dec. 31. Overall, 82 percent of the contributions came from in-state, with close to one-half of those in the [...]

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An overview of the fourth quarter Federal Election Commission (FEC) campaign report shows that in just 82 days (Oct. 11-Dec. 31, 2011), 1545 individual donors, plus political action committees (PACs) and Partnerships, contributed $1,767,310.42 to the Linda Lingle U.S. Senate campaign, of which nearly 44% was raised from generous supporters in Hawaii.

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Attorney Ted Hong held a press conference at the Hawaii County building in Hilo on behalf of his clients, Patricia Nakamoto and Glen Shikuma, two of the four terminated employees from the Elections Division.

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MEDIA RELEASE Oliver “Sonny” Shimaoka, a long-time Big Island resident, has announced his candidacy for the County Council seat for District 9 (Waimea/Kohala/Waikoloa). Shimaoka lives in Waimea and is the pastor of New Hope Waimea Christian Fellowship. He has been involved as a community leader for many years. He presently serves as a chaplain with [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Mufi Hannemann, Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District, has been endorsed by the Hawaii Construction Alliance at a rally held at the Training Center of the Operating Engineers, Local 3, in Kapolei. The Hawaii Construction Alliance is comprised of the Operating Engineers, along with the Hawaii [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Bob Marx, Democratic candidate for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional district, called for “getting corrupt money out of our political system” in a statement to a group of Hawaii County Democrats. In the 2010 landmark case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot ban corporations from political spending [...]

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Hawaiian Paradise Park resident Greggor Ilagan declared his candidacy for the new District 4 seat representing Puna Makai on the Hawaii County Council to a group of supporters Friday.

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MEDIA RELEASE John Roco, a counselor on Oahu, is also a sometime church pianist and cantor for Sunday mass and founder of ‘Saint Damien Advocates’ – a nonprofit defending Catholic works from closure of adoptive and foster care services due to new gay non -discrimination laws (e.g., H.R.1681, ‘Every Child Deserves a Family Act’). Family [...]

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