Josh Green in recent weeks was a $2,000 donation from the campaign of former Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. Among the many donations to Democratic Lt. Other tourism-related donations included $1,000 from MVW & Affiliated Companies (Marriott Vacations Worldwide) $2,000 from ARDA ROC-PAC, which advocates for timeshare companies $1,000 from Hawaii Lodging and Tourism HOTELPAC and $1,000 from Maui Hotel and Lodging Association PAC. Post-primary donations from the visitor industry included $1,000 from the Hawaii Hotel Alliance $500 from Jeff Wagoner, CEO of the Outrigger Hospitality Group $500 from Linda Rodrigues, senior vice president of Hilton Grand Vacations and $500 from Sean Dee, chief marketing officer of Outrigger Hotels. Green supports legalization of cannabis for recreational use, and legalization advocates are expected to launch a major push at the Legislature next year in support of recreational use to expand the market for Hawaii’s dispensaries.ĭonations from that sector included $2,500 from the Kauai dispensary Green Aloha, $2,000 from Oahu dispensary Aloha Green Holdings Inc., $3,000 from the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project and more than $2,500 from Randy Gonce, executive director of the Hawaii Cannabis Industry Association. In his latest filing Green listed sizable post-primary donations from significant players in the tourist industry as well as from Hawaii’s fledgling marijuana industry. Many large donors committed to Green early in the race.
Veterans of campaigns in heavily Democratic Hawaii have been predicting Aiona would have a difficult time raising cash because Green is presumed to have the advantage, and lobbyists and other donors tend to flock to the candidates who look most likely to win. But he added: “We’re going to have the resources we’re going to need to get our message out.” It’s not so much that people don’t want to give money, it’s that I’m not doing as much as I know I could” to raise money, he said. Mine just kind of comes in maybe $10,000 here, $5,000 there, that kind of stuff,” he said.Īiona also said he has been spread thin during the campaign. “The money has been coming in, not in bunches, like how my opponent has it. We’re scraping, but we’re fine.” Republican candidate for governor Duke Aiona said his campaign will have the resources it needs to get his message out. 16 that he might need as much as $1 million for the race, and expressed confidence at the time that “we’ll get there.” 26 demonstrate Aiona is critically short of cash weeks before mail-in voting begins.Īiona suggested in an interview on Sept. The new filings covering the period from Aug.
Mail-in ballots should be distributed to Hawaii voters by Oct. 13 primary Green raised more than $253,000, and he had more than $378,000 available as his campaign heads into the final weeks of the general election. Josh Green raised nearly $3.73 million this election cycle, and spent more than $3 million on his primary race against Vicky Cayetano and U.S. 26, according to his latest state filing.īy contrast, Democratic nominee Lt.
Republican Duke Aiona is struggling to raise the money he needs to get his campaign message out in the race for governor this year, and had received less than $171,000 in donations this election year as of Sept.
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