comscore Hanabusa raises $500,000 in quest to unseat Schatz in Senate | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Top News

Hanabusa raises $500,000 in quest to unseat Schatz in Senate

Honolulu Star-Advertiser logo
Unlimited access to premium stories for as low as $12.95 /mo.
Get It Now
  • JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
    Colleen Hanabusa laughs with supporters during a rally for her 2014 campaign on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at the Bishop Museum in Kalihi.

U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa raised $500,000 in the past quarter for her Democratic primary challenge against U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, her campaign said today.

Her campaign said the donations reflect six weeks of fundraising since she announced she was would run against Schatz in May. Seventy-five percent of the donations came from Hawaii, her campaign said.

Schatz raised $911,000 during the last quarter, according to his campaign, and more than $2 million overall.

“This is a good number for us,” Cameron Nekota, Hanabusa’s campaign chairman, said in a statement. “Colleen announced her candidacy almost halfway through the quarter and we want to say ‘Mahalo’ to our donors who mobilized so quickly. We are thankful and humbled by the tremendous support we received in a very short period of time.”

Hanabusa also had $248,600 in her House account at the end of the first quarter that she can use for her Senate campaign.

The election next year is for the remainder of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye’s term, which runs through 2016.

Comments have been disabled for this story...

Click here to see our full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. Submit your coronavirus news tip.

Be the first to know
Get web push notifications from Star-Advertiser when the next breaking story happens — it's FREE! You just need a supported web browser.
Subscribe for this feature

Scroll Up