Super PACs spending to influence the vote

Super PACs are again trying to influence the election. Below are the ones that have spent the most through July 27. By law, super PACs can spend as much as they want either in support of or in opposition to a candidate on the ballot, so long as they do not contribute directly to or coordinate with a candidate’s committee.

AiKea Unite Here

>> Spent: $200,654

>> Major donors: Unite Here Local 5 PAC, Ironworkers Union Local 625 Stabilization Fund

>> Target: Support David Ige (governor)

Be Change Now

>> Spent: $2.04 million

>> Major donor: Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters

>> Targets: Support Josh Green (lieutenant governor), Colleen Hanabusa (governor), Tyler Dos-Santos Tam (Honolulu City Council); Oppose David Ige (governor)

Initiative for a Pono Hawaii

>> Spent: $60,439

>> Major donor: Pono Hawai‘i Initiative

>> Targets: Support Ikaika Hussey (Honolulu City Council), Terez Amato (state Senate), Heather Kimball (state Senate), Raina Whiting (state House), Tina Wilderberger (state House), Tiana Lawrence (state House), Sonny Ganaden (state House), Amy Perruso (state House), Natalia Hussey- Burdick (state House), Brenda Ford (state Senate), Matthew Lopresti (state Senate), Benton Rodden (state House), Maya Parrish (Hawaii County Council)

Sustainable Action Fund for the Environment

>> Spent: $22,380

>> Major donor: Sustainable Action Fund for the Environment

>> Targets: Support Elle Cochran (Maui mayor), Trinette Furtado (Maui County Council), Keani Rawlins-Fernandez (Maui Council), Natalie Kama (Maui Council), Hannibal Starbuck (Maui Council), Alika Atay (Maui Council), Kelly King (Maui Council), Tamara Paltin (Maui Council), Gabriel Johnson (Maui Council), Shane Sinenci (Maui Council), Tina Wildberger (state House)

Women Against Domestic Violence Hawaii

>> Spent: $7,932

>> Major donors: Megan Kau, Esther Kim, Peter Kim, Summer Uwono, Chrissy Okamoto, Ronald Kashimoto

>> Target: Oppose Clayton Hee (state Senate)