Ian Lind undertook a little reporting exercise this morning.
Donor companies:
Out-of-state contributions are not unusual in any state race, to be sure. But Lingle has stronger ties than most local candidates to Mainland supporters. As Ian noted, this makes the challenge facing any Democratic candidate even tougher. Though frankly the Dems first need to find a viable candidate before worrying about fundraising...
Governor Lingle raised $246,781.25 during the second half of 2004, with a big chunk coming from out of state. Just for fun, I pulled out the top out of state donors from data filed with the Campaign Spending Commission and came up with this list. Just this small group accounts for about a third of the total Lingle raised during the period. It's clear that Lingle is pulling support from wealthy donors, mostly major Republican contributors, as well as companies doing business in Hawaii.
- The Corbis Group (San Diego, CA) $6,000
- Corrections Corp of America (Nashville, TN) $6,000
- Hawaiian Holdings Inc (San Diego, CA) $6,000
- Pacific Coast Capital (El Segundo, CA) $5,000
- La Jolla Investment (La Jolla, CA) $3,750
- Patrick Investment Grp (San Diego, CA) $3,750
- Aramark (Philadelphia) $3,500
- Roland & Dawn Arnall (Los Angeles) $12,000
- Eileen Blau (Westport, CT) $6,000
- Guilford Glazer (Beverly Hills, CA) $6,000
- Marc S. Goldman (Hoboken, NJ) $6,000
- Russell B. Geyser (Encinitas, CA) $6,000
- Lewis P. Geyser (Salinas, CA) $3,853.50 (in kind)
- Robert Cohen (Los Angeles, CA) $3,800.12 (in kind)
- Abraham T Keh (Los Altos, CA) $5,000
- Ty Ross (Goldendale, WA) $5,000
Out-of-state contributions are not unusual in any state race, to be sure. But Lingle has stronger ties than most local candidates to Mainland supporters. As Ian noted, this makes the challenge facing any Democratic candidate even tougher. Though frankly the Dems first need to find a viable candidate before worrying about fundraising...
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