Might as well get started already on following the upcoming Schatz vs Hanabusa election. The election in 2014 will be for the remaining two years of Inouye’s six-year term (through 2016).
To date:
SB, April 2013
The fund raising - it is just beginning to heat up, and will be interesting to see how it developes. Today in the SB:
To date:
SB, April 2013
U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa has decided to challenge U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz in the Democratic primary next year, according to a source close to her campaign.
Hanabusa was the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye’s choice as his replacement, and the senator had urged Gov. Neil Abercrombie to select her just before he died at 88 in December. Abercrombie instead chose Schatz, his lieutenant governor.
Hanabusa was the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye’s choice as his replacement, and the senator had urged Gov. Neil Abercrombie to select her just before he died at 88 in December. Abercrombie instead chose Schatz, his lieutenant governor.
A primary between Schatz, 40, and Hanabusa, 61, would evoke generational as well as political fault lines within the Democratic Party. Schatz, a progressive, has the potential to build seniority in the Senate over a generation. Hanabusa, a more traditional liberal, will contend that her experience prepares her to have an immediate impact.
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.
Hanabusa also had $248,600 in her House account at the end of the first quarter that she can use for her Senate campaign.
Schatz raised $911,000 during the last quarter, according to his campaign, and more than $2 million overall.
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