In plain words: Who gives political money here, and who receives it.
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State of Hawaiʻi — Campaign Money
Campaign contributions to the four State-level offices — Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, State House and State Senate — from the Hawaiʻi Campaign Spending Commission
public record. County councils, county mayors and prosecutors are tracked on their own tenant pages; this
page is the State branch only.
$55,099,976
to state offices
84,834
contributions
4
state offices
$87,579,506
all HI offices (context)
Source: Hawaiʻi Campaign Spending Commission contribution records (public record), as of 2026-06-13 09:14 HST.
Amounts cleaned and summed in code. Giving to campaigns is lawful and ordinary — this maps where the
money concentrates so it can be read beside what the money decides. Documented facts and open questions.
By state office — total contributions received
$17,254,29716,620 giftsGovernor · incl. $912,624 from real-estate / development donors
$16,453,19135,283 giftsHouse · incl. $586,918 from real-estate / development donors
$13,235,07824,258 giftsSenate · incl. $475,343 from real-estate / development donors
$8,157,4108,673 giftsLt. Governor · incl. $303,447 from real-estate / development donors
The real-estate / development figure is the
subset of each office's money that comes from donors flagged as real-estate, development, construction or
land interests — the sectors with the most before-the-State business.
The question. The same names recur at the top of nearly every Hawaiʻi office:
trade-union PACs, the visitor-industry PAC, insurance, and a handful of development families. When one donor
funds dozens of candidates across both chambers and the executive, does each official answer the public who
elected them, or the donor who funds the whole field? The list below is the input side of that question.
Top statewide donors — across all HI candidates
$290,90084 candsLocal Union 1186 IBEW PAC Fund · 176 gifts
$264,95076 candsHawaii Laborers Political Action Committee · 166 gifts
$220,00062 candsHawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization · 138 gifts
$211,80070 candsHawaii Regional Council of Carpenters · 136 gifts
$210,35077 candsARDA ROC-PAC · 249 gifts
$204,80069 candsUnited Public Workers PAC · 160 gifts
$202,27555 candsHawaii Laborers PAC · 120 gifts
$194,11392 candsIsland Insurance PAC · 302 gifts
$180,77372 candsHGEA Political Contribution Account · 169 gifts
$178,00044 candsLocal Union 293 State Legislature Fund · 75 gifts
$162,00049 candsKobayashi, Patrick · 109 gifts
$152,00024 candsPark Hotels and Resorts · 49 gifts
$149,40053 candsILWU Local 142 · 147 gifts
$148,14965 candsMK Advocacy Group LLC · 186 gifts
$147,0082 candsJosh Green for Hawaii · 19 gifts
$145,50058 candsUnited Public Workers Political Action Committee · 118 gifts