Here’s the list of top contributors to Ed Case.
He received almost nothing from political action committees. According to the FEC, PACs accounted for just $7,700 raised by Case in reportable amounts, and none gave more than $2,400. By comparison, Hanabusa pulled in $262,000 in PAC money. That’s quite a devastating difference, unless the candidate on the short end has enough resources to make the discrepancy an issue.
And his list of large contributors was quite short by comparison to Hanabusa. Unless I made a big mistake this morning, here are the top Case contributors. In this case, I extended the group to include all that gave $3,000 or more. That’s a lower threshold than I used for Hanabusa, and still the list is short.
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I’ll try to do a run to find those hedging their bets, as suggested.
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when I see the contrast between Case and Hanabusa … makes me wonder if that is what people are talking about when they say someone is a candidate of the “machine”
That’s exactly what they’re talking about when they say she’s a machine politician. Must be nice as a politician to be so bought-out that you never have to think for yourself, your DONORS (owners?) can tell you what to think instead!
It is an interesting contrast. Hanabusa’s big money from unions and the local “machine,” Case’s big money from attorneys at his current law firm ($22k) and people with the last name of “Case” ($47k). Can’t say I’m particularly surprised by either one.