Things appear to be heating up in the crowded race for Lt. Governor in the Democratic primary.
Brian Schatz, former State Democratic Party chairman, told supporters he is rolling out his first television ad.
So is Lyla Berg, who is leaving her seat in the State House to run for LG. Berg notified supporters that her television ad will be broadcast during the 10 p.m. news on Sunday night (August 1). It will run on four network stations (KHON, KITV, KHNL, and KGMB). Berg will also be airing ads at various Consolidated Theaters around the state.
Former State Senator Gary Hooser picked up the endorsement of UNITE HERE! Local 5. A campaign video, The Hooser Story, has been available for viewing online since last year.
Sen. Norman Sakamoto has been on the air a lot, with both television and radio ads. All can be viewed on his web site.
Other Democrats, including former Senate President Bobby Bunda and Rep. John Riki Karamatsu are playing catchup. Karamatsu’s web site, under the heading “Media” says simply: “Official Campaign Commercial to be released in August of 2010.”
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50 Days, Ian.
With such a crowded field, you would think the contenders would be concentrating on Oahu where most of the voters live and you can find some event with a couple of hundred folks every night — and relying on ground troops on the Neighbor Islands (along with media buys) to spread the word.
But lo and behold, Bobby Bunda was shaking hands and handing out plates of chicken hekka at Councilmember Joe Pontanilla’s Central Maui event last night and Gary Hooser is coming over to speak to the AKAKU cameras (actually he’s showing up at the Maui Democratic Party Century Club event which draws a small crowd but is tapped for local access TV) next Tuesday, Brian Schatz and Lyla Berg walked the tables at the Miss Hawaii Filipina pageant last Saturday night in Kaanapali, and Norman Sakamoto has appeared at community events.
Will the 25,000 votes in a Primary election (lower turnout than in the general) on Maui make a difference in the Statewide race (I would think Mazie Hirono squeaked by Colleen Hanabusa with N.I. support in the CD2 Primary some years back)?
We’ll see if any of them show up for the last large bon dances on the Valley Isle over the next four weekends. Saturday also marks the annual Senior Citizen brunch gathering in Wailea — all of the Senior Citizen clubs will have groups attending.
i continue to be amazed at the visual pollution of political signs. Those banners seem to fit fat egos of politicians like Mufi. You drive through Laie and you get the picture, although many do not like Mufi there.
There’s got to be an agreed-upon understanding among candidates. We don’t want to squash ‘free speech and free press’ but it would be fair to agree all political signs be 18 x 24 MAX …. and only one every 300 feet?
And then there is the signs raiding. It appears Panos for Mayor signs are in demand by some thieves. You see them one day in Laie Kam Hwy and they are gone the next day.
The theme for this years campaigns seems to me to be “Size Matters.”