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Duke Aiona and Lynn Finnegan have announced the leaders of their statewide grassroots coalitions.
“These coalitions play an important role in our campaign and help get out our message to a diverse community,†said Aiona. “They bring issue expertise and a broad array of experiences that will expand our resources and spread our message of reducing the financial burden on our working families and small businesses, creating job opportunities and improving our education system.â€
“This election is going to be won at the grassroots level, and our coalition leaders are on the ground in communities throughout the state,†said Finnegan. “We’re going after every vote on every island and these coalitions help us connect with our citizens on the issues they care about most.â€
Among the Aiona Finnegan coalitions and their chairs:
African Americans – Lakisha Canaday
Chinese Americans – Lillie Young
Dentists – Dr. Russell Masunaga
Doctors – Dr. Joe Zobian
Farmers and Ranchers – Mike Hanohano
Faith-Based – Malia Gray, Margaret Scow (co-chair)
Filipino Americans – Pete Beltron, Alex Gines (co-chair), and Sue Ann Lu (co-chair)
Hearing Impaired – Francine Kenyon
Hispanic Americans – Marie Villa
Home Schoolers – Cissy Boyer
Japanese Americans – Michie Kim
Korean Americans – Hyung Kwon Cha
Native Hawaiians – Kuuipo Lorenzo and Blaine Kia (co-chair)
Samoan American – Taiapo Tui
Seniors – Tabitha Fernandez
Small Businesses – Steve Ellis
Teachers – Mel Hanohano, Lynn Soots (co-chair) and Carmela Minaya (co-chair)
Vietnamese – Paul Nguyen
Women – Lisa Colluccio
Duke and Lynn are encouraging supporters to join a coalition by emailing coalitions@DukeAiona.com
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