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Gabbard hires veteran campaign manager

Gabbard hires veteran campaign manager

MEDIA RELEASE Tulsi Gabbard’s campaign for the U.S. Congress in Hawaii’s 2nd District has hired Max Glass as campaign manager. “We are excited to have Max onboard,” Gabbard said. “We’ve been running our campaign strictly with volunteer help so far, but the outpouring of support we’re seeing across the district made it clear that we […]

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Marx calls on FDA to label genetically engineered foods

Marx calls on FDA to label genetically engineered foods

MEDIA RELEASE Democratic Congressional candidate Bob Marx calls for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require labeling of genetically engineered foods. Responding to a Feb. 8 letter from U.S. Congress to the FDA, where Democratic leaders Barbara Boxer of California and Peter DeFazio of Oregon asked the FDA to consider a legal petition […]

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Gabbard: Stopping the attack on women’s rights

Gabbard: Stopping the attack on women’s rights

Tulsi Gabbard, candidate for U.S. Senate, released the following commentary: In 2004, when close to 3,000 of my fellow soldiers with the Hawaii Army National Guard were activated for duty in Iraq, I left my seat in the State Legislature and volunteered to deploy with them. We deployed together to the Middle East a second […]

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Case to open East Hawaii headquarters (Feb. 22)

Case to open East Hawaii headquarters (Feb. 22)

From Ed Case, candidate for the U.S. Senate: Dear Friend: Audrey and I are halfway through a ten-day swing around Maui, Hawaii Island and Kauai. We’ve signwaved at sunrise and sunset, hosted more talk stories and community meetings, walked communities, greeted voters at farmers markets and fundraisers, met with our great and growing grassroots teams, […]

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Marx fights for equal representation of Neighbor Island candidates

Marx fights for equal representation of Neighbor Island candidates

MEDIA RELEASE East Hawaii attorney and Democratic Congressional candidate, Bob Marx, calls for fair representation of neighbor island candidates in statewide media. In response to the Feb. 14 poll in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Bob Marx said the poll explicitly privileges Oahu candidates over neighbor island candidates. This, he said, is part of a broader trend […]

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Marx endorses bill to increase taxes for millionaires

Marx endorses bill to increase taxes for millionaires

MEDIA RELEASE Neighbor island Democratic Congressional candidate Bob Marx supports a national bill to increase millionaires’ income tax rate to 30 percent. The bill, to be introduced by U.S. Sens. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), would bring in about $50 billion a year. Speaking Wednesday to a group of Kaneohe democrats, Marx said: […]

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Gabbard reports strong fundraising

Gabbard reports strong fundraising

MEDIA RELEASE Tulsi Gabbard’s campaign for U.S. Congress continues to gain momentum with the FEC filing showing the candidate raised $208,255 in the fourth quarter of 2011. Seventy-four percent of Tulsi’s donors are from Hawaii, and 60 percent of all donations were $200 or less signaling strong grassroots support. The campaign’s fourth quarter fundraising total […]

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Hannemann collects $538,000 for Congressional bid

Hannemann collects $538,000 for Congressional bid

MEDIA RELEASE Democrat Mufi Hannemann reports his campaign for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District has collected more than $538,000 ($526,000 raised and a $12,000 loan from the candidate) since he announced his candidacy on Aug. 30 through Dec. 31. Overall, 82 percent of the contributions came from in-state, with close to one-half of those in the […]

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Marx opposes government censorship of Internet

Marx opposes government censorship of Internet

MEDIA RELEASE Bob Marx, Democratic candidate for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional district, announced his opposition to HB 2288, a Hawaii bill that would force Hawaii’s internet service providers (ISP) like Verizon, AT&T, and local internet providers like Hawaiian Telcom, Mobi PCS, and Oceanic Time Warner Cable, to track and record every website that a subscriber visits, […]

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Case agenda on tourism

Case agenda on tourism

From Ed Case, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate: Last week I began rolling out my Senate agenda with My Agenda #1: Growing Our Economy. One of my top action items was to strengthen what we do best. We do tourism best, best in the world. But we cannot depend on yesterday and today to ensure […]

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Marx opposes indefinite military detention of Americans

Marx opposes indefinite military detention of Americans

MEDIA RELEASE Bob Marx, Democratic candidate for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District said he staunchly opposes to H.R. 1540/ S.1867, entitled “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.” Marx said if President Barack Obama signed the bill, it would be a black mark against American civil liberties and America’s rule of law. “Hidden within this […]

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Marx announces candidacy for Congressional seat

Marx announces candidacy for Congressional seat

MEDIA RELEASE One of East Hawaii’s premier attorneys and middle class advocate, Bob Marx, has announced his candidacy for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional district. “Preserving the Middle Class” is the bedrock for his platform, along with protecting senior citizens, ending dependence on foreign oil and getting the U.S. out of the war in Afghanistan. For more […]

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