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Maui County pro-development candidates running for the county council were boosted by hundreds of thousands of dollars from a new super PAC with ties to the Hawaii carpenters union. All the candidates appear to have won reelection although one race was still too close to call.

By Will Caron

November 11, 2024 · 1 min read

Will Caron/Civil Beat/2024

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Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at  info@willcaronhawaii.com.

Maui County pro-development candidates running for the county council were boosted by hundreds of thousands of dollars from a new super PAC with ties to the Hawaii carpenters union. All the candidates appear to have won reelection although one race was still too close to call.

(Will Caron/Civil Beat/2024)

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About the Author

Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at  info@willcaronhawaii.com.

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They have three council members on Kauai.

Fred_Garvin · 2 months ago

Consider the fact that unions represent working people and jobs, and are the biggest tool in the kit of regular folks for influencing politics. The fact that unions support certain candidates should be viewed as FOR the working class and struggling people, not as against them!

linda99x · 2 months ago

Best government money can buy...

Malia · 2 months ago

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