Lingle has $370,000 left after campaign
The governor raised and spent millions to get re-elected, beginning in 2003
Gov. Linda Lingle closed the books on her re-election campaign with a $370,000 surplus, after raising a record-setting $6.7 million.
In comparison, Lingle's Democratic opponent, Randal Iwase, raised just $417,000. Iwase's campaign was active only for 2006, while Lingle started raising money for her re-election in 2003.
The campaign finance figures were made public yesterday, the deadline for filing final reports with the state Campaign Spending Commission.
RUNNING TOTALS
The governor's race, by the numbers:
LINDA LINGLE (R)
Raised: $6,733,922
Spent: $6,492,660
Surplus: $369,138
RANDAL IWASE (D)
Raised: $416,967
Spent: $410,993
Deficit: $65,974 (includes $60,000 personal loan)
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To raise money, Lingle held 70 separate fundraisers from 2003 through this year.
She easily defeated Iwase by 62.5 percent to 35.3 percent in the Nov. 7 general election.
Iwase's contributions came mainly from private individuals with some assistance from labor and incumbent Democratic politicians, according to the campaign finance report.
Lingle's campaign this year put 24 campaign workers on salary with compensation topping out at $69,999 paid to Miriam Hellreich, who managed the campaign's finances.
Lenny Klompus, Lingle's senior advisor for communications, who took a leave of absence to work in the campaign, was paid $28,621.
Bob Awana, Lingle's chief of staff and her campaign manager, said that in 2002, Lingle also had a paid staff.
"They are involved in communications, operations, administration and finance," Awana said.
Other campaigns do not list individual campaign workers, sometimes because they operate with volunteers or hire a public relations company to provide assistance.
Earlier this year, Lingle said her campaign had to put workers on the payroll to match the volunteer labor provided by unions supporting her Democratic opponents.