Special Interest Money Fuels Hawaii Delegation’s Leadership PACs …Congressional leadership political action committees allow elected officials to help colleagues and political parties.
WASHINGTON — Hawaii Congressman Kai Kahele continues to raise money from corporate donors, lobbyists and political action committees for his federal campaign committee despite a gubernatorial campaign promise not to do so for his state campaign, federal campaign finance reports filed last week show.
Kahele still operates Gil PAC, a federal leadership PAC that’s received nearly $60,000 in contributions since he was first elected to Congress in 2020. Some of his biggest donors include the Air Line Pilots Association, which he’s a member of as a Hawaiian Airlines pilot, defense contractor BAE Systems and the American Crystal Sugar Co.
