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An Inside Look at the Super PAC that Derailed Cayetano's Mayoral Campaign

Former Hawaii Governor Ben Cayetano

Honolulu Civil Beat

Emails detail the political strategies employed in 2012 by the PRP, an organization determined to undermine the mayoral candidacy of the former governor.

By Nick Grube

June 19, 2014·

On May 5, 2012, Washington, D.C., media consultant Martin Hamburger sent an email to Pacific Resource Partnership Executive Director John White about former Hawaii Gov. Ben Cayetano.

“Let’s give him a bad week,” Hamburger said.

Hamburger and PRP were about to launch an all-out political attack on Cayetano, who was running for Honolulu mayor on an anti-rail platform.

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