Gabbard's Six Unions Didn't Go for Mufi Last Time, Either

Michael Levine/Civil Beat

Between Honolulu City Council committee meetings, congressional candidate Tulsi Gabbard and some of her city staffers, taking an early lunch break, walked over to the Sun Yat-Sen Park to make a campaign announcement: Tulsi is the working man's choice for Congress.

The event, where Gabbard unveiled support from six local labor unions, came hours after former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann officially announced his candidacy for the 2nd Congressional District seat.

The assembled union leaders spoke glowingly of Gabbard as a "new face" for Hawaii and said they'd reached their conclusions after conversations with her, but they likely didn't need to think twice about Hannemann's candidacy. Of the six, none had endorsed Hannemann's unsuccessful bid for governor last year, so none had to switch allegiances.

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