So that you can find out who is getting what without having to do the boring research, let me pull a few tidbits from the just-filed Campaign Spending Commission reports from Gov. David Ige and his opponent in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa.

The most obvious fact is that even though Ige has been in office since December 2014, he has raised just a tad more political cash than Hanabusa, who has been a candidate since September of last year.

In total, Hanabusa picked up $731,945.23 and Ige took in $1,171,421.04.

The comparison for the last six months shows the race even closer with Hanabusa having $730,000 and Ige collecting $810,903.

Sometimes there is a cover-all-your-bases approach to giving donations. For instance, Alicia Moy, president of HawaiiGas, gave $3,000 to Ige and doubled it, giving $6,000 to Hanabusa.

Where the candidates are getting the money is interesting — in that it shows that it helps to already be the boss, and it helps to have banker and business executive Walter Dods as your political buddy.

Ige must be a well-liked, or at least a persuasive enough, boss to get a lot of state employees to donate to his campaign. The report shows that 60 state employees, mostly executives, gave to the Ige campaign.

Ige also benefits from something like a “Let the past be the past” syndrome, as some of former Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s biggest supporters are now all in for the man who defeated the veteran Democrat.

For instance, John Radcliffe, lobbyist, political consultant and Abercrombie ally, gave Ige $4,200. Bill Kaneko, another Abercrombie campaign chief, gave Ige $1,000, and Charles Toguchi, the former Hawaii superintendent of education and now a lobbyist and close friend of Abercrombie, gave Ige $3,000.

Ige also shows that business knows you go with the boss. Bower &Kubota Consulting, the big construction/consulting firm that is a major contractor with the departments of education and transportation, was all in with Abercrombie before the 2014 race, with employees contributing over $19,000. Today its employees have already given Ige $78,000.

Turning to Hanabusa’s campaign, she demonstrates that it is good to have friends in high places, or at least on the very best big business boards.

Dods, for instance, is a major business and political entity, plus serves as a generous local philanthropist.

He is a big Hanabusa supporter ($10,000 between Dods and his wife) and it turns out that some of his business associates also are Hanabusa backers. The president, vice president, controller and an attorney with Alexander &Baldwin, where Dods served as chairman and as a member of the board of directors, gave a total of $11,000. Dods also led First Hawaiian Bank, Hawaiian Telcom and Matson, Inc. — companies that also all donated to Hanabusa’s campaign.

She also got some help from those who admire the woman who once held her congressional seat, the late Rep. Patsy T. Mink: Hanabusa reports getting a $6,000 contribution from the Patsy T. Mink political action committee.

And finally, campaign donations also show up with those who are not your buddy. Early on, Ige came out as an opponent of the attempt by Florida-based Next- Era Energy to buy Hawaiian Electric. The deal didn’t go through, as the Public Utilities Commission rejected the purchase. And in the end, the dollars spoke. Ige got nothing from NextEra, while Hanabusa got $6,000 from the energy company’s political action committee and $18,000 from NextEra executives.

Richard Borreca writes on politics on Sundays. Reach him at 808onpolitics@gmail.com.