We were recently nudged toward Rep. Mazie Hirono‘s U.S. Senate campaign website with a question about why it is so bare. 

The site says “Mazie for Hawaii U.S. Senate” (nice touch dotting the “i” with the Big Island, by the way) and includes links to donate money, sign up for newsletters and a video message from Hirono. There’s also a link to a June newspaper article about EMILY’s List endorsing her.

That’s about it.

Compared to her vibrant congressional website, Hirono’s campaign site appears forgotten. 

In contrast, Rep. Colleen Hanabusa — who is running for re-election in the House in 2012 —  has a campaign website that includes a bio, a section about “the issues,” regularly updated news reports, testimonials and other sections. 

So what gives?

For one thing, Hanabusa recently built a dynamic website for her 2010 congressional campaign, whereas Hirono has been an incumbent — with the website to back it up — since she was elected in 2006. In Internet years, that’s a very long time.

A spokeswoman for Hirono told DC808 that Hirono focuses on reaching out to people in a variety of ways, including Twitter and Facebook. 

But we couldn’t help but notice that one commenter took to Facebook to request more from the campaign: 

To be fair, we couldn’t find merchandise from Hanabusa’s site either.

Besides, every campaign is stylistically different. One area that merits a second look, though: The contact information on Hirono’s Facebook page lists her 2010 campaign web address, mazieforcongress.com.

UPDATE: The Hirono campaign has notified DC808 that the congresswoman has another Facebook page, which includes more information and links to her current campaign site. The Hirono camp also tells us that a “more robust campaign website is being built.” She has some time: About 10 and a half months until primary election day!