Linda Lingle is an American politician,who was the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. She was the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1959,and was the state's first female and first Jewish governor. Prior to serving as governor,Lingle served as mayor of Maui County from 1991 to 1999 and as chair of the Hawaii Republican Party from 1999 to 2002.
The Hawaii State Senate is the upper house of the Hawaii State Legislature. It consists of twenty-five members elected from an equal number of constituent districts across the islands and is led by the President of the Senate,elected from the membership of the body,currently Ron Kouchi. The forerunner of the Hawaii Senate during the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii was the House of Nobles originated in 1840. In 1894,the Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii renamed the upper house the present senate. Senators are elected to four-year terms and are not subject to term limits.
Gerald Michael Gabbard is an American politician,serving as the Hawaii State Senator for District 21 from the Democratic party,since 2006. Gabbard rose to prominence for efforts to prevent same-sex marriage in Hawai'i by passing a 1998 amendment to the Constitution of Hawaii to give the state legislature "the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples" under the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Gabbard,who was born in American Samoa,is the first person of Samoan descent to serve in the Hawaii Senate.
Brian Emanuel Schatz is an American educator and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Hawaii,a seat he has held since 2012. A member of the Democratic Party,Schatz served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006,representing the 25th legislative district;as the chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii from 2008 to 2010;and as the 12th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2012.
Samuel Morgan Slom was an American politician and a member of the Hawaii Senate,where he represented the 9th District from 1996 to 2016. Between 2010 and 2016,Slom was the sole Republican member of the Hawaii Senate. He was a native of Allentown,Pennsylvania.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Hawaii since December 2,2013. The Hawaii State Legislature held a special session beginning on October 28,2013,and passed the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act legalizing same-sex marriage. Governor Neil Abercrombie signed the legislation on November 13,and same-sex couples began marrying on December 2. Hawaii also allows both same-sex and opposite-sex couples to formalize their relationships legally in the form of civil unions and reciprocal beneficiary relationships. Civil unions provide the same rights,benefits,and obligations of marriage at the state level,while reciprocal beneficiary relationships provide a more limited set of rights.
Colleen Wakako Hanabusa is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2016 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she ran for her party's nomination for governor of Hawaii in 2018,challenging and losing to incumbent and fellow Democrat David Ige.
Clarence K. Nishihara is a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate,representing the state's 18th district from 2004 to 2023. He was the Chair of the Committee on Public Safety,Intergovernmental and Military Affairs.
The Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (ASUH) is the undergraduate student government representing the 10,000+ full-time,classified,undergraduate students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. ASUH was chartered by the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents in 1912 and was originally named the Associated Students of the College of Hawai'i.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014 to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Hawaii,one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including an election for Governor of Hawaii and a special election to the United States Senate.
Will Espero is an American politician who served as a state senator for the 19th district of the State of Hawaiʻi from 2002 until 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Ronald Dan Kouchi is a Democratic politician from Hawaii,representing the 8th district in the state Senate. He has served as the 14th President of the Hawaiʻi Senate since 2015.
Ryan I. Yamane is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from November 2004 to January 2023 representing District 37.
Sylvia Jung Luke is a South Korean–born American attorney and politician who is serving as the 16th lieutenant governor of Hawaii. She served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for 24 years,from 1998 until her election as lieutenant governor in 2022. She is the first Korean American politician ever elected to a statewide office in the United States.
Joshua Booth Green is an American politician and physician who has been the governor of Hawaii since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the state's ninth governor. He was the 15th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2018 to 2022,a member of the Hawaii Senate from 2008 to 2018,and as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008.
Brian T. Taniguchi is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate from January 16,2013,to January 16,2023,representing District 10. Taniguchi served consecutively from 1995 until 2013 in the District 10 and District 11 seats,having served consecutively in the Hawaii State Legislature from 1981 until 1995 in the Hawaii House of Representatives.
Kaialiʻi Kahele is an American politician,educator,and commercial pilot who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2021 to 2023. From 2016 to 2020,he served in the Hawaii Senate from the 1st District. Kahele is a member of the Democratic Party and the son of the late Hawaii Senate member Gil Kahele.
The Aloha ʻĀina Party is a political party in the US state of Hawaiʻi that advocates for the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and the promotion of Native Hawaiian culture.
Joy A. San Buenaventura is a Filipino-born American Democratic politician from Hawaii. She represented District 4 in the Hawaii House of Representatives and is currently a member of the Hawaii Senate from the 2nd district.
Adrian Tam is an American politician serving as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party,he is currently serves as the interim Chair of the Democratic Party of Hawaii.
