Daniel Kahikina Akaka was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Linda Lingle is an American politician who served as 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.
Edward Espenett Case is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he has served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district since 2019,which covers the urban core of Honolulu. He represented the 2nd district,which covers the rest of the state,from 2002 to 2007.
Mazie Keiko Hirono is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Hawaii. A member of the Democratic Party,Hirono previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2013. Hirono also served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1981 to 1995 and as Hawaii's tenth lieutenant governor from 1994 to 2002,under Ben Cayetano. She was the Democratic nominee for governor of Hawaii in 2002,but lost to Republican Linda Lingle.
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 Hawaii 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.
Campbell "Cam" Cavasso,is an American politician,businessman and perennial candidate. A Republican,Cavasso served three terms in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991,and would later run for both chambers of the United States Congress in 2004,2010,2014,and 2018.
The 2006 United States Senate election in Hawaii was held November 7,2006. Incumbent Democrat Daniel Akaka won re-election to his third full term.
The Wish List is a political action committee devoted to electing pro-abortion rights,also called pro-choice,Republican women to the House of Representatives and Senate. The Wish List was founded in 1992. The acronym "WISH" stands for Women In the Senate and House. The Wish List recruits candidates to run for federal office and state legislative offices.
Charles Kong Djou is an American politician and attorney who is currently Secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission. A former member of the Republican Party,Djou briefly served as U.S. representative from Hawaii's 1st congressional district from May 2010 to January 2011. As of 2024,he is the last Republican to represent Hawaii in Congress.
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.
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.
Scott K. Saiki is an American attorney and politician. He has served as a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives,representing the state's 26th district. He served as majority leader from 2013 to 2017 and as speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2017 to 2024.
Jill Naomi Tokuda is an American small-business owner and politician,serving as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district since 2023.
The 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010,to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Republican governor Linda Lingle was term-limited and not eligible to run for re-election. The Democratic Party nominated Neil Abercrombie,and the Republican Party nominated incumbent lieutenant governor Duke Aiona. In the election,Abercrombie won and was sworn in as the state's 7th governor on December 6,2010. Aiona later unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Hawaii in 2014 and 2022.
The 2010 special election for the 1st congressional district of Hawaii was a special election to the United States House of Representatives that took place to fill the vacancy caused by Representative Neil Abercrombie's resignation on February 28,2010,to focus on his campaign for Governor of Hawaii in the 2010 gubernatorial election. Abercrombie planned not to run for re-election in 2010,and many of the candidates that were running for his open seat transferred to the special election. The election was held on May 22,2010,and Republican Charles Djou won,defeating five Democrats,four fellow Republicans,and four Independent candidates. The main reason for his win was because there were two Democratic candidates instead of one,which split the votes,allowing Djou to win,as Hawaii is an overwhelmingly Democratic state. This is to date the only time a Republican was elected to Congress from Hawaii since Pat Saiki in 1988;Djou volunteered on Saiki's 1988 campaign,and Saiki served as Djou's campaign chair in 2010.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 6,2012,concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic senator Daniel Akaka decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth full term. Democrat Mazie Hirono defeated Republican Linda Lingle in a rematch of Hawaii's 2002 gubernatorial election. This was the first open Senate seat in the state of Hawaii since 1976.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state,one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election for the United States Senate. Primary elections were held on August 11,2012.
Hawaii's 2012 general elections were held on November 6,2012. Primary elections were held on August 11,2012.
The 2014 United States Senate special election in Hawaii took place on November 4,2014,the general Election Day in the United States,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
John Stanley Carroll was an American lawyer and politician who served as a state representative and state senator from Hawaii as a Republican. He was also a perennial candidate for multiple statewide offices in Hawaii.
