Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 2nd district
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by
Ed Case
Succeeded by
Tulsi Gabbard
10th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
In office December 2, 1994 – December 2, 2002
Governor
Ben Cayetano
Preceded by
Ben Cayetano
Succeeded by
Duke Aiona
Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
In office January 3, 1981 – December 2, 1994
Preceded by
Clifford Uwaine David Hagino
Succeeded by
Terry Yoshinaga
Constituency
12th district (1981–1983) 20th district (1983–1985) 32nd district (1985–1993) 22nd district (1993–1994)
Personal details
Born
Mazie Keiko Hirono
(1947-11-03) November 3, 1947 (age 76) Koori, Fukushima, Japan
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Leighton Kim Oshima
(m. 1987)
Residence
Honolulu, Hawaii
Education
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (BA) Georgetown University (JD)
Signature
Website
Senate website
Mazie Hirono's voice
Mazie Hirono questions witnesses on Guantanamo detainees Recorded December 7, 2021
Mazie Keiko Hirono (/ˈmeɪzihiˈroʊnoʊ/; Japanese name: 広野 慶子, Hirono Keiko; born November 3, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Hawaii since 2013. 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 unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor of Hawaii in 2002, defeated by Republican Linda Lingle in the general election.
Hirono is the first elected female senator from Hawaii, the first Asian-American woman elected to the Senate, the first U.S. senator born in Japan, and the nation's first Buddhist senator. She considers herself a non-practicing Buddhist[1][2] and is often cited with Hank Johnson as the first Buddhist to serve in the United States Congress.[3] She is also the third woman to be elected to Congress from Hawaii (after Patsy Mink and Pat Saiki).
In 2012, Hirono was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retirement of Daniel Akaka. Hirono won the election, defeating Lingle in a landslide, 63% to 37%. She was sworn in on January 3, 2013, by Vice President Joe Biden. Hirono was the only person of Asian ancestry serving in the U.S. Senate from 2013 until 2017, when senators Tammy Duckworth and Kamala Harris were sworn in, representing Illinois and California, respectively. Although Brian Schatz is Hawaii's senior senator because he joined the Senate a week before Hirono, following the death of Daniel Inouye, Hirono's three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives make her the dean, or longest-serving member overall, of Hawaii's congressional delegation.
^"Buddhists Get the Vote". Manitoba Buddhist Temple. November 5, 2010. Archived from the original on July 12, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
^Camire, Dennis (January 5, 2007). "What happened to ... religious tolerance?". Honolulu Advertiser. Gannett Company. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
^Jonathan Tilove. "New Congress brings with it religious firsts". Newhouse News Service. Archived from the original on December 19, 2006.
Mazie Keiko Hirono (/ˈmeɪzi hiˈroʊnoʊ/; Japanese name: 広野 慶子, Hirono Keiko; born November 3, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the...
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the Senate in 2012 after Akaka announced his retirement, but lost to MazieHirono. In July 2013, Case announced that he was joining Outrigger Enterprises...
nominated Cayetano to run for Governor of Hawaiʻi in 1994. With attorney MazieHirono as his running mate, Cayetano was voted into office. In 1998, Mayor of...
of running for re-election to a fourth term. Democratic Congresswoman MazieHirono defeated former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle in a rematch of the 2002...
seeking another term: Republican Deb Fischer of Nebraska and Democrats MazieHirono of Hawaii, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota...
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of whom are Democrats. The current dean of the Hawaii delegation is MazieHirono, having served in the Senate since 2013 and in Congress since 2007. Each...
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