Which Democratic politician born in 1948 did Ron Kouchi choose as Vice President of the Hawaii Senate?
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Russell S. Kokubun Russell S. Kokubun (born 1948), is a Democratic politician who became a member and Vice President of the Hawaii Senate.
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Hawaii Senate The Hawaiʻi State Senate is the upper chamber of the Hawaii State Legislature. The senate consists of twenty-five members elected from an equal number of constituent districts across the islands. The senate is led by the President of the Senate, elected from the membership of the body, currently Ron Kouchi. The forerunner of the Hawaii State Senate during the government of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻ i 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. Like most state legislatures in the United States, the Hawaii State Senate is a part-time body and senators often have active careers outside government. The lower chamber of the legislature is the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives. The membership of the Senate also elects additional officers to include the Senate Vice President, Senate Chief Clerk, Assistant Chief Clerk, Senate Sergeant at Arms and Assistant Sergeant at Arms.
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Bob McDermott Bob McDermott (born August 5, 1963) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since January 16, 2013 representing District 40. McDermott previously served three terms in the Hawaii House
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Tulsi Gabbard Tulsi Gabbard ( , born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who has been the United States Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district since 2013. She was also a vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee until February 28, 2016, when she resigned to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. Elected in 2012, she is the first American Samoan and the first Hindu member of the United States Congress. She served in a combat zone in Iraq. Gabbard (then known as Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo) served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004, becoming at age 21 the youngest woman to be elected to a state legislature at the time.
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United States Senate election in Oregon, 1998 The 1998 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden won re-election to his first full term, defeating Republican nominee John Lim, a state senator.
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United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2004 The 2004 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 2, 2004 alongside 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. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye won re-election to an eighth term.
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United States Senate election in Montana, 1948 The 1948 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent United States Senator James E. Murray, who was first elected to the Senate in a special election in 1934 and was re-elected in 1936 and 1942, ran for re-election. After winning the Democratic primary, he faced Tom J. Davis, an attorney and the Republican nominee, in the general election. Following a narrow re-election in 1936, Murray significantly expanded his margin of victory and comfortably won re-election over Davis, winning his fourth term and his third full term in the Senate.
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Masahiko Kōmura Masahiko Kōmura (高村 正彦 , Kōmura Masahiko , born 15 March 1942) is a Japanese politician, and the current Vice-President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2007 to 2008, and he is a member of the House of Representatives for Yamaguchi 1st district.
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Annette Lu Annette Lu Hsiu-lien (; born 7 June 1944) is a Taiwanese politician. A feminist active in the tangwai movement, she is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party and served as the Vice President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008, under President Chen Shui-bian. Lu announced her intentions to run for the presidency on March 6, 2007, but withdrew to support eventual DPP nominee Frank Hsieh. Lu ran again in 2012, but withdrew for a second time, ceding the nomination to DPP chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen.
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United States Senate election in Utah, 2012 The 2012 United States Senate election in Utah 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 as various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch won re-election to a seventh term against former state Senator and IBM executive, Scott Howell the Democratic candidate.
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Mike Cooney Michael R. "Mike" Cooney (born September 3, 1954) is an American administrator and Democratic Party politician who has served as the 36th Lieutenant Governor of Montana since January 2016. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives (1977–1981), as the Secretary of State of Montana (1989–2001), in the Montana Senate (2003–2011), as the President of the Montana Senate (2007–2009) and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Montana in 2000.
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Cynthia Thielen Cynthia Henry Thielen (born September 22, 1933) is a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives representing District 50, the Kailua and Kaneohe Bay areas of Oahu County. She is a Republican and has served in the state House of Representatives since 1990. She served as minority floor leader from 1992 to 1997 and is the current assistant minority leader.
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Gary Stevens (politician) Gary Lee Stevens (born August 21, 1941 in McMinnville, Oregon) is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate, representing the R District since his appointment in February 2003. He was previously a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2000 through 2003. Stevens was Senate President for four terms, from 2009 through 2012, leading a bipartisan coalition of 10 Democrats and 6 Republicans.
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Ron Meyers Ron Meyers (born November 22, 1950) is an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995 as a Democrat. Born in Tacoma, he attended Central Washington University and the University of Puget Sound School of Law and is a lawyer.
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Denny Coffman Denny Coffman is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since January 2009 representing District 5. Coffman consecutively served from 2009 until 2013 in the District 6 seat.
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Ronald Machtley Ronald Keith "Ron" Machtley (born July 13, 1948) is an American politician and president of Bryant University. Machtley served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island from 1989 to 1995. Since 1996, Machtley has served as president of Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
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Elmer Cravalho Elmer Franklin Cravalho (February 19, 1926 – June 27, 2016) was an American politician and teacher. A member of the Democratic Party, Cravalho served as the first Mayor of Maui from 1969 to 1979 and the first Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives following statehood.
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John D. Waihee III John David Waiheʻ e III (born May 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the fourth Governor of Hawaii from 1986 to 1994. He was the first American of Native Hawaiian descent to be elected to the office from any state of the United States. After his tenure in the governor's office, Waiheʻ e became a nationally prominent attorney and lobbyist.
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Joshua Miller (politician) Joshua Miller (born April 17, 1954 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 28 since January 2007.
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Daniel Akaka Daniel Kahikina Akaka ( ; born September 11, 1924) is an American educator and politician who was a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Akaka was the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
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Dan Wolf Daniel A. "Dan" Wolf (born August 11, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, pilot, and politician. In 1989, he founded the Cape Cod-based airline Cape Air, which originally flew between Provincetown and Boston in Massachusetts, and has since expanded internationally. In 2010, he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate to represent the Cape and Islands district. He ran unopposed in 2012, and was subsequently re-elected to a third term in 2014. During his tenure, he has emerged as a progressive leader in the Senate, advocating for renewable energy, increased minimum wage, and universal health care.
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Paul Fogarty Paul W. Fogarty (born January 8, 1957 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 23 since January 2003. Fogarty served consecutively from January 1999 until January 2003 in the District 27 seat. He is the son of former Rhode Island state Senator Charles Fogarty, Sr., the younger brother of Rhode Island Lieutenant governor Charles J. Fogarty, and the nephew of United States Representative John E. Fogarty.