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Hawaii was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959, and elects U.S. senators to classes 1 and 3. Seven people including only one Republican have served as a U.S. senator from Hawaii. The state's current U.S. senators are Democrats Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono. Hawaii's class 1 seat is the only one in the United States that has always been held by an ethnic minority.[citation needed] Its class 3 seat is the only one in the United States that has always been held by a member of the Democratic Party.[citation needed]
Hawaii last elected a Republican in 1970, which has resulted in the longest streak in the nation for a state's having all-Democratic senators. Daniel K. Inouye was Hawaii's longest-serving senator, from 1963 to 2012.
Class 1Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. | C | Class 3Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2010, 2014 (special election), 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | ![]() Hiram Fong |
Republican | Aug 21, 1959 – Jan 3, 1977 |
Elected in 1959. | 1 | 86th | 1 | Elected in 1959.Retired. | Aug 21, 1959 – Jan 3, 1963 |
Democratic | ![]() Oren E. Long |
1 |
87th | ||||||||||||
88th | 2 | Elected in 1962. | Jan 3, 1963 – Dec 17, 2012 |
Democratic | ![]() Daniel Inouye |
2 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 2 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | ||||||||||||
91st | 3 | Re-elected in 1968. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970.Retired. | 3 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | ||||||||||||
94th | 4 | Re-elected in 1974. | ||||||||||
2 | ![]() Spark Matsunaga |
Democratic | Jan 3, 1977 – Apr 15, 1990 |
Elected in 1976. | 4 | 95th | ||||||
96th | ||||||||||||
97th | 5 | Re-elected in 1980. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. | 5 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | ||||||||||||
100th | 6 | Re-elected in 1986. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988.Died. | 6 | 101st | ||||||||||
Vacant | Apr 15, 1990 – May 16, 1990 |
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3 | ![]() Daniel Akaka |
Democratic | May 16, 1990 – Jan 3, 2013 |
Appointed to continue Matsunaga's term.Elected in 1990 to finish Matsunaga's term. | ||||||||
102nd | ||||||||||||
103rd | 7 | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 7 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | ||||||||||||
106th | 8 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 8 | 107th | ||||||||||
108th | ||||||||||||
109th | 9 | Re-elected in 2004. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006.Retired. | 9 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | ||||||||||||
112th | 10 | Re-elected in 2010.Died. | ||||||||||
Dec 17, 2012 – Dec 26, 2012 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Inouye's term.Elected in 2014 to finish Inouye's term. | Dec 26, 2012 – present |
Democratic | ![]() Brian Schatz |
3 | ||||||||
4 | ![]() Mazie Hirono |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2013 – present |
Elected in 2012. | 10 | 113th | ||||||
114th | ||||||||||||
115th | 11 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2018. | 11 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | ||||||||||||
118th | 12 | Re-elected in 2022. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 12 | 119th | ||||||||||
120th | ||||||||||||
121st | 13 | To be determined in the 2028 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
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