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	2006 NEW MEMBER PROFILES: Mazie Hirono
		Hirono's statewide recognition and ties to the state Democratic establishment gave her an edge in a 10-way Democratic primary filled with experienced campaigners.
		Hirono's mother, along with her two children, escaped an abusive marriage by emigrating from Japan to Hawaii in 1955.
		Hirono received 21 percent of the vote to Hanabusa's 20 percent; former state Sen. Matt Matsunaga -- son of the late U.S. Sen. Spark Matsunaga -- came in third with 14 percent.
	election.nationaljournal.com /2006/profiles/hi02_hirono.htm (448 words)

	HI-02 Mazie Hirono
		Hirono was naturalized a U.S. citizen in 1959, the year Hawaii became a state.
		Hirono also led the state’s effort to bring about a public-private partnership to create pre-schools on elementary school campuses.
		Hirono is married to attorney Leighton Kim Oshima.
	www.dccc.org /races/candidates/HI_02_Mazie_Hirono.html (607 words)

	Mazie Hirono (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		With her time as Lieutenant Governor coming to an end, Hirono formed a campaign structure as she set her sights on becoming the next Mayor of Honolulu in a 2002 special election to fill a vacancy to be created by Jeremy Harris' entry in the gubernatorial election.
		Hirono maneuvered to gain the support of potential Harris voters in her challenge against former Hawai'i State House of Representatives Majority Leader Ed Case and former Republican Chairman D.
		Hirono entered the race with significant name recognition as the only candidate who had held statewide office, and she raised more money than any other candidate in the race — in part because she was backed by EMILY's List [2], which supports Democratic women who favor abortion rights.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Mazie_K._Hirono.htm (735 words)

	Mazie Hirono: From poverty to quiet power - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Mazie Hirono remembers a time as a child when her mother was ill, running a fever so high that sweat soaked her clothes and she couldn't get out of bed.
		Hirono was also an unabashed feminist, helping to form the first bipartisan women's caucus in the House to advance an agenda that included unpaid family leave, larger childcare tax credits and tax credits for employers that offered childcare for workers.
		Hirono has stressed her independent streak in campaigns for years, and it played well with the public, especially as the state economy slumped in the 1990s and the voters expressed increasing unhappiness with insiders at the State Capitol and "old guard" politicking.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2002/Sep/04/ln/ln08a.html (2922 words)

	Mazie Hirono - dKosopedia
		Mazie Hirono, a member of the Democratic Party, was lieutenant governor of a state of Hawaii under Gov. Benjamin J. Cayetano from 1994 to 2002.
		Hirono's running mate for the Lt. Governor's spot was Matt Matsunaga, the son of the late US Senator, Spark Matsunaga.
		Hirono returned to Honolulu to work as Deputy Attorney General for the State of Hawaii in its Anti-Trust Division from 1978 to 1980.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Mazie_Hirono (522 words)

	Mazie Hirono is an immigrant to Hawaii? - HawaiiThreads.com
		Mazie's mother was a local Japanese girl from Waipahu, but she moved to Japan and lived there for many years, during which time she married a Nihonjin and had kids (including Mazie).
		Mazie was kind enough to be a guest on my radio program about 14 years ago to discuss her pro-consumer views on the no-fault auto insurance crisis of the early 1990s.
		Mazie’s own clear history is that she immigrated to Hawaii as a young girl from a foreign country.
	www.hawaiithreads.com /showthread.php?p=97771 (3735 words)

	Kauai Garden Island News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mazie Hirono's failed bid for governor, is still on board as a Hirono supporter in her bid for the U.S. House of Representatives seat being vacated by Ed Case, D-Neighbor Islands-rural O'ahu.
		Mazie Hirono, who ran unsuccessfully for governor against Gov. Linda Lingle four years ago, has announced her intention of seeking the U.S. House seat being vacated by Ed Case, D-Neighbor Islands-rural O'ahu, and has around $300,000 in donations toward that run, Hirono campaign representatives said in a press release.
		Hirono was Gov. Ben Cayetano's lieutenant governor for eight years, where she focused on economic development, science and technology and support for public schools, including spearheading the PrePlus program to expand preschool education at public schools across the state.
	www.kauaiworld.com /articles/2006/04/15/news/news05.txt (510 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Mazie Hirono
		Mazie Hirono Attorney Mazie Hirono was Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002.
		Hirono says that during her 14 years in the state House, she moved an agenda to aid working people and families, helping to lower automobile insurance premiums and reform the workers' compensation system.
		Hirono is an immigrant herself and readily shares the story of how her mom left a small town in Japan to give her children a better life in Hawai'i.
	www.zoominfo.com /Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=3873929 (1522 words)

	Mazie Hirono - Congresspedia
		Mazie Hirono is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the Second Congressional District of Hawaii (map) since 2007.
		Hirono and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) became the first Buddhists to serve in Congress in January 2007.
		Hirono was born on November 3, 1947 in Fukushima, Japan.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Mazie_Hirono (438 words)

	Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Reporter
		Hirono writes on her campaign Web site: “No one can link the Pentagon’s financial inputs to its policy outputs; in other words, Congress and the public cannot know whether a line item is actually linked to a desired policy outcome.
		Hirono continues: “We should get out of the quagmire that is Iraq with a phased redeployment of U.S. forces that begins before the end of 2006 and significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty should also occur.
		Hirono’s plan for immediate withdrawal from Iraq, beginning even before she would be sworn in, would quickly lead to a collapse of the democratic governments of Iraq and Afghanistan.
	www.hawaiireporter.com /story.aspx?5cfedead-46a1-427f-a8f4-cc95cdf97abe (1581 words)

	Mazie Hirono \| Old Friends \| Midweek.com
		Hirono, who appeared on the cover of MidWeek in December 1994 after first being elected L.G., took a lot of college art courses, including ceramics, drawing, painting and art history.
		Hirono displays two of her own four-piece Dango (the Japanese word for dumpling) series in the photo above — Happa Dango (happa means leaf) and Dango Hands.
		After the governor’s race, Hirono and other women from her campaign also started the Patsy T. Mink Political Action Committee, whose purpose is to raise money to help elect and keep in office pro-choice, Democratic women.
	www.midweek.com /content/columns/oldfriends_article/mazie_hirono (734 words)

	CQPolitics.com - Rep. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii)
		Mazie K. Hirono lists transportation as her top local priority, saying the Hawaiian Islands need more federal resources to build infrastructure and ease gridlock.
		Hirono says she is proud that she will be among the small number of foreign-born members of Congress.
		Four years ago, Hirono was seen by some in her party as a has-been: The incumbent lieutenant governor lost the governor's race to Republican Linda Lingle, ending a Democratic gubernatorial winning streak in the state that extended back to 1962.
	www.cqpolitics.com /2006/11/repelect_mazie_k_hirono_dhawai.html (307 words)

	CQPolitics.com - On Their Way: Hirono Gets Back Into Hawaii Democrats’ Good Graces
		Hirono, born in 1947, emigrated to Hawaii as a child and became a citizen in 1959, the year Hawaii became a state.
		Hirono’s defenders contended that she was a victim of bad timing: A lengthy economic downturn in the state had soured many voters on the Democrats’ iron grip.
		Hirono said the organization sponsored key direct mail and television advertisements that were necessary to reinforce her message.
	www.cqpolitics.com /2006/10/on_their_way_hirono_gets_back.html (1120 words)

	The Mahablog » Mazie Hirono
		Mazie Hirono was born in Fukushima, Japan, in 1947 and came to America with her mother in 1955.
		Hirono is adamant that there should be separation of church and state.
		When Maizie Hirono says she is not practicing, I assume she means she no longer chants the nembutsu (in its entirety: “Namu Amida Butsu” — loosely translated “I rely upon the compassion of Amitabha Buddha”) daily.
	www.mahablog.com /2006/12/23/mazie-hirono (1352 words)

	Kauai Garden Island News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mazie Hirono, a former Hawai‘i lieutenant governor and candidate for the 2nd Congressional District in this election year, wants the three-week old Hawaii Nurses Association strike by Wilcox Hospital nurses to come to an end.
		Hirono was on Kaua‘i to meet with the nurses, to meet with business people in Lihu‘e and to attend a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawai‘i, at the Kaua‘i Veterans Center before flying back to Honolulu yesterday.
		Hirono joined a small number of politicians and public office-seekers who have come forward to support the nurses, starting with Kaua‘i Sen. Gary Hooser, who marched with nurses on the first day of the strike June 24.
	www.kauaiworld.com /articles/2006/07/14/news/news01.txt (938 words)

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		However, with more money at her disposal, Hirono was also able to run commercials on the major network affiliates — Hogue's spots ran on Oceanic cable stations — as well as buy radio ads, send out multiple mailers and launch a phone campaign.
		Hirono, who spent two days last week meeting with Democratic leaders in Washington, D.C., is still waiting to hear whether she will receive financial support from the national Democratic Party, but Stauch is optimistic Hirono will be able to demonstrate need.
		While Hawai'i's primary was held too late for Hirono to be included in an upcoming Emily's List mailer, she will continue to receive campaign support from the national grass-roots organization, which offered her assistance in the primary.
	news.hawaii.com /article/2006/Oct/02/ln/FP610220333.html (705 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News
		The Moiliili Community Center is recognizing Laura Hirono; her 98-year-old mother, Tari Shinoki Sato; and 51-year-old daughter as "three generations of outstanding women" at its second annual Applause Encore banquet tonight at Waialae Country Club.
		Mazie Hirono, 4 years old in 1951 when Laura left her husband, recalled, "There was no food or money in the house.
		Mazie Hirono recalled that she and her brother used to get a dime once or twice a week from their mother.
	starbulletin.com /1999/05/08/news/story5.html (1173 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Hawaii's "Progressive" Surrender Candidate by Andrew Walden
		Hirono would make every military move subject to the pet theories of hundreds of preening, self-important politicians.
		Hirono’s proposal, which has been echoed by Abercrombie, would result in a death by a thousand cuts to our armed forces.
		This is probably good advice, because if Hirono gets her way in Congress, firefighters and police will again and again find themselves on the front line of the War on Terror—which will have shifted from Iraq and Afghanistan to the heart of American cities.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24987 (1141 words)

	Hirono Ready To Join New Congress Majority - Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hirono delivered a victory speech soon after the second printout that showed her ahead with 62 percent of the vote.
		Hirono was considered the favorite heading into the general election.
		Hirono will be the first person born in Japan to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
	www.thehawaiichannel.com /politics/10271575/detail.html (321 words)

	Molokai Times - Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hirono, who served in the state legislature for 14 years prior to becoming Lt. Governor, is now running for the US House seat in the second district of Hawaii, being vacated by Democrat Ed Case.
		Hirono said she was a close friend of former district II representative, the late Patsy Mink.
		Hirono said Moloka'i will be a key element as efforts are make in the next decade to become energy self-dependant as a state, weaning Hawaii off imported oil.
	www.molokaitimes.com /articles/692294558.asp (618 words)

	ActBlue — Mazie needs our help
		Mazie is running for the U.S. House in Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District, the seat formerly held by Patsy T. Mink and Ed Case, and I have endorsed her candidacy.
		Mazie led the policy group’s lobbying at the legislature to successfully enact bills supporting teacher quality.
		Mazie also led the state’s effort to bring about a public-private partnership to create pre-schools on elementary school campuses.
	www.actblue.com /page/helpmazie (374 words)

	USATODAY.com - Republican Lingle holds early edge over Hirono (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hirono also held a slight edge on Maui and the Big Island with about half the vote counted on those islands.
		A victory by Hirono, the incumbent lieutenant governor, would continue a trend: The last three governors all ascended to the office from the state's No. 2 post.
		Hirono and Matsunaga attributed the surge in late polls to their grassroots campaign.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/2002-11-06-hi-gov_x.htm (541 words)

	Sierra Club, Hawai`i Chapter Press Center
		Now this is being proposed by the same people, Mazie and Ben Cayetano, who ran this state for eight years, who allowed the Waimanalo Gulch Landfill to become the largest structure on the island of Oahu.
		The fact is, during Mazie's eight years with Ben Cayetano, the use of fossil fuels have gone up, the use of alternative sources of energy has gone down.
		Mazie, over 90% of Hawaii's streams have been diverted and many aquifers throughout our islands are either at or near capacity.
	www.hi.sierraclub.org /debate.htm (6861 words)

	Mazie Hirono heading off to Congress - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Mazie Hirono celebrates her election to the U.S. House seat formerly occupied by Ed Case, also a Democrat.
		Hirono and her Republican opponent, Bob Hogue, were among a dozen candidates who threw their hats in the ring after U.S. Rep. Ed Case announced in January that he would seek a U.S. Senate seat rather than run for re-election.
		Hirono herself wants to focus on traffic woes in her district, early education and quality teaching.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2006/Nov/08/ln/ln04a.html (540 words)

	The Rafu Shimpo - L.A. Japanese Daily News
		Mazie Hirono casts her first vote in honor of the late Rep. Patsy Mink.
		Hirono said she cast her first vote for new Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in memory of Mink, whose accomplishments in Congress include the passage of Title IX, giving women equal opportunities in high school and college athletics.
		Hirono says she opposes spending more money for additional troops in Iraq unless President Bush presents a new plan for the region.
	www.rafu.com /ja.html (331 words)

	Daily Kos: Hirono surging in Hawaii
		No doubt this is one of the most endangered Dem guv seats, and Hirono must contend with baggage from the previous Democratic administration (in which she was Lt. Governor).
		Mazie Hirono scored a few points, but Republican Linda Lingle grabbed almost all of the momentum last night as she beamed for the camera before launching one attack after another on the failings of the Hawai'i Democrats.
		Appearing relaxed and at ease, Lingle at times baldly disregarded the questions she was asked and used the time to again hammer home her message that the Democrats failed to fix the public schools, failed to fix the economy and have grown complacent and corrupt.
	www.dailykos.net /archives/000441.html (266 words)

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