Brian schatz hawaii biography
Brian Schatz
Brian Schatz | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office December 26, 2012 Serving with Mazie Hirono | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Daniel Inouye | ||||||||||||||||||||
| In office December 6, 2010 – December 26, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor | Neil Abercrombie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Duke Aiona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Shan Tsutsui | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Brian Emanuel Schatz (1972-10-20) October 20, 1972 (age 52) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Democratic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Linda Kwok Kai Yun | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Pomona College(BA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Senate website | ||||||||||||||||||||
Brian Emanuel Schatz (pronounced ; born October 20, 1972) is an American politician. He is the seniorUnited States Senator for Hawaii. Schatz was appointed by GovernorNeil Abercrombie to replace Senator Daniel Inouye after his death in 2012.
Schatz served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, where he represented the 25th Legislative District and was chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii from 2008 to 2010. He also worked as chief executive officer of Helping Hands Hawaii, an Oahu nonprofit social service agency.
Schatz ran for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii in the 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election as the running mate of Neil Abercrombie.[1] He served as lieutenant governor until December 26, 2012, when Abercrombie appointed Schatz to serve out Daniel Inouye's U.S. Senate term until the 2014 special election.[2]