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Mazie K. Hirono
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Democratic Party

U.S. Senate Hawaii
Tenure

2013 - Present

Term ends

2031

Years in position

12

Predecessor
Prior offices
Hawaii House of Representatives
Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
U.S. House Hawaii District 2
Successor: Tulsi Gabbard
Predecessor: Ed Case

Compensation

Base salary

$174,000

Net worth

$2,553,523

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Kaimuki High School

Bachelor's

University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1970

Law

Georgetown University Law Center, 1978

Personal
Religion
Buddism
Profession
Attorney
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Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Hawaii. She assumed office on January 3, 2013. Her current term ends on January 3, 2031.

Hirono (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Hawaii. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Career

Below is an abbreviated outline of Hirono's academic, professional, and political career:[1]

Committee assignments

U.S. Senate

2023-2024

Hirono was assigned to the following committees:[Source]

2021-2022

Hirono was assigned to the following committees:[Source]

2017-2018

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Hirono was assigned to the following committees:[2]

2015-2016

Hirono served on the following committees:[3]

2013-2014

Hirono served on the following Senate committees:[4]

U.S. House

2011-2012

Key votes

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Ballotpedia monitors legislation that receives a vote and highlights the ones that we consider to be key to understanding where elected officials stand on the issues. To read more about how we identify key votes, click here.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023

The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, at which point Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023
Vote Bill and description Status
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (87-13)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (87-11)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (88-9)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (63-36)
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (68-23)
Red x.svg Nay Red x.svg Failed (50-49)
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (50-46)


Key votes: Previous sessions of Congress

Elections

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Incumbent Mazie K. Hirono defeated Bob McDermott, Shelby Billionaire, and Emma Pohlman in the general election for U.S. Senate Hawaii on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mazie K. Hirono
Mazie K. Hirono (D)
 
64.6
 
324,194
Image of Bob McDermott
Bob McDermott (R)
 
31.9
 
160,075
Image of Shelby Billionaire
Shelby Billionaire (We the People)
 
1.8
 
9,224
Image of Emma Pohlman
Emma Pohlman (G)
 
1.6
 
8,270

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 501,763
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Incumbent Mazie K. Hirono defeated Ron Curtis and Clyde McClain Lewman in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mazie K. Hirono
Mazie K. Hirono
 
90.5
 
176,131
Image of Ron Curtis
Ron Curtis
 
7.3
 
14,271
Image of Clyde McClain Lewman
Clyde McClain Lewman Candidate Connection
 
2.2
 
4,287

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 194,689
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bob McDermott
Bob McDermott
 
51.9
 
27,961
Image of Adriel Lam
Adriel Lam Candidate Connection
 
16.5
 
8,913
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Melba Amaral
 
14.2
 
7,627
Image of Paul Dolan
Paul Dolan
 
7.4
 
4,006
Image of Arturo Reyes
Arturo Reyes
 
6.2
 
3,319
Image of Emmanuel Tipon
Emmanuel Tipon
 
3.8
 
2,075

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 53,901
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

No candidate advanced from the primary.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Giuffre
John Giuffre Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
966

Vote totals may be incomplete for this race.

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 966
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Aloha Aina Party primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Emma Pohlman advanced from the Green primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Emma Pohlman
Emma Pohlman
 
100.0
 
1,342

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,342
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

We the People primary election

We the People primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Shelby Billionaire advanced from the We the People primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Shelby Billionaire
Shelby Billionaire
 
100.0
 
977

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 977
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hirono in this election.

2018

See also: United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Incumbent Mazie K. Hirono defeated Ron Curtis in the general election for U.S. Senate Hawaii on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mazie K. Hirono
Mazie K. Hirono (D)
 
71.2
 
276,316
Image of Ron Curtis
Ron Curtis (R) Candidate Connection
 
28.8
 
112,035

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 388,351
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Incumbent Mazie K. Hirono advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mazie K. Hirono
Mazie K. Hirono
 
100.0
 
201,604

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 201,604
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ron Curtis
Ron Curtis Candidate Connection
 
23.7
 
6,370
Image of Consuelo Anderson
Consuelo Anderson
 
19.3
 
5,166
Image of Robert Helsham
Robert Helsham
 
14.9
 
3,988
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Thomas E. White
 
13.6
 
3,657
Image of Roque De La Fuente
Roque De La Fuente
 
11.4
 
3,060
Image of George Berish
George Berish
 
6.2
 
1,658
Image of Michael Hodgkiss
Michael Hodgkiss Candidate Connection
 
5.9
 
1,575
Image of Eddie Pirkowski
Eddie Pirkowski
 
5.1
 
1,357

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 26,831
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

No candidate advanced from the primary.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Arturo Reyes
Arturo Reyes
 
38.0
 
441
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Charles Haverty
 
35.9
 
416
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Matthew Maertens
 
26.1
 
303

Vote totals may be incomplete for this race.

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,160
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Endorsements

Hirono was endorsed by The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.[141]

2012

See also: United States Senate elections in Hawaii, 2012

Hirono won election to the U.S. Senate in 2012. Primary elections were held on August 11, 2012.[142] Hirono defeated Linda Lingle (R), James Brewer, Jr. (G), Heath Beasley (I) and Paul Manner in the general election on November 6, 2012.[143]

U.S. Senate, Hawaii General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMazie Hirono 61.7% 269,489
     Republican Linda Lingle 36.8% 160,994
     N/A Blank Votes 1.5% 6,599
Total Votes 437,082
Source: Hawaii Office of Elections "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Endorsements

In a rare cross-party endorsement, Hirono received the endorsement of Alaskan Republican Representative Don Young on July 24, 2012, for her primary battle.[144] The two created a 90 second video that discussed bipartisanship and Young endorsed Hirono for U.S. Senate.[144]

Republican candidate Linda Lingle responded to the surprise endorsement, critcizing Young as "controversial" and alluding to his past ethics issues.[145]

Hirono also received an endorsement from Lingle's opponent in the Republican primary, John Carroll.[146] In his endorsement he stated “So, my decision on whom to support is based on my perception of the candidate’s character and sincerity to help Hawaii. Of the two [Lingle and Hirono], I believe Mazie is predictable on issues and is of good and honest character, similar to Senator Daniel Akaka.”[146]

Young came back to endorse Lingle in the general election.[147]

2010

On November 2, 2010, Mazie K. Hirono won re-election to the United States House. She defeated John W. Willoughby (R), Pat Brock (L) and Andrew Vsevolod Von Sonn (nonpartisan) in the general election.[148]

U.S. House, Hawaii District 2 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMazie K. Hirono incumbent 72.2% 132,290
     Republican John W. Willoughby 25.3% 46,404
     Libertarian Pat Brock 1.8% 3,254
     Nonpartisan Andrew Vsevolod Von Sonn 0.7% 1,310
Total Votes 183,258

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Mazie K. Hirono did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Hirono’s campaign website stated the following:

“

Seniors

Growing up in a multigenerational household, Mazie knows firsthand the importance of respecting and caring for our kupuna. She has carried those values with her to the Senate, where she’s worked to make sure we keep the promises we’ve made to our seniors.

Mazie knows that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are a lifeline for millions of seniors in Hawaii and across the country. She has fought against every attempt to privatize, voucherize, or place a cap on funding for Medicare and has spoken out against Republican efforts to use the program as a political pawn.

In the Senate, she pushed back against Republican attempts to balance the budget on the backs of our kupuna by gutting Social Security. At a time when too many seniors are struggling to make ends meet, Mazie is fighting to expand Social Security, introducing legislation like the Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act, which would “scrap the cap” and ensure the wealthy pay their fair share to keep Social Security strong for all. Her bill would also extend the life of Social Security and ensure our seniors’ incomes stay ahead of rising costs.

Like many in Hawaii who are caregivers for elderly parents or grandparents, Mazie understands from firsthand experience that it is critical that our kupuna have access to the prescription medicine and care that they need. She supports legislation to lower skyrocketing drug costs for seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D, and introduced bipartisan legislation to expand access to shingles vaccinations.

She was proud to co-sponsor the Older Americans Act Reauthorization of 2016 – signed into law by President Obama – which renewed and expanded critical federal programs that provided nutrition assistance; caregiver support; senior centers; transportation; and other resources that help seniors. She has also fought against the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate the Corporation for National and Community Service, which funds the Senior Corps program to give seniors in Hawaii and nationwide the opportunity to continue to serve their communities.

Health Care

Mazie believes that health care is a right – not a privilege – and knows firsthand how much access to quality, affordable health care means to Hawaii’s families. Growing up, her family didn’t have health insurance until her mom was able to find a job that provided it. Her biggest fear was that her mom, the family’s sole breadwinner, would get sick – and getting sick meant no pay. Running low on money for food and rent at the end of the month was not uncommon.

Beyond her experiences growing up, Mazie understands personally that we are all only one diagnosis away from a major illness. In 2017, after a routine physical before eye surgery, her doctors discovered an abnormality on her chest x-ray. This was later diagnosed as kidney cancer. Because she had health insurance, Mazie was able to receive the care she needed without worrying if she would be able to afford it.

Mazie believes we should all have accessible and affordable health care. No family should be faced with financial ruin when they are battling a major illness. For this reason, Mazie is a co-sponsor of Senator Bernie Sanders’ (D-VT) Medicare For All Act to create a universal, single-payer health care system for everyone in our country.

While we work to provide health care for all as a right and not a privilege, Mazie will continue to fight to expand access to quality, affordable health care – including fighting to restore Medicaid eligibility for Compact of Free Association (COFA) citizens. As a member of the U.S. House, she worked to pass the Affordable Care Act while helping preserve Hawaii’s Prepaid Health Care law, which has contributed to Hawaii having one of the highest rates of insurance coverage in the nation. She will continue to fight to expand Medicaid, defend the Children’s Health Insurance Program, protect Medicare, and fund community health centers. To further help seniors with skyrocketing costs, she is a co-sponsor of legislation to help bring down prescription drug prices by allowing Medicare to negotiate directly with drug companies.

Mazie has been a passionate advocate for those health- and health care-related challenges that are unique to Hawaii, like ensuring federal funding for Hansen’s disease patients and protecting funding for Native Hawaiian health programs.

Throughout her time in public service, Mazie has been a proponent of robust reproductive and maternal health care; fair contraceptive coverage; and safe, legal abortion options for women. While she recognizes there are deeply held beliefs on both sides of the issue, she believes that a woman’s right to choose is a fundamental, constitutionally-protected right that she will continue to fight to preserve.

Health insurance is only one piece of our health care puzzle. Mazie has been an advocate for resources to expand and promote Hawaii’s health care workforce so that we have the quality doctors and nurses our communities need. She has successfully fought to improve access to services for Hawaii’s veterans by securing leases for new clinics across the state. She has also been a strong advocate for providing stable, robust federal funding for biomedical research.

Veterans

Hawaii’s veterans and military families have made countless sacrifices for our nation, and Mazie is fighting to ensure they receive the benefits and care they have earned. As a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs and Armed Services Committees, she has championed legislation to expand access to health services, end veteran homelessness, and honor veterans whose service has gone unrecognized for too many years.

We made our veterans a promise to take care of them when they return home. In the Senate, Mazie has listened to veterans across the state and fought to hold the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) accountable when it mistreats or underserves our veterans. She developed a three-pronged Veterans Action Plan to outline her priorities in addressing the most pressing issues facing our veterans: the need for better access to services through communication and collaboration between veterans, their communities, and the VA; improving veterans’ transition to civilian life; and timely access to health care for veterans throughout all of the islands. Mazie has secured millions in funding to build new VA facilities and expand and enhance staffing at existing facilities in Hawaii. She has also worked to improve the process of receiving care by co-sponsoring legislation to reform the claims appeals process.

Mazie collaborated with colleagues across the aisle to expand telehealth access for veterans, provide additional paid sick leave for veterans in federal service, and to fund a program to provide coverage for severely disabled veterans to receive adult day health services. She worked to eliminate a rule that had prevented veterans from being reimbursed for emergency care and to make sure that Native Hawaiian veterans will continue to have access to health care services through their community clinics. She has also successfully advocated for federal investments in new clinics for veterans throughout the state.

Veterans are not immune to the struggle of homelessness. Mazie has been recognized as a national leader in the effort to reduce veteran homelessness, and has worked across the aisle to pass legislation to extend critical programs aimed at providing tools and resources to the organizations in Hawaii dedicated to reducing homelessness among veterans. Mazie also recognizes that the transition from active military service to civilian life can be hard for veterans and their families. She has supported improvements to the Transition Assistance Program and co-sponsored the Forever GI Bill, which permanently expands access to educational resources for Hawaii’s veterans. She has also worked to cut red tape for veterans and their families so they can quickly and easily receive the benefits they have earned.

Often overlooked in our nation’s history are veterans from other nations who answered America’s call-to-arms and fought under the American flag. In World War II, that included more than 250,000 Filipino and Filipino-American soldiers. In the Senate, Mazie worked with the Hawaii Congressional delegation to honor the sacrifice of these men and their families by securing the Congressional Gold Medal for Filipino veterans of World War II. She also worked extensively on reuniting these veterans with their families living overseas, and authored legislation to keep the VA in Manila open, providing vital health services to thousands of beneficiaries in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.

Education

Mazie knows firsthand how important a quality education is for our keiki. When she came to the United States from Japan as a child, she learned to speak English in Hawaii’s public schools. Mazie went on to graduate from Kaimuki High School and the University of Hawaii, becoming the first in her family to attend college. Mazie recognizes the challenge of college affordability, having paid for her undergraduate and law school educations through a combination of working and student loans.

Because of her understanding of how impactful early education can be for our keiki, Mazie has worked continuously for its protection and is nationally recognized for her leadership in advocating for universal Pre-K. She has introduced legislation to expand Pre-K in Hawaii and across the U.S. through federal-state partnerships. She has also spoken out against cuts to early education funding, and helped facilitate grants to expand early childhood education for Native Hawaiians. In addition to expanding access to early education, Mazie supports increasing grant funding for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for Native Hawaiians and other minorities, and worked with her colleagues from Hawaii to reauthorize the Native Hawaiian Education Act, which funds Native Hawaiian education programs across the state. The reauthorization was included as part of the 2015 Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act.

Skyrocketing college tuition has put higher education out of reach for many families. Mazie has teamed up with some of Congress’s biggest education champions, including Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), to tackle the issue of college affordability by introducing the Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act. This bill would help ensure that Pell Grants can keep up with the cost of college, and that families can rely on their Pell Grant support for their entire higher education journey. She also successfully championed a provision to restore year-round Pell Grants to help students who are taking summer and winter classes. She was an original co-sponsor of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, aimed at providing relief for students struggling under the weight of their loans, and has been a longtime supporter of legislation to allow student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy.

Mazie recognizes that Hawaii’s future economy relies on creating good-paying jobs, and ensuring that we retain the homegrown talent of our island students, especially through increasing opportunities for women and minorities in the STEM fields. Mazie brought the Senate Small Business Committee to Maui in 2016 to share what federal agencies are doing to support STEM education, and to make sure that federal decision makers heard directly from Hawaii’s educators, students, and others about their needs and successes.

She has led on these issues by authoring the STEM Booster Act, which would provide resources for promoting diversity and inclusion in STEM fields through mentoring, internships, and other outreach to underrepresented communities. In 2015, Mazie successfully included provisions of her STEM Opportunities Act in the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act, which was signed into law by President Obama, to promote inclusion in the higher education STEM fields.

Mazie also introduced the Patsy T. Mink Gender Equity in Education Act, which would provide states, universities, school districts and schools with more resources to implement Representative Patsy Mink’s landmark Title IX law, which promotes gender equity in educational opportunities.

Economic Security

When Mazie first arrived from Japan, her mother worked in low-wage positions with little job security. Being raised by a single mother, Mazie knows from firsthand experience what it is like for a family to live paycheck to paycheck and run short of money at the end of the month. She understands the importance of economic security and a strong middle class in order to provide for shared prosperity.

Equal pay for equal work is the law, yet women are still paid less than their male counterparts for the same work. Mazie has co-sponsored the Equal Pay Act throughout her time in the Senate, which would prohibit discrimination in pay based on gender and provide legal avenues for those who have been discriminated against because of their gender.

Mazie’s own experience growing up showed her that it’s important to give workers the tools they need to care for their loved ones, from keiki to kupuna. Hawaii is among the most expensive states for childcare and long-term care. Childcare is the second biggest expense for Hawaii families after housing costs. Mazie co-sponsored the Child Care for Working Families Act to increase access to affordable, high-quality childcare for all families. She has also co-sponsored the FAMILY Act, which would allow workers to take time away from work to recover from an illness or to care for family members without risking their jobs or financial security.

Economic security also extends to making sure that all workers have the resources they need for retirement. Long-term care costs are another cause of stress for seniors and Hawaii families, and Mazie knows that providing economic security for our kupuna means we must protect and strengthen Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. That is why she has also introduced legislation that would provide states with resources to plan for and provide long-term care services in innovative ways that meet the unique needs of local communities. One of the best ways to care for seniors is to allow them to age in place, but in order for this to happen we must come up with new and innovative ways to provide the services and care they need.

Mazie also recognizes that we need to build a future where more opportunities and good-paying jobs are created in Hawaii, and that local people have the skills needed to get those jobs. To do that, she has been a strong advocate for investing in community development to create jobs, supporting small businesses, and expanding educational opportunities. She has been a dedicated advocate for improving the quality of our public schools, from Pre-K to college, and for federal resources to promote technical and vocational training programs at community colleges.

In addition to ensuring the education and training Hawaii families need to get ahead in today’s economy, Mazie knows that the federal government can and should assist in job creation through infrastructure investment. For every $1 billion in federal money invested in highway and transit projects, approximately 13,000 jobs are created or supported. She’s worked to support rural development projects and U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER grant program (initiated by President Obama) to support shovel-ready projects in Hawaii that help create jobs for Hawaii’s workers. She also supported the creation of the National Housing Trust Fund to provide states with dedicated resources for affordable housing development, and has fought against the Trump administration’s efforts to gut needed investments in federal community development and affordable housing programs like the successful HOME Investment Partnerships, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), and resources for addressing homelessness.

Small businesses are also vital to Hawaii’s economy. As a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Mazie has championed initiatives to increase investment in businesses across the state in areas like clean energy, manufacturing, technology, and research and development. She supports increased funding opportunities, technical assistance, tax credits, and expanded federal contracting opportunities for small businesses, particularly those owned by women, veterans, and minorities.

Mazie believes that our tax code should support working families and small businesses, not corporations and the wealthiest Americans. She strongly opposed Donald Trump’s massive tax cut for the rich and has fought to expand the Earned Income and Child Tax Credits that help families across Hawaii, as well as other efforts that help workers and small businesses get a leg up.

While big corporations are making massive profits and getting big tax cuts, we need to ensure that workers have the right to organize. Mazie recognizes that collective bargaining by unions on behalf of their members helped create the middle class, and she opposes so-called “Right to Work” initiatives that undermine the ability of unions to make sure workers are treated fairly, She has also spoken out strongly against billionaire-funded efforts to weaken unions through the courts. In 2017, in light of attacks by the Trump administration and powerful private interests, she introduced legislation to push back against attempts to erode these same protections for federal workers.

Energy & Environment

For centuries, Native Hawaiians understood the importance of conservation and protecting our aina. Today, many in Hawaii carry on this principle through their families and their businesses. In the Senate, Mazie has used those principles as a guide to advance policies that conserve, protect, and preserve the lands and waters in and around our island state for future generations.

Mazie has fought back against the Trump administration’s attacks on common sense climate protections and other environmental regulations. She has also led the way in resisting Trump nominees – including Scott Pruitt and Ryan Zinke – who deny climate science, support exploiting our public lands for fossil fuel production, and oppose investments in a clean energy future.

Mazie recognizes that Hawaii’s leadership on clean energy is an opportunity to grow our economy and create good-paying jobs. She has introduced the 21st Century Energy Workforce Act to provide job training resources for Native Hawaiians, veterans, and others to gain the skills necessary to succeed in a clean energy economy.

As a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Mazie has called for our country to follow Hawaii’s lead in enacting a national renewable energy standard, and supported policies and reforms that promote sustainable energy production. She has spoken out against the Trump administration’s executive order focused on increasing coal production, and voted against the Keystone XL pipeline and opening the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. She has been a strong advocate for additional federal resources to strengthen Hawaii’s ability to harness sustainable, locally-produced clean energy by investing in research and development by the U.S. military and other federal agencies in our state. Her Grid Modernization Act would provide resources for updating and improving our electricity systems and move away from dirty energy sources. Mazie has also fought to renew and preserve tax incentives for the production of clean energy while co-sponsoring legislation to take away the billions in tax benefits that Big Oil receives on a permanent basis.

Mazie believes that our National Parks and Refuge systems represent some of the most unique and beautiful areas in Hawaii and across the country and should be protected and accessible to all for generations to come. She supported President Obama’s creation of the Pacific Remote Islands and expansion of Papahanaumokuakea, and has since expressed concerns over attempts to roll back protections of these Marine National Monuments. During her time as lead Democrat on the National Parks Subcommittee, she emerged as a crucial voice critical of the Interior Department’s leadership under Trump, which has proposed deep budget cuts, marginalized professional career staff who are already overworked, and sought to raise entrance fees to our national parks. She has worked to shed light on the systemic sexual assault and harassment culture that exists within the National Parks System, and will continue to do so until it is eradicated.

Civil Rights

Every day, the Trump administration and conservative special interests present new threats to civil rights, social justice, and minority communities. Mazie has consistently fought to protect the rights of all Americans and is a leader in the resistance against the Trump administration’s attacks on the fundamental values of our country.

As Lieutenant Governor, Mazie was the highest-ranking state elected official in Hawaii to oppose the 1998 amendment to the state constitution allowing the legislature to ban same sex marriage. Since that time, there has been a welcome cultural shift and same sex marriage is now protected under the law. She is a co-sponsor of the Equality Act, comprehensive and necessary legislation that would ban discrimination against LGBTQ individuals in employment, housing, access to credit, jury service, and other areas. Last year, Mazie joined her colleagues in encouraging the Department of Justice to continue crucial programs to protect LGBTQ youth.

Mazie is leading the charge against the Trump administration’s dangerous judicial nominees as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. During nomination hearings for now-Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, Mazie pressed him on his views on key cases, such as those related to civil rights and campaign finance reform, and ultimately opposed his nomination.

The Trump administration has nominated some of the least qualified candidates in our nation’s history to lifetime appointments on the federal bench. Mazie has questioned their prior partisan political positions, lack of relevant experience, and fair-mindedness. To retain focus on the issue of sexual harassment and assault, she asks every nominee, who appear before all of the Senate committees on which she serves, under oath, whether they have a history of sexual assault or harassment.

Mazie was an original co-sponsor of legislation to defund President Trump’s discriminatory and partisan voter fraud commission, co-sponsored legislation to overturn the Muslim ban, and authored the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act with Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to ensure that national disgraces like the Japanese internment during World War II never happen again. She is a staunch supporter of the Voting Rights Act, but knows that we need to continue to strengthen and build up protections so that voters in Hawaii and our country can continue to exercise their most basic rights unimpeded.

Immigration Reform

Mazie’s life changed when she was nearly eight years old. Her mother Laura fled an abusive marriage in Japan to bring her children to the United States in search of a better life. It wasn’t easy, but they worked hard and built a life for themselves in America. Her experience growing up as an immigrant in this country continues to motivate and influence her fight for a fair, compassionate, and understanding immigration system.

Like so many immigrant families, Mazie grew up in a multigenerational household. She knows that keeping families together is critically important. That is why she has fought so hard to preserve family unity as a guiding principle in our country’s immigration policies, and against attempts to demonize family reunification as “chain migration.” Mazie has been a powerful and consistent voice in the Senate on behalf of DREAMers and has fought back against the Trump administration’s cruel and unnecessary decision to end the DACA program. Mazie also called on the Supreme Court to uphold the DAPA program for parents of DREAMers and keep families together.

As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mazie took a lead role during the debate on Comprehensive Immigration Reform in 2013. Mazie fought to include several provisions important for families in Hawaii and across the country – including one to ensure our immigration policies would be fair to women. Mazie helped establish a mobile biometrics program so residents on the Neighbor Islands can apply for immigration benefits without having to travel to Oahu.

Mazie co-sponsored legislation to ban immigration restrictions based on religion, and spoke out against the demonization of immigrants during the debate and implementation of the Trump administration’s Muslim ban.

National Security

As a member of the Senate Armed Services, Veterans’ Affairs, and Judiciary Committees, Mazie has been deeply involved in ensuring our nation is prepared to respond to any threat that arises – while prioritizing constructive, proactive diplomatic solutions to avoid potential conflicts – and making sure that we support our servicemembers and their families all the way through from enlistment, to deployment, to the transition back into our communities.

Mazie understands that our national security isn’t just about our military strength, it’s also about leading by example. As one of the Senate’s leading voices for a progressive foreign policy, she has been a staunch advocate for pursuing diplomatic solutions to the serious international challenges we face on issues like global nuclear proliferation; the destabilizing actions taken by the regimes of Iran, Russia, North Korea, and Syria; and the ever-growing influence of China.

Mazie believes that America should stand up for human rights, lead the global effort to fight climate change, pursue a shared approach to alleviating poverty, and improve the health and well-being of those around the globe. To ensure that the U.S. remains a beacon of hope for those fleeing oppression, Mazie has stood strong against the Trump administration’s efforts to gut the State Department and engage in a foreign policy based on xenophobia and fear.

Diplomacy and cooperation should be the cornerstone of keeping our nation safe, but at the same time we cannot ignore the reality that our military must remain strong in order to back those efforts. As the gateway to the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Hawaii plays a critical role in our national security. The U.S. Pacific Command is headquartered on Oahu, and tens of thousands of military families and veterans call Hawaii home. In the Senate, Mazie has supported initiatives to protect Hawaii from the growing North Korean threat, while simultaneously promoting vigorous diplomacy to de-escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

In the annual National Defense Authorization process, Mazie continues to fight for Hawaii’s priorities, ensuring necessary resources and funding for Pacific Command; promoting military use of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies that reduce costs and risks to our servicemembers; strengthening the Services’ energy resiliency; promoting research projects with local institutions; and pursuing programs to increase stability for military families. As Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee’s Seapower Subcommittee, Mazie oversees the budget and functioning of Navy and Marine Corps programs.

Mazie stands with Hawaii’s servicemembers, veterans, and their families and has worked with her colleagues to shed light on the scourge of sexual assault in the military. She introduced bipartisan legislation that would ensure that victims get the justice they deserve by putting the decision to prosecute these crimes in the hands of an impartial military prosecutors, not potentially-biased military commanders. She has previously supported legislation to provide an attorney to victims of sexual assault in the military.

Mazie has been recognized by veterans’ organizations for her work to help end veteran homelessness, and continues to fight to make sure that our veterans get the benefits they have earned and the care they deserve.[149]

”
—Mazie Hirono’s campaign website (2018)[150]

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Mazie K. Hirono campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. Senate HawaiiWon general$5,024,814 $4,589,697
2018U.S. Senate HawaiiWon general$4,943,817 $4,024,270
2012U.S. Senate (Hawaii)Won $5,514,418 N/A**
2010U.S. House (Hawaii, District 2)Won $992,526 N/A**
2008U.S. House (Hawaii, District 2)Won $1,230,402 N/A**
2006U.S. House (Hawaii, District 2)Won $1,431,764 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Notable endorsements

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This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Notable candidate endorsements by Mazie K. Hirono
EndorseeElectionStageOutcome
Kamala D. Harris  source  (D, Working Families Party) President of the United States (2024) PrimaryLost General
Hillary Clinton  source  (D) President of the United States (2016) PrimaryLost General

Personal Gain Index

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The Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress) is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U.S. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:

PGI: Change in net worth

See also: Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index) and Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives
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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Hirono's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $1,448,047 and $3,658,999. That averages to $2,553,523, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic senators in 2012 of $13,566,333. Hirono ranked as the 52nd most wealthy senator in 2012.[151] Between 2006 and 2012, Hirono's calculated net worth[152] increased by an average of 1 percent per year. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.[153]

Mazie Hirono Yearly Net Worth
YearAverage Net Worth
2006$2,476,463
2012$2,553,523
Growth from 2006 to 2012:3%
Average annual growth:1%[154]
Comparatively, the American citizen experienced a median yearly decline in net worth of -0.94%.[155]

The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.

PGI: Donation Concentration Metric

See also: The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)

Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets.org, Ballotpedia calculated the percentage of donations by industry received by each incumbent over the course of his or her career (or 1989 and later, if elected prior to 1988). Hirono received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the Lawyers/Law Firms industry.

From 2005-2014, 24.93 percent of Hirono's career contributions came from the top five industries as listed below.[156]

Donation Concentration Metric graphic.png
Mazie Hirono Campaign Contributions
Total Raised $9,633,774
Total Spent $9,498,741
Top five industries that contributed to campaign committee
Lawyers/Law Firms$1,049,472
Retired$385,616
Women's Issues$381,972
Real Estate$296,457
Transportation Unions$287,850
% total in top industry10.89%
% total in top two industries14.9%
% total in top five industries24.93%

Analysis

Ideology and leadership

See also: GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Hirono was a "moderate Democratic follower," as of July 22, 2014. This was the same rating Hirono received in June 2013.[157]

Like-minded colleagues

The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[158]

Hirono most often votes with:

Hirono least often votes with:


Lifetime voting record

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According to the website GovTrack, Mazie Hirono missed 2 of 926 roll call votes from January 2013 to September 2015. This amounts to 0.2 percent, which is better than the median of 1.6 percent among current senators as of September 2015.[159]

Congressional staff salaries

See also: Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Hirono paid her congressional staff a total of $880,146 in 2011. She ranked 22nd on the list of the lowest paid Democratic representative staff salaries and ranked 120th overall of the lowest paid representative staff salaries in 2011. Overall, Hawaii ranked 40th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[160]

Staff bonuses

According to an analysis by CNN, Hirono was one of nearly 25 percent of House members who gave their staff bonuses in 2012. Hirono's staff was given an apparent $40,649.10 in bonus money.[161]

National Journal vote ratings

See also: National Journal vote ratings

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year.

2013

Hirono ranked 4th in the liberal rankings in 2013.[162]

2012

Information on 2012 vote rating is unavailable.

2011

Hirono ranked 26th in the liberal rankings in 2011.[163]

Voting with party

The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.

2014

Hirono voted with the Democratic Party 95.6 percent of the time, which ranked 23rd among the 53 Senate Democratic members as of July 2014.[164]

2013

Hirono voted with the Democratic Party 95.4 percent of the time, which ranked 22nd among the 52 Senate Democratic members as of June 2013.[165]

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    Footnotes

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    152. ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth from either 2004 (if the member entered office in 2004 or earlier) or the member's first year in office (as noted in the chart below).
    153. ↑ This number was found by dividing each member's total net worth growth percentage by the number of years included in the calculation.
    154. ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth divided by the number of years for which there are net worth figures for each member.
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    Daniel Akaka (D)     		U.S. Senate Hawaii
    2013-Present    		 Succeeded by
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