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    Daniel Kahikina Akaka (/əˈkɑːkə/; September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from...
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    before the 111th Congress. It is commonly known as the Akaka Bill after Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, who proposed various forms of this bill after...
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    November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democrat Daniel Akaka won re-election to his third full term. Source: Daniel Akaka, incumbent U.S. Senator Ed Case, U.S....
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    nominee for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retirement of Daniel Akaka. Hirono won the election, defeating Lingle in a landslide, 63% to 37%...
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  • Alan Akaka (born 1956) is a Hawaiian steel guitarist and educator. The son of former congressman and senator Daniel Akaka, he has taught at several schools...
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  • Kahikina Akaka (1884–1978) and Annie Kahoa Akaka (1888–1947). United States Senator Daniel Akaka (1924–2018) was one of his brothers. Akaka was of Hawaiian...
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    serve as a member of Congress representing Hawaii since statehood, after Daniel Akaka. After one term in Congress, Kahele ran for governor in 2022. He was...
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    confer honorary Filipino citizenship on Inouye, Senators Ted Stevens and Daniel Akaka, and Representative Bob Filner for their role in securing the passage...
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    congressional district until 2006, when he unsuccessfully challenged Daniel Akaka in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. In 2010, Case was one...
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    during World War II. In 1990, she lost a United States Senate race to Daniel Akaka, but was then appointed Administrator of the Small Business Administration...
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    vying unsuccessfully for an open seat vacated by retiring U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka. She is the only woman to have served as Hawaii’s governor, and alongside...
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    Hawaii took place on November 4, 1990. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka was elected to finish the term ending in 1995. He had been appointed...
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    1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka won re-election to his first full term. Daniel Akaka, incumbent U.S. Senator Maria Hustace, cattle...
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    It was sponsored on January 21, 1993, as S.J.Res.19 by Daniel Akaka and co-sponsored by Daniel Inouye, both Democratic senators from Hawaii. The Apology...
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    Incumbent Democrat Daniel Akaka was elected to finish the term ending in 1995 over Republican U.S. Representative Pat Saiki. Akaka had been appointed...
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    projected the winner as the polls closed at 7 p.m. EST. Incumbent Democrat Daniel Akaka won re-election to his third full term over Republican State Representative...
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    Brokovich with U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii in 2007...
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    to appoint U.S. Representative from Hawaii's 2nd district Daniel Akaka to fill the seat. Akaka ran in the 1990 special election to fill out the remainder...
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  • Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. senator. Daniel Akaka (Honolulu) Democratic January 3, 1977 — May 15, 1990 95th 96th 97th 98th...
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    the same seat after Case retired to unsuccessfully challenge Senator Daniel Akaka in the Democratic primary. Hanabusa was again unsuccessful, losing in...
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    2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka won re-election to his second full term. Daniel Akaka, incumbent U.S. Senator John Carroll, former...
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    and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic senator Daniel Akaka decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth full term. Democrat Mazie...
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    his third term in the Senate on January 3, 2013. Incumbent Democrat Daniel Akaka retired instead of running for re-election to a fourth term. Democratic...
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    Ed Case, who had decided to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Daniel Akaka. The Democratic primary featured 10 candidates, seven of whom served...
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    July 11, 1986 to unsuccessfully run for Governor of Hawaii. Representative Akaka resigned on May 16, 1990, to be appointed to the Senate seat vacated upon...
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  • until her death on February 11, 1992. On March 25, 1992, U. S. Senator Daniel Akaka (D - Hawaii), eulogized Simeona in the Congressional Record. He noted...
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    Commission eventually dismissed the allegations. Democratic incumbent Daniel Akaka was first appointed to this seat April 1990 after the death of senator...
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    elected to complete the remaining term of her successor in the House, Daniel Akaka. Akaka had been appointed to the Senate to succeed Matsunaga, who had recently...
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    from the public viewing areas." On September 26, 2007, U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka announced that an amendment crafted together with Senator Jim Webb would...
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    Democrats prevented from participating." On February 28, 2007, Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) introduced the Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007...
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