Brian Schatz
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United States Senator from Hawaii |
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Assumed office December 26, 2012 Serving with Mazie Hirono |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Inouye | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office December 6, 2010 – December 26, 2012 |
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| Governor | Neil Abercrombie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Duke Aiona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Shan Tsutsui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Emanuel Schatz October 20, 1972 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
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| Political party | Democratic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Linda Kwok Kai Yun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Pomona College (BA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Senate website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brian Emanuel Schatz (pronounced /ʃɑːtz/; born October 20, 1972) is an American politician who is the senior United States Senator for Hawaii. Schatz was appointed by Governor Neil 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, until he resigned to run for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii in the 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election as the running mate of Neil Abercrombie. 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. Upon his swearing-in, Schatz was the youngest U.S. Senator in the 112th Congress. Schatz won the 2014 special election to complete the remainder of Inouye's Senate term, and was reelected in 2016 for a full 6-years term.
Schatz was born to a Jewish family in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is the son of Barbara Jane (née Binder) and Irwin Jacob Schatz, a cardiologist and native of Saint Boniface, Manitoba.
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