List of United States senators from Hawaii

Current delegation
Schatz
Brian Schatz (D)
Hirono
Mazie Hirono (D)
(ordered by seniority)

Hawaii was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959, and elects U.S. senators to classes 1 and 3. Seven people including only one Republican have served as a U.S. senator from Hawaii. The state's current U.S. senators are Democrats Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono. Hawaii's class 1 seat is the only one in the United States that has always been held by an ethnic minority. Its class 3 seat is the only one in the United States that has always been held by a member of the Democratic Party. Hawaii is one of eighteen states alongside California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and West Virginia to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

Hawaii last elected a Republican in 1970, which has resulted in the longest streak in the nation for a state's having all-Democratic senators. Daniel K. Inouye was Hawaii's longest-serving senator, from 1963 to 2012. Hawaii is the only U.S. state that has never defeated an incumbent senator in either a primary or general election.

List of senators

Class 1
Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2006, 2012, 2018, and 2024. The next election will be in 2030.		 C Class 3
Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2010, 2014 (special election), 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.
# Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator #
1
Hiram Fong
(Honolulu)		 Republican Aug 21, 1959 –
Jan 3, 1977		 Elected in 1959. 1 86th 1 Elected in 1959.
Retired.		 Aug 21, 1959 –
Jan 3, 1963		 Democratic
Oren E. Long
(Honolulu)		 1
87th
88th 2 Elected in 1962. Jan 3, 1963 –
Dec 17, 2012		 Democratic
Daniel Inouye
(Honolulu)		 2
Re-elected in 1964. 2 89th
90th
91st 3 Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Retired.		 3 92nd
93rd
94th 4 Re-elected in 1974.
2
Spark Matsunaga
(Honolulu)		 Democratic Jan 3, 1977 –
Apr 15, 1990		 Elected in 1976. 4 95th
96th
97th 5 Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982. 5 98th
99th
100th 6 Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Died.		 6 101st
Vacant Apr 15, 1990 –
May 16, 1990		  
3
Daniel Akaka
(Honolulu)		 Democratic May 16, 1990 –
Jan 3, 2013		 Appointed to continue Matsunaga's term.
Elected in 1990 to finish Matsunaga's term.
102nd
103rd 7 Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994. 7 104th
105th
106th 8 Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000. 8 107th
108th
109th 9 Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Retired.		 9 110th
111th
112th 10 Re-elected in 2010.
Died.
  Dec 17, 2012 –
Dec 26, 2012		 Vacant
Appointed to continue Inouye's term.
Elected in 2014 to finish Inouye's term.		 Dec 26, 2012 –
present		 Democratic
Brian Schatz
(Honolulu)		 3
4
Mazie Hirono
(Honolulu)		 Democratic Jan 3, 2013 –
present		 Elected in 2012. 10 113th
114th
115th 11 Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018. 11 116th
117th
118th 12 Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024. 12 119th
120th
121st 13 To be determined in the 2028 election.
To be determined in the 2030 election. 13 122nd
# Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T C T Electoral history Years in office Party Senator #
Class 1 Class 3

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