Mazie K. Hirono
Democrat · HI · U.S. Senate
Bio
Mazie Keiko Hirono is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Hawaii. A member of the Democratic Party, Hirono previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2013. She has been the dean of Hawaii's congressional delegations since 2013, when Senator Daniel Akaka retired. Hirono also served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1981 to 1994 and as Hawaii's tenth lieutenant governor from 1994 to 2002. She was the Democratic nominee for governor of Hawaii in 2002, but lost to Republican Linda Lingle.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 19.7 years
- Chambers
- House 6y, Senate 13.7y
- First took office
- 2007 (6 terms)
- Seniority
- 27 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 78
- Senate class
- 1 · junior senator
- Honolulu, HI · 808-522-8970
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $5.1M – $11.1M
- Liabilities
- $350k – $750k
- Net worth
- $4.3M – $10.8M
- Since 2018
- +$4.3M
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Mazie K. Hirono's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Mazie K. Hirono (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Hironosits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucusstrongly left · 77 members
Committees
- Senate Committee on Armed Servicescenter · 27 members
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resourcescenter · 20 members
- Senate Committee on the Judiciarycenter · 21 members
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurshipcenter · 19 members
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairscenter · 19 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Hirono's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Senator seems to confuse basketball teams in attempt to link Jack Smith and Fani WillisApparent confusion over team names derailed a line of questioning as Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) grilled former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday about his attendance at a basketball game, suggesting the prosecutor may have coordinated with others bringing …
Yahoo Entertainment · September 29, 2026- Ranking Member Shaheen Leads Senate Democrats in Urging Rubio to Ensure State Department Inclusion in Force Posture Review
Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Angus King (D-ME), Jackie Rosen (D-NV) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) sent a …
Globalsecurity.org · September 17, 2026 
Kash Patel hammered with harsh 'you have been so drunk' lecture by Dem senatorA relentless Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) raked FBI Director Kash Patel over the coals on Tuesday, bringing up accusations about his drinking problems while he sat silently.During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Hirono used the last few minutes of her tim…
Raw Story · September 15, 2026
‘You have been so drunk’: Democrat senator takes on Kash Patel over alcoholism test, FBI hiring rulesUS News: During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator Mazie Hirono confronted FBI Director Kash Patel, accusing him of alcoholism and questioning the bureau's new hiring rules that allow applicants with histories of theft and bestiality. Hirono challe…
The Times of India · September 15, 2026
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