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2. Thanks for Senator Daniel Inouye's Bio, ellisonz
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 07:48 PM
Dec 2012

Last edited Mon Dec 17, 2012, 11:56 PM - Edit history (1)

He's had an admirable career! Thank Goodness Mazie Hirono was just elected to carry on for Hawai'i.

Aloha, Senator Inouye

EDIT: I got that wrong.. Mazie Hirono is replacing Senator Akaka from Hawai'i. I just read that Gov Abercrombie will appoint someone to fill in for Senator Inouye and there will be a special election in 2014.

Hawaii, like most states, does not require a special election soon after a vacancy occurs in its U.S. Senate delegation. Instead, Inouye’s appointed replacement will serve until 2014, at which point a special election will determine who serves the final two years of Inouye’s term.


The state Democratic Party must provide a list of three possible replacements, from which Abercrombie will make his selection. State law also requires that the appointee be of the same party as Inouye, though that wasn’t likely to be an issue given Abercrombie is also a Democrat.[/


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/12/17/gov-abercrombie-to-appoint-inouyes-replacement/

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