Brian Schatz

Brian Emanuel Schatz born October 20 1972 is an American educator and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Hawaii a seat he has held since 2012 A member of the Democratic Party Schatz served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006 representing the 25th legislative district as the chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii from 2008 to 2010 and as the 12th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2012 Schatz 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 gubernatorial election as Neil Abercrombies running mate He served as lieutenant governor until December 26 2012 when Abercrombie appointed him to serve the rest of Daniel Inouyes US Senate term after Inouyes death Schatz was the youngest US senator in the 112th Congress He won the 2014 special election to complete the remainder of Inouyes Senate term with just under 70 of the vote was reelected in 2016 with 736 and again in 2022 with 712