Pat Saiki

Pat Saiki
Chair of the Hawaii Republican Party
In office
March 19, 2014 – June 8, 2015
Preceded by David S. Chang
Succeeded by Fritz Rohlfing
17th Administrator of the Small Business Administration
In office
April 16, 1991 – January 20, 1993
President George H. W. Bush
Preceded by Paul Cooksey (Acting)
Succeeded by Erskine Bowles (Acting)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Hawaii's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991
Preceded by Neil Abercrombie
Succeeded by Neil Abercrombie
Personal details
Born Patricia Hatsue Fukuda
(1930-05-28) May 28, 1930
Hilo, Hawaii, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Stanley Saiki
Children 5
Education University of Hawaii, Manoa (BS)

Patricia Hatsue Saiki (née Fukuda; born May 28, 1930) is an American politician and former school teacher from Hilo in the State of Hawai'i. She served as a Republican in Congress from 1987 to 1991 and then as Administrator of the Small Business Administration under President of the United States George H. W. Bush.

Early life

Saiki, a Japanese American, graduated from Hilo High School in 1948 and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in 1952. Upon graduating from college, Saiki became a teacher and later a business executive.

Political career

In 1968, Saiki joined the Hawai`i Republican Party and ran successfully for a seat in the Hawai`i State House of Representatives. In 1974, she moved to the Hawai`i State Senate where she served her district until 1982. A vacancy was created by U.S. Rep. Cecil Heftel's untimely leave from Congress, and on September 20, 1986 a special election was held. Saiki lost the special election (to Democrat Neil Abercrombie) but won a separate election (over Democrat Mufi Hannemann) sending her to Congress where she served two consecutive terms. With her election in 1986, she became the first Republican elected to represent Hawaii, in the House of Representatives, since its statehood.[1] In 1988, she beat challenger Mary Bitterman, a Democrat and former head of Voice of America.

Until the election of Charles Djou on May 22, 2010,[2] Saiki was the only Republican[2] to ever hold a House seat from the state of Hawai`i and one of only two Republican Members of Congress (the other being Senator Hiram Fong) to represent the state since it gained statehood. She is also the second woman to be elected to Congress from the state of Hawai`i (the first being Patsy Mink, with whom Saiki served with for two years).

In 1990, she lost a United States Senate race to Daniel Akaka, then was appointed Administrator of the Small Business Administration under President George Herbert Walker Bush. In 1994, she lost a race for Governor of Hawai'i against Democratic challenger Benjamin J. Cayetano. She attributes her loss in 1994 to the third-party candidacy of maverick Mayor of Honolulu Frank F. Fasi. Saiki placed third in the race behind Fasi.

Saiki subsequently chaired the Hawaii Presidential campaign of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 2008 and the 2010 and 2012 congressional campaigns of Charles Djou.

Statewide Electoral History

Hawaii U.S. House of Representatives District 1 Election 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Pat Saiki 99,683 59.2
Democratic Mufi Hannemann 63,061 37.45
Libertarian Blase Harris 5,633 3.35
Hawaii U.S. Senate Election 1990
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Dan Akaka (incumbent) 188,901 54.02
Republican Pat Saiki 155,978 44.61
Libertarian Ken Schoolland 4,787 1.37
Hawaii Gubernatorial Election 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Ben Cayetano 134,978 36.58
Independent Frank Fasi 113,158 30.67
Republican Pat Saiki 107,908 29.24
Green Kioni Dudley 12,969 3.51

Title IX

Pat Saiki's role in the implementation of Title IX in the state of Hawaii is covered in the documentary film Rise of the Wahine, directed by Dean Kaneshiro.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Doris Weatherford (20 January 2012). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. SAGE. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-60871-007-2.
    Congressional Quarterly, inc (1 June 1989). Congressional Quarterly's politics in America: 1990, the 101st Congress. Congressional Quarterly. pp. 390–391. ISBN 978-0-87187-508-2.
    Eur (2002). The Far East and Australasia 2003. Psychology Press. p. 1118. ISBN 978-1-85743-133-9. <
  2. 1 2 "Republicans Win Seat in Democratic Stronghold". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  3. ↑ "Rise of the Wahine Documentary Film". Riseofthewahine.com. Retrieved 2017-08-10.

Sources

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Neil Abercrombie		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Hawaii's 1st congressional district
1987–1991		 Succeeded by
Neil Abercrombie
Party political offices
Preceded by
Maria Hustace		 Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Hawaii
(Class 1)
1990		 Succeeded by
Maria Hustace
Preceded by
Fred Hemmings		 Republican nominee for Governor of Hawaii
1994		 Succeeded by
Linda Lingle
Preceded by
David S. Chang		 Chair of the Hawaii Republican Party
2014–2015		 Succeeded by
Fritz Rohlfing
Political offices
Preceded by
Paul Cooksey
Acting		 Administrator of the Small Business Administration
1991–1993		 Succeeded by
Dayton Watkins
Acting
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