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| In office 2002–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Patsy Mink |
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| Succeeded by | Mazie Hirono |
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| Born | September 27, 1952 Hilo, Hawaiʻi |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Audrey Nakamura |
| Religion | Non-denominational Protestant |
Edward Espenett "Ed" Case (born September 27, 1952) is a Democratic politician. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink (パッツィー・T・ミンク December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American politician is an American politician She was the second Asian Immigrant elected Lieutenant governor of a state of the United States. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hilo (ˈhiːlo is a coastal town in the State of Hawai{{okina}}i. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person He represented Hawaiʻi's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. He was first elected in 2002 in a special election to fill the seat of Patsy T. Mink, who died of pneumonia. Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink (パッツィー・T・ミンク December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American politician Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal In 2006 Case chose not to run for another term in the House of Representatives so he could challenge Senator Daniel Akaka in the Democratic primary for Akaka's U.S. Senate seat. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel Kahikina Akaka (born September 11, 1924) is the junior U The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Case lost the primary election.
Case first gained popularity in Hawaiʻi as majority leader of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and for his reform campaign for Governor of Hawaiʻi in 2002. The Hawaii State Legislature is the state legislature of the U The Governor of Hawaii, also called Ke Kiaaina o Hawaii, is the chief executive of the State of Hawai{{okina}}i and its various agencies
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Early years
Case was born on September 27, 1952 in Hilo on the island of Hawaiʻi, the eldest of six children. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hilo (ˈhiːlo is a coastal town in the State of Hawai{{okina}}i. The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island, is a volcanic Island in the U In 1970, Case graduated from Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy in Kamuela. Hawaii Preparatory Academy (also known as HPA is a coeducational boarding Independent school in Kamuela, Hawai{{okina}}i teaching Kindergarten Waimea is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. After high school, Case traveled for a year in Australia, where he worked as a jackaroo on a New South Wales sheep station, and in New Zealand. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Case then attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in psychology in 1975. Williams College is a highly selective private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Williamstown is a town in Berkshire County, in the northwest corner of Massachusetts.
Legal career
In 1981, Case graduated from the University of California Hastings College of Law in San Francisco with a juris doctor. The University of California ( UC) is a Public university system in the state of California. University of California Hastings College of the Law is a top tier Law school located in the Civic Center of San Francisco California. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Juris Doctor (abbreviated JD or JD, from the Latin, Teacher of Law) is a first professional graduate degree and Professional
From 1981 to 1982, Case served as law clerk to Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Chief Justice William S. Richardson. William S Richardson, formally William Shaw Richardson (born 22 December, 1919) is the former Chief Justice of the Hawai{{okina}}i State From 1983 to 2002, he worked at the law firm Carlsmith Ball in Honolulu, where he became a partner in 1989, and served as managing partner from 1992 to 1994, when he was first elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U The Hawaii House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Hawai{{okina}}i State Legislature. Case resigned his partnership upon winning election to the United States Congress in 2002. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Case told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in January 2007 that he will work for the Honolulu-based law firm of Bays Deaver Lung Rose & Baba, where Crystal Rose, his former campaign manager, is a partner. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, based in Honolulu, Hawai{{okina}}i, is the second largest daily newspaper in the state of Hawai{{okina}}i (the largest [1]
Early political life
Case got his first taste of political life as Legislative Assistant to Congressman and then Senator Spark Matsunaga in Washington, D. Spark Masayuki Matsunaga ( Japanese: スパーク松永 (born October 8, 1916, in Kukuiula Hawaii – died April 15, 1990 C. from 1975 to 1978. In 1985, Case won his first election, to the Mānoa Neighborhood Board of Honolulu. He became its chairman in 1987, a position he held until leaving the board in 1989.
Hawaiʻi House of Representatives
Case served four two-year terms in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives from 1994 to 2002, where he focused on basic change in Hawaiʻi governance. The Hawaii House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Hawai{{okina}}i State Legislature. In 1999, after Case led an effort to replace the leadership of the State House, his Democratic peers elected him Majority Leader. But as Majority Leader, Case butted heads with influential senior members of the Democratic Party. Case sought to change the current way state government operated and repeatedly warned that Hawaiʻi was not addressing long-term fiscal challenges. On the last legislative day of 2000, Case said in a floor speech: "If you cannot make those choices, please get out of the way, because you are just making it harder for the rest of us. "[1]
On January 21, 1997, in the House Judiciary Committee, Case cast the lone nay vote against advancing HB117, the bill that would allow a referendum to effectively, constitutionally ban gay marriage. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar [2] He and six others opposed the bill again in the full house vote. [3] When he was up for re-election in November of 1998, he publicly opposed the referendum. His reasoning: "changing the Constitution would go against its intended purpose — protecting the rights of the minority against the will of the majority. "[4] Leading up to the November election, polls consistently predicted that the measure would pass by 70–75%, a prediction that was accurate. [5] Due to the measure's popularity, only three other politicians or candidates in Hawaiʻi joined his position. [6]
In 2001, Case cosponsored a doomed civil unions bill. [7]
2002 gubernatorial campaign
In early 2001, at the beginning of his fourth term in the Hawaiʻi State House, Case chose not to continue as Majority Leader so that he could speak out independently on the changes he believed Hawaiʻi needed to make in its political and other systems. In October 2001, Case announced his candidacy for Governor of Hawaiʻi in 2002. The Governor of Hawaii, also called Ke Kiaaina o Hawaii, is the chief executive of the State of Hawai{{okina}}i and its various agencies Case's initial opponent was the early favorite in the race, Mayor of Honolulu Jeremy Harris, also a Democrat. The Mayor of Honolulu is the chief executive officer of the City and County of Honolulu and considered the third most powerful official in the U Jeremy Harris, born December 7, 1950 in Wilmington Delaware, served as Mayor of Honolulu from 1994 to 2004 Case supporters were discontent with the "Hawaiʻi Democratic Party machine" that had ruled the state for 40 years and perceived to have left the economy stagnant, a "machine" to which Harris was closely tied. The Democratic Party of Hawaii is an arm of the Democratic Party of the United States.
Despite high polling numbers, Harris abruptly dropped out of the race in May 2002 because of ongoing campaign spending investigations. Lieutenant Governor Mazie K. Hirono dropped out of her race for Mayor of Honolulu to challenge Case in the primary. A Lieutenant Governor is a high officer of state whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction is an American politician She was the second Asian Immigrant elected Lieutenant governor of a state of the United States. A later entrant into the Democratic primary was D. G. "Andy" Anderson, the former Republican state chair and aide to former Honolulu Mayor Frank F. Fasi. Dominis Garrida Anderson (born February 10, 1930) also popularly known as D Frank Francis Fasi (born August 27, 1920) is a United States Politician having the distinction as the longest serving Mayor of Honolulu Case told Hawaiʻi voters that his campaign was one of government reform and the future as opposed to Hirono and Anderson who represented the "Old Boys' Network" and a status quo past.
In one of the closest primary elections for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Hawaiʻi history, Hirono beat Case, 41% to 39%, with Anderson a distant third. In the general election, Hirono faced Republican Linda Lingle in the general election; Lingle's campaign reform theme was called Agenda for New Beginnings. Linda Lingle (born Linda Cutter on June 4 1953) has been Governor of Hawaii since December 2 2002. Lingle won.
House of Representatives
2002 and 2003 special elections
U. S. Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink died on September 28, 2002, one week after the primary election, leaving her 107th Congress (2001–2003) seat vacant. Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink (パッツィー・T・ミンク December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American politician Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. She was subsequently posthumously reelected to the 108th Congress (2003–2005) in November of the same year. On November 30, 2002, Case was elected in a special election to fill her vacancy in the remaining weeks of the 107th Congress, gaining over 50% of the vote in a field of over forty. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Case immediately ran for reelection in a second special election in early January 2003 for Mink's 108th Congress seat, going up against more than three dozen other candidates, among them Democrats Matt Matsunaga and Colleen Hanabusa, and Republicans Barbara Marumoto, Bob McDermott, and Frank Fasi. Colleen Hanabusa is a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate, representing the 21st District since 1999 and serving as the President of the Senate since 2003 Robert "Bobby" McDermott ( January 7 1914 in Whitestone Queens, New York – October 3 1963 in Yonkers Frank Francis Fasi (born August 27, 1920) is a United States Politician having the distinction as the longest serving Mayor of Honolulu Case won that election with 43 percent of the vote.
2004 re-election campaign
In 2004, Case was challenged by Republican Mike Gabbard, a social conservative who focused almost exclusively on anti-homosexual issues. Gerald Michael 'Mike' Gabbard (born January 15, 1948) is a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate, representing the 19th District since Case won the election with 63% of the vote. [8]
2006 Senatorial campaign
Case challenged Senator Daniel Akaka in the Democratic primary election. The 2006 US Senate election for the state of Hawaii was held November 7, 2006. Daniel Kahikina Akaka (born September 11, 1924) is the junior U
Case said that although he has the deepest respect for Akaka, Hawaiʻi was in a time of transition with regard to the state's representation in Congress and especially in the Senate, and that the transition required that Hawaiʻi phases in the next generation to provide continuity in that service. Case said that the state would lose all clout in Washington if the state's two U. S. Senators, both of whom are over 80 years old, left office within a short time of each other.
Case lost the September primary, 53-46%. Akaka centered his campaign on the difference in support for the U. S. intervention in Iraq: Akaka was one of only a handful of Democratic Senators to vote against the use of force resolution against Iraq in 2002; Case, while not in Congress at the time of the vote, had said he would have voted in support of the resolution. [9]
Family
Case has two children from his first marriage, from 1988 to 1998: James (b. 1988) and David (b. 1990). In 2001 Case married Audrey Nakamura, a former classmate from Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy, who is a flight attendant with United Airlines. United Air Lines Inc, trading as United Airlines ( is a major airline of the United States. Case became reacquainted with her during their 30th class reunion. "I was in a definite, major-league crush with her for two years back in seventh and eighth grade," Case said in an interview. Audrey had two children of her own, David (b. 1983) and Megan (b. 1986), from a previous marriage.
His cousin Steve Case is the founder of America Online, as well as the former chairman of Time Warner, and is still one of the Time Warner's biggest individual shareholders. Steve Case (born August 21, 1958) is a businessman best known as the co-founder and former Chief executive officer and Chairman of Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City.
References
- ^ honoluluadvertiser.com
- ^ findlaw.com
- ^ findlaw.com
- ^ findlaw.com
- ^ hawaii.gov
- ^ starbulletin.com
- ^ capitol.hawaii.gov
- ^ honoluluadvertiser.com
- ^ Chris Cillizza, "Hawaii Results: Akaka Hangs On", Washington Post, September 24, 2006
External links
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Campaign Website
- NetOp Site
- 2006 Hawaii's 2nd district Candidate List from VIS
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin, January 4, 2007, "Case Still Has Taste for Politics: The Ex-congressman Believes His Skills are Best Suited for Another Career on Capitol Hill
| Preceded by Patsy Mink |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 2nd congressional district November 30, 2002–January 4, 2007 |
Succeeded by Mazie Hirono |
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