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	U.S. Senate Race: Hawaii Daniel Akaka Cynthia Thielen CURRENT PROFESSION CURRENT PROFESSION U.S. senator State representative LAST ELECTION RESULTS LAST ELECTION RESULTS Won 73 percent of the vote against John Carroll Won 78 percent of the vote against Edward Clayton POLITICAL EXPERIENCE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE U.S. House, 1977-90; three terms in U.S. Senate Hawaii State House, 1990-present COMMITTEES COMMITTEES Armed Services; Energy and Natural Resources; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Indian Affairs; Veterans' Affairs Energy and Environmental Protection; International Affairs; Judiciary; Water, Land and Ocean Resources PREVIOUS WORK PREVIOUS WORK World War II veteran; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1945-47; public school teacher, principal, 1953-71; director, Hawaii Office of Economic Opportunity, 1971-74; assistant to Hawaii Gov. George Ariyoshi, 1975-76; director, Progressive Neighborhoods Program, 1975-76 Attorney BORN BORN Sept. 11, 1924 in Honolulu, Hawaii Sept. 22, 1933 in Kailua, Hawaii EDUCATION EDUCATION B.Ed. from University of Hawaii, 1952; M.Ed. from University of Hawaii, 1966 B.A. from the University of Hawaii, 1975; J.D. from University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law FAMILY FAMILY Married to Mary Mildred Chong; has four children Married to Mickey Thielen; has four children CAMPAIGN WEB SITE CAMPAIGN WEB SITE www.akaka2006.org www.cynthiathielen.com OFFICIAL WEB SITE OFFICIAL WEB SITE www.akaka.senate.gov www.capitol.hawaii.gov			MAIN: VOTE 2006   SENATE   HOUSE   GOVERNOR   REPORTS   ANALYSIS   ISSUES   FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS   Hawaii   OTHER SENATE RACES   Select Other Races    Key races marked with *    Arizona    California  * Connecticut    Delaware    Florida    Hawaii    Indiana    Maine  * Maryland    Massachusetts    Michigan  * Minnesota    Mississippi    Missouri  * Montana    Nebraska    Nevada    New Jersey    New Mexico    New York    North Dakota    Ohio  * Pennsylvania  * Rhode Island    Tennessee    Texas    Utah    Vermont  * Virginia    Washington    West Virginia    Wisconsin    Wyoming

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