Mazie Hirono

**Mazie Keiko Hirono** (広野 慶子, i hānau ʻia ma ka lā 3 Nowemapa 1947) he loio a he kānaka politika ʻAmelika ʻo ia e lawelawe nei ma ke ʻano he Kenekoa ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa mai Hawaiʻi mai ka makahiki 2013. He lālā ʻo ia o ka Pāʻani Kemokalaka a ʻo ia hoʻi ke Kenekoa kiʻekiʻe o Hawaiʻi.

## Ka Moʻolelo Mua
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Hirono ma Koori, Fukushima, Iāpana, he kaikamahine na Laura Chie Satō, he wahine ʻAmelika-Iāpana, a me Hirono Matabe, he kanaka koa Iāpana o ka Kaua Honua II. ʻO kona kupuna kāne, ʻo Hiroshi Satō, ua neʻe ʻo ia i Hawaiʻi e hana ma nā māla kō i kona makahiki he 16. Ua male ʻo ia iā Tari Shinoki, ka wahine kiʻi male. I ka makahiki 1928, ua wehe lāua i kahi hale ʻauʻau ma ke alanui River ma Honolulu.

I ka makahiki 1939, ua hoʻi ʻo Tari i Iāpana me Laura a me kona kaikuaʻana ʻo Akira. Ua noho ʻo Hiroshi ma Hawaiʻi no ʻelua makahiki hou e mālama i ka hale ʻauʻau ma mua o kona hui ʻana me kona ʻohana i ka makahiki 1941. Ma Iāpana, ua male ʻo Laura iā Hirono Matabe i ka makahiki 1946. He kanaka pāʻani pāʻani kālā a ʻona rama ʻo Matabe, a ʻo ia ke kumu o ko Laura haʻalele ʻana iā ia i ka makahiki 1951.

Me ke kākoʻo o kona ʻohana, ua hoʻi ʻo Laura i Hawaiʻi me ʻelua āna keiki, ʻo Mazie a me Roy, i ka mahina ʻo Malaki 1955. Ua noho mua lākou me ko Mazie ʻanakala ʻo Akira, a laila ua neʻe i kahi hale noho ma ke alanui Kewalo ma Honolulu. No ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kālā, ua hana ʻo Laura ma ka nūpepa *Hawaii Hochi* a ma kahi ʻoihana mea ʻai. Ua hana pū ʻo Mazie ma ka hale ʻaina o ke kula a lawe pū i ka nūpepa. I ka makahiki 1957, ua hiki iā Laura ke lawe mai i kona mau mākua a me kāna keiki ʻuʻuku loa, ʻo Wayne, i Hawaiʻi.

## Ka Hoʻonaʻauao
Ua hele ʻo Hirono i ke Kula Haʻahaʻa ʻo Kaʻahumanu a me ke Kula Haʻahaʻa ʻo Koko Head. A laila, ua hele ʻo ia i ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe ʻo Kaimukī, kahi i piha i nā haumāna ʻAmelika-Iāpana i ia manawa. I ka makahiki 1959, ua lilo ʻo ia i mea noho ʻAmelika ma o ke kaʻapuni maoli ʻana, ʻo ia ka makahiki i lilo ai ʻo Hawaiʻi i mokuʻāina.

Ma hope o ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua komo ʻo ia i ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa. Ma laila, ua lilo ʻo ia i lālā o ka Phi Beta Kappa a loaʻa iā ia kona kēkelē laepua ma ka Psychology i ka makahiki 1970. Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i kona hoʻonaʻauao ma ke Kulanui Georgetown Law Center ma Wakinekona, D.C., kahi āna i loaʻa ai kona kēkelē loio (J.D.) i ka makahiki 1978. Ma hope o ia manawa, ua hoʻi ʻo ia i Honolulu e lawelawe i ke kānāwai.

## Ke Ala Politika
### Ka Hale Hoʻolālā Kānāwai o Hawaiʻi (1981-1994)
I ka makahiki 1980, ua koho ʻia ʻo Hirono no ka **ʻāpana 12** o ka Hale Hoʻolālā Kānāwai o Hawaiʻi. Ma hope o ke ana hou ʻana i nā ʻāpana koho, ua lanakila ʻo ia i ke koho balota no ka **ʻāpana 20** i ka makahiki 1982. A laila, ua hoʻoneʻe hou ʻia nā palena, a koho ʻia ʻo ia no ka **ʻāpana 32** mai 1984 a i 1992. I ka makahiki 1992, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no ka **ʻāpana 22**.

I kona wā ma ka Hale Hoʻolālā Kānāwai, ua kākau ʻo Hirono i 120 pila i lilo i kānāwai mokuʻāina. Mai 1987 a i 1992, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻomalu o ke Kōmike Mālama Mea Kūʻai a me ke Kālepa.

### Hope Kiaʻāina (1994-2002)
I ka makahiki 1994, ua komo ʻo Hirono i ke koho balota no ka Hope Kiaʻāina o Hawaiʻi. Ua lanakila ʻo ia ma ka hoʻokūkū pāʻani Kemokalaka, e loaʻa ana iā ia 65% o nā koho balota. I ke koho balota nui, ua lanakila ʻo ia ma luna o ʻekolu moho ʻē aʻe me 37% o nā koho balota.

Ma ke ʻano he Hope Kiaʻāina, ua lawelawe ʻo Hirono ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena o ka Kōmike ʻAha Kumu o ʻAmelika a me ka Hui Kulekele Hawaiʻi. Ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka papahana **Pre-Plus**, ka papahana mua ma ʻAmelika no ka hoʻonaʻauao kamaliʻi.

I ka makahiki 1998, ua koho hou ʻia ʻo ia i Hope Kiaʻāina, e lanakila ana ma luna o ke Kenekoa Mokuʻāina Stan Koki ma kahi koho pālikalika loa me 50% o nā koho balota, he 5,254 wale nō koho ka ʻokoʻa.

### Ka Heʻe ʻana no ke Kiaʻāina (2002)
I ka makahiki 2002, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Hirono e lilo i Kiaʻāina o Hawaiʻi. Ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka hoʻokūkū pāʻani Kemokalaka ma luna o Ed Case me 41% o nā koho balota. Akā, i ke koho balota nui, ua heʻe ʻo ia iā Linda Lingle o ka Pāʻani Lepupalika, 52% i 47%.

### Ka Hale o nā Luna Hoʻomalu (2007-2013)
I ka makahiki 2006, ua koho ʻo Hirono e hoʻokūkū no ka noho ʻana ma ka Hale o nā Luna Hoʻomalu no ka ʻāpana lua o Hawaiʻi, i waiho ʻia e Ed Case. I ka hoʻokūkū pāʻani Kemokalaka pilikia, ua lanakila ʻo ia me 22% o nā koho balota. I ke koho balota nui, ua lanakila ʻo ia ma luna o Bob Hogue o ka Pāʻani Lepupalika, 61% i 39%.

Ma ka Hale o nā Luna Hoʻomalu, ua kākoʻo ʻo Hirono i ka **Prevention First Act** o 2007 a me ka **Access to Birth Control Act**. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke Kōmike no ka Hoʻonaʻauao a me ka Limahana a me ke Kōmike no ke Kaʻaahi a me nā Alahao.

### Kenekoa ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (2013-)
I ka makahiki 2011, ua hoʻolaha ke Kenekoa Daniel Akaka i kona hoʻomaha ʻana mai ka ʻoihana ma ka hopena o kona manawa i ka makahiki 2013. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Hirono i kona manaʻo e hoʻokūkū no kona noho ʻana i ka lā 19 Mei 2011. Ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka hoʻokūkū pāʻani Kemokalaka i ka lā 11 ʻAukake 2012. I ke koho balota nui, ua lanakila ʻo ia ma luna o Linda Lingle me 63% o nā koho balota.

Ua komo ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana i ka lā 3 Ianuali 2013, e lilo ana i:
* Ka wahine mua mai Hawaiʻi i koho ʻia i Kenekoa
* Ka wahine ʻAsia ʻAmelika mua i koho ʻia i ke Kenekoa
* Ke Kenekoa mua i hānau ʻia ma Iāpana
* Ka Buda mua ma ke Kenekoa

I ka makahiki 2018, ua koho hou ʻia ʻo ia i Kenekoa, e lanakila ana ma luna o Ron Curtis me 71.2% o nā koho balota.

I ka manawa ma ke Kenekoa, ua kū paʻa ʻo Hirono no nā kuleana o nā wāhine a me ka pale ʻana i nā kānaka ʻAsia ʻAmelika mai ka hoʻopilikia ʻia ʻana i ka wā o ka maʻi ahulau COVID-19. I ka makahiki 2021, ua kākau ʻo ia i kahi pila e hoʻēmi i nā hana kūpono ʻole i nā kānaka ʻAsia ʻAmelika, a ua ʻāpono ʻia ka pila me 94-1 ma ke Kenekoa.

## Nā Kūlana Politika
Kākoʻo ʻo Hirono i:
* Ka mālama ola kino no nā kānaka a pau
* Nā kuleana o nā wāhine
* Ka hoʻomalu pū ʻana
* Ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kānaka ʻōiwi a me nā kaiāulu liʻiliʻi

## Nā Kōmike
He lālā ʻo Hirono o kēia mau kōmike Kenekoa:
* Ke Kōmike no nā Pūʻali Koa
* Ke Kōmike no ka Ikehu a me nā Kumuwaiwai
* Ke Kōmike no ka Hoʻokolokolo
* Ke Kōmike no nā Koa Kahiko

Māhele:Kenekoa ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa
Māhele:Kānaka Politika Hawaiʻi
Māhele:Poʻe i hānau ʻia ma 1947