district state_senate succeeded party profession term_end birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name alma_mater
23rd hawaii incumbent democratic educator , business owner and consultant 1988 14 march 1953 2004 1984 lynne waters clayton hee
 hawaii clayton hee university of hawaii
clayton hee

clayton h. w. hee is a democratic party member of the hawaii senate , representing the 23rd district since 2004 .
hee serves as chairman of the state senate 's judiciary and labor committee .
hee is a native hawaiian politician , and is half chinese and half hawaiian .
he is married to lynne waters and has a younger brother , ted grass .
after graduating from the kamehameha schools and attaining degrees at the university of hawaii , hee taught at various community colleges and high schools from 1975 until 1981 .
hee served as state representative from 1982 to 1984 for the district encompassing molokai , lanai , and west maui .
from 1984 until 1988 , hee served as the state senator for the district encompassing kailua to kaneohe .
he was also the chairman of the judiciary committee .
in 1990 , hee began serving on the board of the office of hawaiian affairs .
in 2002 , he stepped down from the board to run for lieutenant governor of hawaii , losing in the democratic primary to matt matsunaga .
hee ran successfully for the hawaii state senate in 2004 .
hee was an unsuccessful candidate for the united states house of representatives in hawaii 's 2nd congressional district in 2006 , finishing 4th in the democratic primary behind mazie hirono , colleen hanabusa , and matt matsunaga .
