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2016 Postmortem

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Tx4obama

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Wed Dec 26, 2012, 10:25 PM Dec 2012

Hawaii Senator-designate Schatz will fly w/ Pres Obama on Air Force One to Washington tonight [View all]


Breaking Politics ?@breakingpol

White House official: Hawaii Senator-designate Brian Schatz will fly with President Obama on Air Force One to Washington tonight - @NBCNews

https://twitter.com/breakingpol/status/284121216837644288




Regarding Schatz...

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Schatz, 40, was elected lieutenant governor in 2010. He ran unsuccessfully to succeed U.S. Rep. Ed Case in Hawaii's 2nd Congressional seat in 2006. Schatz served as CEO of Helping Hands Hawaii, a nonprofit social service agency on Oahu. Between 1998 and 2006, Schatz spent eight years in the state House of Representatives, representing the 25th district of Tantalus, Makiki and McCully.

In 2008, he served a spokesman for Barack Obama's presidential campaign in Hawaii. That same year, he was elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii.

Schatz grew up in Hawaii and attended Punahou School before traveling to California where he graduated from Pomona College. After returning from college, he taught at Punahou School.

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/20427178/inouye-replacement-selection-meeting-under-way
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