Brian Tetsuji Taniguchi (born November 7, 1951, in

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) is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the

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from January 16, 2013, to January 16, 2023, representing District 10. Taniguchi served consecutively from 1995 until 2013 in the District 10 and District 11 seats, having served consecutively in the

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from 1981 until 1995 in the

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. Taniguchi did not seek re-election in the

2022 Hawaii Senate election The 2022 Hawaii Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect senators in all 25 districts of the Hawaii Senate, state Senate of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Due to the chamber's use of the 2-4-4 term system, members were elected in si ...

Education

Taniguchi attended

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and earned his JD from its

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Elections

*1980 Taniguchi was initially elected the Hawaii House of Representatives in the November 4, 1980, General election. *1982 Taniguchi was re-elected in the November 2, 1982, General election. *1984 Taniguchi was re-elected in the November 6, 1984, General election *1986 Taniguchi was re-elected in the November 4, 1986, General election. *1988 Taniguchi was re-elected in the November 8, 1988, General election. *1990 Taniguchi was re-elected in the November 6, 1990, General election. *1992 Taniguchi was unopposed for the House District 23 September 19, 1992, Democratic Primary, winning with 3,955 votes, and won the November 3, 1992, General election with 7,368 votes (77.4%) against

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candidate Roger Taylor. *1994 Taniguchi was unopposed for the Senate District 11 September 17, 1994, Democratic Primary, winning with 7,079 votes, and won the November 8, 1994, General election with 10,357 votes (68.6%) against Republican nominee Jeff Tom. *1996 Taniguchi won the September 21, 1996, Democratic Primary with 6,369 votes (71.7%), and won the November 5, 1996, General election with 10,309 votes (69.7%) against Republican nominee John James. *2000 Taniguchi won the September 23, 2000, Democratic Primary with 6,008 votes (71.8%), and won the November 5, 2002, General election with 9,217 votes (68.8%) against Republican nominee Billy Fulton. *2002 Redistricted to District 10, and with Democratic Senator Les Ihara Jr. redistricted to District 9, Taniguchi was unopposed for the September 21, 2002, Democratic Primary, winning with 6,338 votes, and won the November 5, 2002, General election with 11,328 votes (61.1%) against Republican nominee Gladys Hayes. *2006 Taniguchi was unopposed for both the September 26, 2006, Democratic Primary, winning with 8,233 votes, and the November 7, 2006, General election. *2010 Taniguchi was unopposed for the September 18, 2010, Democratic Primary, winning with 7,778 votes, and won the November 2, 2010, General election with 10,398 votes (69.0%) against Republican nominee Eric Marshall. *2012 Redistricted back to District 11, Taniguchi directly faced fellow Democratic Senator

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; Taniguchi won the August 11, 2012, Democratic Primary with 6,527 votes (52.0%), and won the November 6, 2012, General election with 15,639 votes (73.5%) against Republican nominee Larry Fenton.

State microbe legislation

In 2017 Taniguchi submitted legislation in the

to make '' Flavobacterium akiainvivens'' the state microbe. This was mirrored by Isaac Choy in the

. This continues an effort started by James Tokioka in 2013, and later contested in 2014 by Senator Glenn Wakai's SB3124 bill proposing '' Aliivibrio fischeri'' instead. , Hawaii has no official state microbe.

Honours

Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (2023)

References

External links

Official page
at the

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taniguchi, Brian 1951 births Living people Lawyers from Hawaii Democratic Party Hawaii state senators Hawaii politicians of Japanese descent Democratic Party members of the Hawaii House of Representatives Politicians from Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni William S. Richardson School of Law alumni Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class Asian American and Pacific Islander state legislators in Hawaii 21st-century members of the Hawaii State Legislature