Isaac William Choy is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the

Hawaii House of Representatives The Hawaii House of Representatives () is the lower house of the Hawaii State Legislature. Pursuant to Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution of Hawaii, amended during the 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention, 1978 constit ...

representing District 23 from November 2012 to November 2018. Choy consecutively served from 2008 until 2012 in the District 24 seat. In 2020, Choy was appointed to serve as director of the state Department of Taxation.

Education

Choy earned his BS in

business administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

from

San Jose State University San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the List of oldest schools in California, oldest public university on the West Coast of ...

Elections

*2012 Redistricted to District 23, and with Democratic Representative

Tom Brower Tom Brower (born March 3, 1965) is an American politician. He was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic House member of the Hawaii House of Representatives who represented the 22nd district— which includes Waikiki, Ala Moana and Kakaʻ ...

redistricted to District 22, Choy and his 2010 Republican challenger Zach Thompson were both unopposed for their August 11, 2012 primaries, setting up a rematch; Choy won the November 6, 2012 General election with 7,502 votes (71.9%) against Thompson. *2008 When Democratic Representative Kirk Caldwell retired from the Legislature to run for mayor of Honolulu and left the District 24 seat open, Choy was unopposed for the September 20, 2008 Democratic Primary, winning with 3,021 votes, and won the November 4, 2008 General election with 6,689 votes (62.4%) against Republican nominee Jerilyn Jeffryes. *2010 Choy won the September 18, 2010 Democratic Primary with 3,658 votes (53.8%), and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 6,545 votes (70.4%) against Republican nominee Zach Thompson.

State microbe legislation

In 2017 Isaac Choy submitted legislation in the

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

Brian Taniguchi Brian Tetsuji Taniguchi (born November 7, 1951, in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate from January 16, 2013, to January 16, 2023, representing District 10. Taniguchi served consecutive ...

in the

Hawaii Senate The Hawaii State Senate ( Hawaiian: Ka ‘Aha Kenekoa) is the upper house of the Hawaii State Legislature. It consists of twenty-five members elected from an equal number of constituent districts across the islands and is led by the President ...

. This continues an effort started by

James Tokioka James "Jimmy" Kunane Tokioka is an American politician and was a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from November 2006 to January 2023, most recently representing District 16. He currently serves as the director ...

in 2013, and later contested in 2014 by Senator

Glenn Wakai Glenn Satoru Wakai (born May 14, 1967) is an American politician and a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate since November 2010 representing District 15. Wakai consecutively served in the Hawaii State Legislat ...

's SB3124 bill proposing ''

Aliivibrio fischeri ''Aliivibrio fischeri'' (formerly ''Vibrio fischeri'') is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium found globally in marine environments. This bacterium grows most effectively in water with a salt concentration at around 20g/L, and at temperatures ...

'' instead. , Hawaii has no official state microbe.

References

External links

Official page
at the

Hawaii State Legislature The Hawaii State Legislature ( Hawaiian: Ka ‘Aha‘ōlelo kau kānāwai o ka Moku‘āina o Hawai‘i) is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of Hawaii, consisting of the Hawaii State Senate (upper house with 25 senators) and t ...

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