Breene Harimoto

Breene Harimoto

Democratic Party

Prior offices

Honolulu City Council District 8

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Hawaii State Senate District 16

Successor: Bennette Misalucha

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Breene Harimoto (May 6, 1954 - June 18, 2020) was a member of the Hawaii State Senate, representing District 16 from 2014 to 2020. Harimoto first assumed office on November 4, 2014, and won re-election in the general election on November 6, 2018. He held office until his death on June 18, 2020.^[1]

Harimoto previously served on the Honolulu City Council, representing District 8 from 2012 to 2014.

Biography

Breene Harimoto was born in Pearl City, Hawaii. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Harimoto's professional experience included serving as assistant vice president for First Hawaiian Bank. He was also the deputy director of the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Information Technology, former chair of the Hawaii State Board of Education, and former president of the Pearl City Foundation.^[2]

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Harimoto was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Transportation Committee, Vice chair
• Ways and Means Committee
• Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Harimoto served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2018

See also: Hawaii State Senate elections, 2018

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Breene Harimoto won election in the general election for Hawaii State Senate District 16.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 16

Incumbent Breene Harimoto advanced from the Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 16 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Breene Harimoto	100.0	8,757

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2014

See also: Hawaii State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Hawaii State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Breene Harimoto was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.^[3][4][5]

Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

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2020

In 2020, the Hawaii State Legislature was in session from January 15 to July 10.

• Koho Pono

Legislators are scored on their votes on issues related to Hawaiian interests.

• The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

See also

• Hawaii State Legislature
• Hawaii State Senate
• Hawaii Senate Committees
• Hawaii state legislative districts

External links

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