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HANABUSA, Colleen, a Representative from Hawaii; born in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, May 4, 1951; graduated from St. Andrew’s Priory School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1969; B.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, 1973; M.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, 1975; J.D., University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, 1977; lawyer, private practice; member of the Hawaii state senate, 1998-2010; president, Hawaii state senate, 2007-2010; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives in 2006; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2011-present).