Charles Djou

Charles Kong Djou ( born August 9, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American politician who represented the state of Hawaii in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Republican Djou belonged from 2000 to 2002 the House of Representatives from Hawaii and from 2002 to 2010 the City Council of Honolulu. After the Democrat Neil Abercrombie had resigned his seat in Congress to focus on the upcoming gubernatorial election, which he also won a by-election was held in the first Congressional District of Hawaii, in which prevail Djou with 39.4 percent of the votes cast could. This was also the fact that - unlike regular elections - the parties were not forced to nominate only one candidate. Thus, the percentage of votes for Democrats Colleen Hanabusa between ( 30.8 percent) and Ed Case was divided ( 27.6 percent), which meant that Djou enough a simple majority to win. He took up office on 22 May 2010. In the congressional elections in November, however, he lost his seat to Colleen Hanabusa, this time won with 53:47 percent of the vote, Djou replaced on January 3, 2011 at the Congress. This has already announced his intention to run again in 2012 in the first constituency.