Neil Abercrombie

Neil Abercrombie ( born June 26, 1938 in Buffalo, New York ) is an American politician (Democratic Party). He was from 1986 to 1987 and from 1991 to 2010 member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the state of Hawaii. Since December 6, 2010, he exercised the office of Governor of Hawaii.

Life and work

Jack finished his studies at Union College in Schenectady, New York with a bachelor 's degree. He made in 1964 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he also received his PhD in 1974 in the field of philosophy the master's degree. In 1970 he applied unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for election to the Senate of the United States; instead he was elected in 1974 in the House of Representatives from Hawaii, where he served until 1978. He then moved into the Senate from Hawaii, where he remained until 1986. In a by-election became necessary due to the waiver of Mr Cecil Heftel in September 1986, he was elected to the 99th Congress. In the election of the 100th Congress a few months later, he could not confirm his mandate and defeated the Republican Pat Saiki. After a few years in the City Council of Honolulu ( City Council ), he was able to prevail in 1990 with the election of the 102nd Congress. Since then, the 102nd Congress convened in early 1991, he was continuously until his resignation on 26 February 2010 at the House of Representatives.

In March 2009, Abercrombie announced his intention to apply for the 2010 election for the office of the Governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Linda Lingle was not allowed to stand by the Constitution. He resigned his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in early 2010 in order to concentrate on the campaign trail can. In September of the same year he sat down by the area code of the Democrats against Mufi Hannemann and was therefore a candidate of his party in the general election in November. There he met Republican Lieutenant Governor James Aiona, he clearly defeated with a vote share of 58 percent. Abercrombie sparked in the wake Linda Lingle on December 6, 2010 from the Governor's Office. When his lieutenant governor acted to the end of 2012 Brian Schatz, since Shan Tsutsui.