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Hawaii was admitted to theUnion on August 21, 1959, and elects U.S. senators toclasses 1 and 3. Seven people including only one Republican have served as a U.S. senator from Hawaii. The state's current U.S. senators are DemocratsBrian Schatz andMazie Hirono. Hawaii's class 1 seat is the only one in the United States that has always been held by an ethnic minority.[citation needed] Its class 3 seat is the only one in the United States that has always been held by a member of the Democratic Party.[citation needed]Hawaii is one of fourteen states alongsideCalifornia,Colorado,Georgia,Idaho,Louisiana,Maine,Massachusetts,Minnesota,Missouri,Nevada,Pennsylvania,South Dakota andUtah to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.[citation needed]
Hawaii last elected a Republican in 1970, which has resulted in the longest streak in the nation for a state's having all-Democratic senators.Daniel K. Inouye was Hawaii's longest-serving senator, from 1963 to 2012.
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