Pat Saiki
Chair of theHawaii Republican Party
In office March 19, 2014 – June 8, 2015
Preceded by	David S. Chang
Succeeded by	Fritz Rohlfing
17thAdministrator of the Small Business Administration
In office April 16, 1991 – January 20, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Paul Cooksey (acting)
Succeeded by	Dayton Watkins (acting)
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromHawaii's1st district
In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991
Preceded by	Neil Abercrombie
Succeeded by	Neil Abercrombie
Personal details
Born	Patricia Hatsue Fukuda (1930-05-28)May 28, 1930 (age 95) Hilo,Hawaii Territory, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Stanley Saiki
Children	5
Education	University of Hawaii, Manoa (BS)

Patricia Hatsue Saiki (néeFukuda; born May 28, 1930) is an American politician and former educator fromHilo, Hawaii. A member of theRepublican Party, she served as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1991 and then as Administrator of theSmall Business Administration underPresident of the United StatesGeorge H. W. Bush.

Saiki was born inHilo, Hawaii, on May 28, 1930. Saiki graduated fromHilo High School in 1948 and received her bachelor's degree from theUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1952. Upon graduating from college, Saiki became a teacher atPunahou, Kaimuki Intermediate, andKalani High schools. She also taught inToledo, Ohio, when she and her husband, Stanley Saiki, moved there for hismedical school residency.^[1]

Saiki ran for office after establishing the teacher's chapter of the Hawaii Government Employees Association. Her fellow teachers encouraged her to run for office, which she did in 1968.^[2]

In 1968, Saiki joined theHawai`i Republican Party and ran successfully for a seat in theHawaii State House of Representatives. In 1974, she moved to theHawaii State Senate where she served her district until 1982.^[3] A vacancy was created by U.S. Rep.Cecil Heftel's untimely resignation from Congress, and on September 20, 1986, a special election was held. Saiki lost the special election (to DemocratNeil Abercrombie) but won a separate election (over DemocratMufi Hannemann) sending her to Congress where she served two consecutive terms. With her election in 1986, she became the first Republican elected to represent Hawaii in the House of Representatives since its statehood.^[4] In 1988, she beat challenger Mary Bitterman, a Democrat and former head ofVoice of America.^[5]

Until the swearing-in ofCharles Djou on May 25, 2010, Saiki was the onlyRepublican to ever hold a House seat from the state ofHawaii and one of only two RepublicanMembers of Congress (the other being SenatorHiram Fong) to represent the state since it gained statehood.^[6] She is also the second woman to be elected to Congress from the state of Hawaii (the first beingPatsy Mink, with whom Saiki served for two years).^[7]

While in office, Saiki focused on education-related issues. She was a commissioner for the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, and was a member of the Fund for the Improvement of Higher Education.^[3] Thoughfiscally conservative, she also pushed for theredress of Japanese Americans for theirinternment duringWorld War II.^[5]

Saiki voted for theAbandoned Shipwrecks Act.^[8] The Act asserts United States title to certain abandoned shipwrecks located on or embedded in submerged lands under state jurisdiction, and transfers title to the respective state, thereby empowering states to manage these cultural and historical resources more efficiently, with the goal of preventingtreasure hunters and salvagers from damaging them. PresidentRonald Reagan signed it into law on April 28, 1988.^[9]

In 1990, she lost aUnited States Senate race toDaniel Akaka, but was then appointed Administrator of theSmall Business Administration under PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush. In1994, she lost a race forGovernor of Hawaii against Democratic challengerBen Cayetano. Saiki subsequently chaired the Hawaii Presidential campaign of former New York MayorRudy Giuliani in 2008 and the 2010 and 2012 congressional campaigns ofCharles Djou. She served from 2014 to 2015 as chair of the Republican Party of Hawaii.^[2]

• Women in the United States House of Representatives
• List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress

• Biography at theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress

• Honolulu Star-Bulletin, November 10, 2002 interview.
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