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Kahele, Kaialiʻi, a Representative from Hawaii; born in Hawaii County, Hawaii, March 28, 1974; graduated from Hilo High School, Hilo, Hawaii, 1992; attended Hawaii Community College, Hilo, Hawaii; attended University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii; B.S., University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, 1998; attended Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery, Ala.; Hawaii Air National Guard, 1999–present; commercial pilot; adjunct faculty member, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii; nonprofit executive; member of the Hawaii state senate, 2016–2020, majority whip, 2017–2018, majority floor leader, 2018–2020; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (January 3, 2021–present).