Which senator from Hawaii defeated Campbell Cavasso in the 2010 senate race and was the highest-ranking Japanese American politician in United States history?
Daniel Inouye Daniel Ken "Dan" Inouye (Japanese: 井上 建 , Hepburn: Inoue Ken ) was a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1963 to 2012. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and he was President pro tempore of the United States Senate (third in line in the Presidential Line of Succession) from 2010 until his death in 2012, making him the highest-ranking Japanese American politician in U.S. history. Inouye also served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations.
Mitsunori Okamoto Mitsunori Okamoto (岡本 充功 , Okamoto Mitsunori , born June 18, 1971) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yōkaichi, Shiga and graduate of Nagoya University, he obtained his medical license in 1996 and received his Ph.D in medicine from Nagoya University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003. He was defeated in the 2005 election. He ran again to the House of Representatives in 2009 in the 9th district of Aichi defeating Fmr. Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu in a stunning upset.