Newly reelected Sen. Mazie Hirono faces Republican-controlled Senate

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono has been reelected to a third term.
But this time, she will be returning to a Republican-controlled Senate.
The Democrat defeated Republican challenger Bob McDermott in Tuesday’s general election with 283,454 votes, according to the second printout.
Hirono spoke to Hawaii News Now shortly after the Associated Press called her reelection, before Hawaii election officials released the first printout.
She said seeing red won’t faze her.
“I intend to use my voice to fight for all of the programs that support our families, such as continue to lower prescription drug costs and housing assistance, all of those things that we care about. I will continue to raise my voice for that,” said Hirono.
“We know what hard times are, so we know what’s right and wrong. We know what our values are. The values of decency, support for our families are kupuna, that’s what guides us, and that will guide me as I go forward,” she said.
Hirono said she is determined to fight Trump’s plans as president.
“He’s made it very plain with Project 2025, eliminating the Department of Education, cutting Social Security and Medicare. These are all the kinds of programmatic changes that he’s going to make that will hurt all of us,” Hirono said.
“So you can imagine that I, and a whole group of others, will continue to raise our voices to fight these kinds of harmful policies, and he’s going to start deporting millions of people in our country,” she said.
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