Terry Yoshinaga

{{Short description|American lawyer and politician}}

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Terry Nui Yoshinaga-Kano is an American politician and lawyer.

Yoshinaga attended the University of Hawaii School of Law and was a member of the first graduating class in 1976.{{cite news |title=1973 Entering Class and Transfers |url=https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/148d8de9-50db-44b4-ab88-7d72b62abf21 |access-date=9 April 2023 |publisher=University of Hawaii School of Law}}{{cite news |title=UH's first law grads |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/276124745/ |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=2 August 1981}} In the mid-1980s, she served as secretary of the YWCA of Oahu.{{cite news |title=Taking New Officers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/272420187/ |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=5 December 1984}} Yoshinaga is a resident of Moiliili, Hawaii.{{cite news |last1=Gima |first1=Cragi |title=Legislature may kill Cayetano's 'drop dead' plan |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/02/19/news/story6.html |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=19 February 1999}}{{cite news |title=House snubs HSTA health plan measure |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/04/12/news/story8.html |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=12 April 2002}}

Yoshinaga was first elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives for District 22 in 1994.{{cite news |title=Hawaii State Teachers' Association |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/273609537/ |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=2 November 1994}}{{cite news |title=Officials |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/258627004/ |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Advertiser |date=19 May 1996}} In 1996, she faced Mel Makoto Takahashi in the Democratic Party primary,{{cite news |title=Primary election '96: results |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/1996/09/23/news/primary.html |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=23 September 1996}} and won the general election uncontested.{{cite news |title=Uncontested Races |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/specials/election/general/others |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=27 October 1996}} In 1998, Yoshinaga finished ahead of Takahashi and Charles K. Torigoe in the primary,{{cite news |title=The primary results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/266694343/ |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Advertiser |date=21 September 1998}} and won a third consecutive two-year term. Yoshinaga was unopposed in the 2000 primary elections,{{cite news |title=House District 22 |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/09/19/special/h22.html |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=19 September 2000}}{{cite news |title=Federal, state and county primary election candidates|url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/07/26/news/story4.html |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=26 July 2000}} and defeated Republican Party candidate Joseph Kinoshita in the general election.{{cite news |title=State house |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/11/02/news/general.pdf |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=2 November 2000}}{{cite news |title=Candidates battle over district's economic status |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/10/12/news/story15.html |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=12 October 2000}} During the 2002 election cycle, Yoshinaga ran for a fifth term and lost a primary to Scott Saiki.{{cite news |last1=Song |first1=Jaymes |title=HSTA chooses candidates |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/06/01/news/index4.html |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |agency=Associated Press |date=1 June 2002}}{{cite news |last1=Kua |first1=Crystal |title=Makiki incumbent battle goes to Saiki |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/09/22/news/index4.html |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=22 September 2002}}