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class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Will_Espero" title="Will Espero">Will Espero</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Senate" title="Hawaii Senate">Hawaii Senate</a></span><br />from the 18th district<br />17th (2008–2012)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />November 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Menor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ron Menor (page does not exist)">Ron Menor</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1948-09-30</span>) </span>September 30, 1948<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 76)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Hawaii" title="Territory of Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Honolulu_Business_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Honolulu Business College">Honolulu Business College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Leeward_Community_College" title="Leeward Community College">Leeward Community College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Warren_National_University" title="Warren National University">Kennedy-Western University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michelle N. Kidani</b><sup id="cite_ref-HL_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (born September 30, 1948, in <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a>, Hawaii)<sup id="cite_ref-PVS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PVS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American politician and a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Senate" title="Hawaii Senate">Hawaii Senate</a> since November 2012 representing District 18. Kidani served consecutively from 2008 until 2012 in the District 17 seat. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michelle_Kidani&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kidani earned her <a href="/wiki/Associate_degree" title="Associate degree">Associate degree</a> in 1969 as a <a href="/wiki/Legal_secretary" title="Legal secretary">legal secretary</a> from <a href="/wiki/Honolulu_Business_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Honolulu Business College">Honolulu Business College</a>, her AA in <a href="/wiki/Liberal_arts_education" title="Liberal arts education">liberal arts</a> in 1980 from <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Community_College" title="Leeward Community College">Leeward Community College</a>, and her <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> in 1993 from <a href="/wiki/Unaccredited" class="mw-redirect" title="Unaccredited">unaccredited</a> Kennedy-Western University (later <a href="/wiki/Warren_National_University" title="Warren National University">Warren National University</a>), a defunct <a href="/wiki/Higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education">higher education</a> institution that was sued for fraudulent practices by former students and deemed a <a href="/wiki/Diploma_mill" title="Diploma mill">diploma mill</a> by federal investigators.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2023, she is the vice-chair of the Hawaii Senate Higher Education Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michelle_Kidani&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2012 Redistricted to District 18, and with Democratic Senator <a href="/wiki/Clarence_K._Nishihara" class="mw-redirect" title="Clarence K. Nishihara">Clarence K. Nishihara</a> redistricted to District 17, Kidani won the August 11, 2012 Democratic Primary with 7,434 votes (60.3%) against former Representative <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Magaoay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Magaoay (page does not exist)">Michael Magaoay</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 14,518 votes (67.3%) against <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee Rojo Herrera.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2008 Kidani challenged incumbent Senator <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Menor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ron Menor (page does not exist)">Ron Menor</a> in the three-way September 20, 2008 Democratic Primary, winning with 3,890 votes (41.2%),<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was unopposed for the November 4, 2008 General election.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michelle_Kidani&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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