The state's current U.S. senators are Democrats Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono.
Hawaii's class 1 seat is the only one in the United States that has always been held by an ethnic minority.
[citation needed] Its class 3 seat is the only one in the United States that has always been held by a member of the Democratic Party.
[citation needed] Hawaii is one of fifteen states alongside California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Utah to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.
Hawaii last elected a Republican in 1970, which has resulted in the longest streak in the nation for a state's having all-Democratic senators.