Brenton Awa is an American politician serving as a member of the

Hawaii Senate The Hawaii Senate is the upper house of the Hawaii State Legislature. It consists of twenty-five members elected from an equal number of constituent districts across the islands and is led by the President of the Senate, elected from the membe ...

for the 23rd district. He assumed office on November 8, 2022.

Early life and education

Awa was born in Kaʻaʻawa, Hawaii, and graduated from

Kahuku High & Intermediate School Kahuku High & Intermediate School, located in Kahuku CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, on the island of Oahu, serves approximately 1,850 students in grades seven through twelve and is part of the Windward District on the is ...

in 2004. He is

Native Hawaiian Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, First Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians) ( haw, kānaka, , , and ), are the indigenous ethnic group of Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands. Hawa ...

and attended Clarion University with a grant from Kamehameha Schools.

Career

Prior to entering politics, Awa was a news anchor for KITV. Three years after joining KITV, he became the anchor of ''Good Morning Hawaii''. Awa was elected to the

in November 2022.

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Living people Hawaii state senators Hawaii Republicans American television news anchors People from Honolulu County, Hawaii Year of birth missing (living people) {{Hawaii-politician-stub