Isaac W. Choy is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the

Hawaii House of Representatives The Hawaii House of Representatives is the lower house of the Hawaii State Legislature. Pursuant to Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution of Hawaii, amended during the 1978 constitutional convention, the House of Representatives consists ...

representing District 23 from January 2013 to January 2019. Choy consecutively served from 2009 until 2013 in the District 24 seat. In 2020, Choy was appointed to serve as director of the state Department of Taxation.

Education

Choy earned his BS in business administration from

San Jose State University San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sy ...

Elections

*2012 Redistricted to District 23, and with Democratic Representative

Tom Brower Tom Brower (born March 3, 1965) is an American politician. He was a Democratic House member of the Hawaii House of Representatives who represented the 22nd district— which includes Waikiki, Ala Moana and Kakaako on the island of Oahu. In hi ...

redistricted to District 22, Choy and his 2010

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

challenger Zach Thompson were both unopposed for their August 11, 2012 primaries, setting up a rematch; Choy won the November 6, 2012 General election with 7,502 votes (71.9%) against Thompson. *2008 When Democratic Representative

Kirk Caldwell Kirk William Caldwell (born September 4, 1952) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii, from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Caldwell also held the position of acting mayor in 2010 following the resi ...

retired from the Legislature to run for mayor of Honolulu and left the District 24 seat open, Choy was unopposed for the September 20, 2008 Democratic Primary, winning with 3,021 votes, and won the November 4, 2008 General election with 6,689 votes (62.4%) against Republican nominee Jerilyn Jeffryes. *2010 Choy won the September 18, 2010 Democratic Primary with 3,658 votes (53.8%), and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 6,545 votes (70.4%) against Republican nominee Zach Thompson.

State microbe legislation

In 2017 Isaac Choy submitted legislation in the

to make ''

Flavobacterium akiainvivens ''Flavobacterium akiainvivens'', or koohonua ili akia, (literally "ākia bark bacteria") is a species of gram-negative bacteria in the Flavobacteriaceae family. The specific epithet ''akiainvivens'' is Latin (') and literally means "living on or ...

'' the

state microbe A state microbe is a microorganism used as an official state symbol. Several U.S. states have honored microorganisms by nominating them to become official state symbols. The first state to declare an Official State Microbe is Oregon which chose ' ...

. This was mirrored by

Brian Taniguchi Brian T. Taniguchi (born November 7, 1951 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate since January 16, 2013 representing District 10. Taniguchi served consecutively from 1995 until 2013 in the Di ...

in 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 ...

. This continues an effort started by

James Tokioka James "Jimmy" Kunane Tokioka is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since January 2007 representing District 15. Career Before entering politics Tokioka owned a restaurant. He entered politi ...

in 2013, and later contested in 2014 by Senator

Glenn Wakai Glenn S. Wakai (born May 14, 1967) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate since January 2011 representing District 15. Wakai consecutively served in the Hawaii State Legislature where he served from 2003 until 2 ...

's SB3124 bill proposing ''

Aliivibrio fischeri ''Aliivibrio fischeri'' (also called ''Vibrio fischeri'') is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium found globally in marine environments. This species has bioluminescent properties, and is found predominantly in symbiosis with various marine anim ...

'' instead. , Hawaii has no official state microbe.

References

External links

Official page
at the Hawaii State Legislature
Campaign site
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