Brian Schatz

12th Lieutenant Governor of HawaiiIn office
December 6, 2010 – December 26, 2012GovernorNeil AbercrombiePreceded byDuke AionaSucceeded byShan TsutsuiChair of the Hawaii Democratic PartyIn office
May 2008 – January 2010Preceded byJeani WithingtonSucceeded byDante CarpenterMember of the Hawaii House of RepresentativesIn office
November 3, 1998 – November 7, 2006Preceded bySam AionaSucceeded byDella Au BelattiConstituency24th district (1998–2002)
25th district (2002–2006)Personal detailsBornBrian Emanuel Schatz
(1972-10-20) October 20, 1972
PartyDemocraticGreen (formerly)SpouseLinda Kwok Kai YunChildren2EducationPomona College (BA)SignatureWebsiteSenate website
Campaign website

Brian Emanuel Schatz ( ; born October 20, 1972) is an American politician serving since 2012 as the seniorUnited States senator from Hawaii. A progressiveDemocrat, Schatz served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, representing the 25th legislative district; as the chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii from 2008 to 2010; and as the 12th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2012.

Schatz also worked as chief executive officer of Helping Hands Hawaii, an Oahu nonprofit social service agency, until he resigned to run for lieutenant governor of Hawaii in the 2010 gubernatorial election as Neil Abercrombie's running mate. He served as lieutenant governor until December 26, 2012, when Abercrombie appointed him to serve the rest of Daniel Inouye's U.S. Senate term after Inouye's death. Schatz was the youngest U.S. senator in the 112th Congress. He won the 2014 special election to complete the remainder of Inouye's Senate term with just under 70% of the vote, and was reelected in 2016 and in 2022.