Fred Hemmings

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1 Overview
2 Past political experience:
3 Member of the following Senate committees:
4 Contact:
5 External Links

Overview

Fred Hemmings, a member of the Republican Party, has been a member of the Hawaii State Senate of the Hawaii State Legislature since his election there in 2000. Sen. Hemmings represents the 27th senatorial district. The 27th district includes the Kailua, Lanikai, Waimanalo and Hawaii Kai areas of the island of Oahu.

Sen. Fred Hemmings has a poor environmental voting record according to the Sierra Club Legislative Environmental Scorecard (see below).

Hemmings also has a poor gay-rights voting record. In 2003, he voted against adding "gender identity or expression" to the state's hate crimes law. Hawaii's existing hate crimes law covers race, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin and sexual orientation, providing authority to give longer sentences if a crime is committed because of hostility based on any of the covered characteristics. In 2004, he voted against a measure that would make it illegal for real-estate agents or landlords to discriminate against potential home buyers or renters based on sexual orientation. During the 2005 legislative session, Hemmings, along with all other Republican senators, voted against bills that would prohibit Hawaii's landlords and employers from discriminating against gays, lesbians or transsexuals. [1]

Hemmings was born on January 9, 1946 in Honolulu. Hemmings is a graduate of Kaimuki High School. In January 1965, he became the youngest person to win the Makaha Senior Men’s International Surfing Championship. In 1968, he won the World Surfing Champion in Puerto Rico. Hemmings was inducted into the International Surfing Hall of Fame in 1991.

Hemmings hosts a radio program called Equal Time 7:00 am - 9:00 am LIVE weekdays Monday through Thursday on KHNR 650AM or 97.5FM radio. Democratic State Sen. Donna Mercado Kim presents the Democratic view of political issues on the show.

Past political experience:

2002 - 2003 - Republican leader in the Hawaii State Senate
2000 - elected to Hawaii State Senate
1990 - Republican candidate for Hawaii Governorship
1989 - 1990 - Republican Floor Leader House of Representatives
1984 - 1990 - Hawaii State House of Representatives
1975 - 1976 Oahu County Chairman - Republican Party of Hawaii

Member of the following Senate committees:

Contact:

     Hawaii State Capitol, Room 221
     415 South Beretania Street
     Honolulu, HI 96813
 
     Phone: 808-587-8388; 
     Fax: 808-587-7240
     E-mail: senhemmings@Capitol.hawaii.gov