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Walter Heen, a member of the Democratic Party, was a territorial and state representative and a state senator. Heen is a also a retired state appellate judge.

Heen was also one of five authors of an essay that ran in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin called, Broken Trust. The essay called for a probe of the trustees of the Bishop Estate. [1]

Heen was elected chairman of the Hawaii Democratic Party in 1998 after a heated contest with former Lt. Gov. Thomas Gill, who represented a more liberal faction of the party. Heen, a moderate democrat, was reelected chairman in 2000. Heen resigned the chairmanship in 2001 and was succeeded by Lorraine Akiba.

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• Broken Trust (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 8-9-97)
• Heen to challenge Gill for party chief -- Some see the Democrat vote as a referendum on same-sex marriage By Mike Yuen (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 4-30-98)
• Harris won't challenge Cayetano in primary -- Honolulu's mayor joins a chorus of other voices calling for Democratic Party unity By Mike Yuen (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 5-22-98)
• Hawaii Republicans smell victory this year -- The Republicans are fielding a third more candidates than in the 1994 vote By Mike Yuen (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 7-22-98)
• Bitter Battleground (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-29-98)
• Bid to subdue isle campaign spending is born -- Proposals intended to level the playing field among candidates will go before Hawaii legislators By Mike Yuen (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1-5-99)
• Lingle: Bronster ‘came after me’ in lawsuit -- The failed gubernatorial hopeful wonders why the state during her campaign joined a federal environmental suit against Maui By Mike Yuen (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 7-28-99)
• Isle Democrats get early start on campaign -- Planning for next year's election is speeded up due to Republican gains By Richard Borreca (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1-29-01)
• Anderson’s political alchemy attracts old friends, foes by Richard Borreca (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 3-31-02)
• [http://starbulletin.com/2002/12/29/news/story6.html Mixture of new and old puts Council in uncharted waters -- The City Council opens its session

Thursday with 9 new members] (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 12-29-02)

• Top Democrat to quit -- Party Chairman Walter Heen is expected to be replaced by former Labor Director Lorraine Akiba By Richard Borreca (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 3-26-01)|