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Linda Lingle (née Cutter; June 4, 1953) is an American politician who served as the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. She was the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1959, and was the state's first female and first Jewish governor.
Linda Lingle (San Luis, 4 de junio de 1953) es una política estadounidense que ocupó el cargo de Gobernadora de Hawái desde el 2 de diciembre de 2002 hasta el 6 de diciembre de 2010. Pertenece al Partido Republicano.
9 de oct. de 2022 · By Chad Blair. October 9, 2022 6 min read. 48. Twenty years ago next month Hawaii elected its first female governor, its first governor of Jewish ancestry, the first former county mayor to become...
28 de jul. de 2016 · Gov. Linda Lingle, speaking here at Pearl Harbor in 2006, battled Hawaiian Electric over energy reform for most of her two terms in office. U.S. Navy/James E. Foehl. She owed nothing to HECO,...
2 de dic. de 2002 · Lingle was the first Republican and first woman to lead the Aloha State in more than 40 years. She is also the first former mayor, first neighbor island resident, and first person of Jewish ancestry to hold the position.
Linda Lingle (b. Linda Cutter on June 4, 1953) was Governor of Hawaii from 2002 until 2010. Lingle ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Hawaii. Lingle won the nomination in the Republican primary on August 11, 2012 but lost the general election on November 6, 2012 to Mazie Hirono (D).
Linda Lingle was only the second Jewish woman to be elected a United States governor when she became governor of Hawaii in 2002. Previously serving on the Maui County Council and as Maui’s mayor, Lingle became Hawaii’s first woman and Jewish governor when she was elected.
