Patsy Mink

Patsy Matsu Mink was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. She served in the United States House of Representatives for 24 years as a member of the Democratic Party, initially from 1965 to 1977, and again from 1990 until her death in 2002. She was the first woman of color and the first Asian-American woman elected to the United States Congress. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Patsy Mink has 300 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1984 Convention as a Democratic Representative for Hawaii's 2nd district. The year with the most videos was 1995 with 39 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2001 with an average of 3,160 views per program. Most appearances with Major R. Owens (5), George Miller (4), Jack Sheinkman (3). Most common tags: Thomas, Clarence, Women in Politics.

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Previously

U.S. Representative, D-HI 2nd September 27, 1990 - September 28, 2002 Videos: 299 U.S. Representative, D-HI 2nd January 21, 1971 - January 3, 1977 Videos: 1 U.S. Representative, D-HI January 3, 1965 - January 21, 1971 Videos: 0

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Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

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