their internment during World War II. In 1990, she lost a United States Senate race to Daniel Akaka, but was then appointed Administrator of the Small Business Administration under President George H. W. Bush. In 1994, she lost a race for Governor of Hawaii against Democratic challenger Ben Cayetano. Saiki subsequently chaired the Hawaii Presidential campaign of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 2008 and the 2010 and 2012 congressional campaigns of Charles Djou. She served from 2014 to 2015 as chair of the Republican Party of Hawaii. Electoral history See also Women in the United States House of Representatives List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress References Sources External links Honolulu Star-Bulletin, November 10, 2002 interview. Patsy F. Saiki Congressional Papers Archival collection |- |- |- |- |- 1930 births Administrators of the Small Business Administration American women of Japanese descent in politics Schoolteachers from Hawaii American women educators Female members of the United States House of Representatives Asian-American members of the United States House of Representatives American politicians of Japanese descent Living people Hawaii politicians of Japanese descent Republican Party Hawaii state senators Japanese-American members of the Cabinet of the United States Republican Party members of the Hawaii House of Representatives Members of the United States Congress of Japanese descent Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Hawaii Republican National Committee members Women state legislators in Hawaii Candidates in the 1990 United States elections Candidates in the 1994 United States elections 20th-century American women 21st-century American women Asian conservatism in the United States