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American politician; sixth Governor of Hawaii; former member of the Maui County Council and former mayor of Maui County. She was the first female governor in the state's history at the time of her term

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Linda Lingle (née Cutter; June 4, 1953) is an American politician, who was the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 until 2010.
She was the first Republican governor of Hawaii since 1962.
Lingle was also the first female governor of Hawaii and its first Jewish governor.
Prior to serving as governor, Lingle served as Maui County mayor, council member, and chair of the Hawaii Republican Party. During the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City, Lingle served as chair of the convention during the absence of permanent chair Dennis Hastert from the convention floor.
In 2012, she was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate, vying unsuccessfully for an open seat vacated by retiring U.S.
Senator Daniel Akaka.In January 2015, Lingle was appointed as a senior adviser to Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, and left the position in July 2016.
She also served on the Governors’ Council of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
Lingle moved back to Hawaii in the second quarter of 2017 and became a member of Hawaii Pacific University's board of trustees in June 2017.

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