Linda Lingle

What grabs me about Linda Lingle is not just that she governed Hawaii, but that she did it as a Republican in one of the most reliably Democratic states in the union, the first since 1959. Add that she was Hawaii's first female and first Jewish governor, and you get a politician who made a career out of beating the odds. I admire people who win where the map says they shouldn't. Her move from publishing into mayoral and then statewide office suggests someone who understood how to talk to people directly. The public record is thin, but the achievement speaks loudly enough on its own.

Name (English)

Linda Lingle

Name (Japanese)

リンダ・リングル

Reading

りんだ・りんぐる

Born

June 4, 1953 (age 73)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Snake

Origin

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Occupation

politician / mayor

High school

Birmingham High School

University

California State University, Northridge

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda%20Lingle
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231701

Tags

• Missouri
• politician
• mayor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.