{{short description|American politician}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2010}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Clayton Hee | image = Clayton Hee.jpg | state_senate = Hawaii | state = Hawaii | district = 23rd | term_start = 2004 | term_end = 2014 | term_start2 = 1984 | term_end2 = 1988 | preceded = Melodie Aduja | succeeded = Gil Riviere | office3 = Member of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees | term_start3 = 1990 | term_end3 = 2002 | constituency3 = O'ahu | state_house4 = Hawaii | state4 = Hawaii | district4 = 9th | term_start4 = 1982 | term_end4 = 1984 | preceded4 = | succeeded4 = Joseph Souki | party = Democratic | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|03|14}} | birth_place = Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Hawaiʻi | profession = Educator, businessowner and consultant | spouse = Lynne Waters | children = 1 son }}
'''Clayton H. W. Hee''' is a former Democratic Party member of the Hawaii Senate who represented the 23rd District from 2004 to 2014 and 1984 to 1988. Hee served as chairman of the state senate's Judiciary and Labor Committee.<ref>{{cite web|last=State of Hawaii|first=Legislature|title=Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor Webpage|url=http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/committeepage.aspx?comm=JDL|publisher=State of Hawaii, Legislature|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
==Personal life and education== Hee is half Chinese and half Native Hawaiian. He can speak Hawaiian fluently.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dye |first1=Bob |title=Anderson & Hee might be dream team |url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2001/May/06/op/op08a.html |accessdate=24 July 2019 |publisher=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=6 May 2001}}</ref> Hee is married to Lynne Waters and has a brother, Albert Hee. He was once married to former representative Lyla Berg.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Borreca|first=Richard|date=2005-03-06|title=Politics often runs in island families|url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/03/06/news/story6.html|access-date=2026-04-03|website=archives.starbulletin.com}}</ref>
After graduating from Kamehameha Schools and the University of Hawaiʻi, Hee taught at community colleges and high schools from 1975 to 1981.
==Political career== Hee served as state representative from 1982 to 1984 for the district encompassing Molokai, Lanai, and West Maui. From 1984 until 1988, Hee served as the state senator for the district encompassing Kailua to Kaneohe. He was also the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. In 1990, Hee began serving on the board of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. In 2002, he stepped down from the board to run for lieutenant governor of Hawaii, losing in the Democratic primary to Matt Matsunaga. Hee ran successfully for the Hawaii state senate in 2004. Hee was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Hawaii's 2nd congressional district in 2006, finishing 4th in the Democratic primary behind Mazie Hirono, Colleen Hanabusa, and Matt Matsunaga.
In 2018, Hee campaigned for Governor of Hawaii but later withdrew his candidacy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Clayton Hee pulls out of governor's race, might aim for other office |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/06/04/breaking-news/clayton-hee-pulls-out-of-governors-race/ |accessdate=24 July 2019 |publisher=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |date=4 June 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Hawaii governor David Ige appointed Hee to the Hawaii Paroling Authority.<ref>{{cite web |title=Governor Ige appoints three to Hawaii Paroling Authority |url=https://governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/latest-news/office-of-the-governor-news-release-governor-ige-appoints-three-to-hawaii-paroling-authority/ |website=Governor of the State of Hawaii |publisher=State of Hawaii |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref>
In 2024, Hee announced he is running for the state senate once again, with the support of former governors Neil Abercrombie, Ben Cayetano, and John D. Waiheʻe III.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Mahealani |date=2024-06-21 |title=3 Hawaii governors support former state lawmaker as race for state Senate seat heats up |url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/06/21/former-governors-support-candidate-expected-hotly-contested-state-senate-race/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=www.hawaiinewsnow.com |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} *[http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/memberpage.aspx?member=hee Hawaii State Legislature - Senator Clayton Hee] '''official government site''' *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=32163 Project Vote Smart - Senator Clayton H.W. Hee (HI)] profile *''Follow the Money'' - Clayton Hee **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200611&c=417478 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200411&c=407830 2004] State Senate campaign contributions **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200211&c=41139 2002] Lieutenant Governor campaign contributions **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=199811&c=351786 1998] Office of Hawaii Affairs campaign contributions
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