Terry Nui Yoshinaga-Kano is an American politician and lawyer.

Yoshinaga attended the University of Hawaii School of Law and was a member of the first graduating class in 1976. ^{[1] [2]} In the mid-1980s, she served as secretary of the YWCA of Oahu. ^[3] Yoshinaga is a resident of Moiliili, Hawaii. ^{[4] [5]}

Yoshinaga was first elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives for District 22 in 1994. ^{[6] [7]} In 1996, she faced Mel Makoto Takahashi in the Democratic Party primary, ^[8] and won the general election uncontested. ^[9] In 1998, Yoshinaga finished ahead of Takahashi and Charles K. Torigoe in the primary, ^[10] and won a third consecutive two-year term. Yoshinaga was unopposed in the 2000 primary elections, ^{[11] [12]} and defeated Republican Party candidate Joseph Kinoshita in the general election. ^{[13] [14]} During the 2002 election cycle, Yoshinaga ran for a fifth term and lost a primary to Scott Saiki. ^{[15] [16]}

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