What is Mark Takai?
[[File:Mark Takai, official portrait, 114th Congress.jpg|thumb|Mark Takai]] '''Kyle Mark Takai''' (July 1, 1967 – July 20, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He served in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Hawaii]]'s 1st district from January 3, 2015 until his death. He was also a member of the [[Hawaii House of Representatives]] from 1994 to 2014. He became a [[lieutenant colonel]] in the [[Hawaii Army National Guard]] in 2013. Takai was born in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]]. He was of [[Japan]]ese [[ancestry]]. He was married to Sami and had two children. Takai was [[Diagnosis|diagnosed]] with [[pancreatic cancer]] in October 2015. He died on July 20, 2016 in [[Aiea, Hawaii]]. He was 49.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/07/us-rep-mark-takai-of-hawaii-dies/|title=US Rep. Mark Takai of Hawaii Dies|date=July 20, 2016|work=Honolulu Civil Beat|first=Chad|last=Blair|access-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} {{CongBio|T000473}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Takai, Mark}} [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Hawaii]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Military people from Hawaii]] [[Category:Politicians from Honolulu]] [[Category:United States representatives from Hawaii]] {{US-bio-stub}}