Aaron Ling Johanson
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| Minority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives | |
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In office January 16, 2013 – December 29, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Gene Ward |
| Succeeded by | Beth Fukumoto |
| Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 31st district |
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Assumed office November 7, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Linda Ichiyama |
| Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 32nd district |
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In office November 3, 2010 – November 7, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Lynn Finnegan |
| Succeeded by | Linda Ichiyama |
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January 30, 1980 Montana |
| Political party |
Republican (before 2014) Democratic (2014–present) |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BA, History) |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Website | [1] |
Aaron Ling Johanson (born January 30, 1980) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since 2010, representing Aiea, Moanalua, Foster Village and Fort Shafter in Honolulu County on the island of Oahu.
He was originally elected as a Republican in 2010. He was re-elected as such in 2012 and 2014, serving as House Minority Whip from 2011 to 2013 and as House Minority Leader from 2013 to December 29, 2014, when he changed his party affiliation and joined the Democratic Party. He was re-elected as a Democrat in 2016, defeating his Republican opponent with 70% of the vote.
Johanson was born in Montana. When he was six years old, his family moved to Hawaii, where his maternal grandparents had lived since 1959 and his grandfather worked as a shipfitter at Naval Station Pearl Harbor for over 30 years. Johanson graduated from Moanalua High School in Salt Lake on the island of Oahu and then from Yale University, where he received a BA in history. He then studied abroad at Hiroshima Shudo University, the Hokkaido International Foundation and at East China Normal University in Shanghai. He is fluent in Japanese and speaks some Chinese.
Prior to elected office, Johanson served as the Deputy Chief of Staff at the United States Mint, a Deputy Associate Director in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, a Deputy Chief of Staff to Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii Duke Aiona, a legislative analyst for State Representative Lynn Finnegan and the Commissioner of the Hawaii Legislative Federal Economic Stimulus Program Oversight Commission.
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