Jill Tokuda
Democrat Representative of Hawaii's 2nd district
Representative
Hawaii, district 2
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
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Congresses Served
1
House Terms
March 3, 1976 (48 years old)
Birthday
- American small business owner and politician
- Serving as the U.S. representative for Hawaiʻi's 2nd congressional district since 2023
- One of three Japanese Americans currently serving in the House of Representatives
- Served in the Hawaiʻi Senate from 2006 to 2018
- Born and raised in Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi
- Fourth-generation Japanese American with Okinawan heritage
- Earned a BA in international relations with a minor in Japanese studies from George Washington University
- Active in the College Democrats during college
- First-generation college student
- Elected to the Hawaiʻi State Senate in 2006, served until 2018
- Chaired the Ways and Means Committee in the State Senate
- Ran for lieutenant governor of Hawaiʻi in 2018 but was defeated in the Democratic Primary
- Became executive director of the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center on Maui in 2019
- Served on the board of the Hawaii Budget and Policy Center and as co-director of CyberHawaii
- Advised the Hawaiʻi Data Collaborative during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022
- Voted for Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in 2023
- Appointed to the Armed Services, Agriculture, and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic committees
- Delivered a speech congratulating RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 winner Sasha Colby
- Voted in favor of directing President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days in 2023
- Introduced the MAUI STRONG Act and the Natural Disaster Tax Relief Act following the 2023 Hawaiʻi wildfires
- Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
- Co-chair of the Congressional Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus
- Advocates for abortion rights, locally grown food, and oversight of the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility
- Married to Kyle Michibata with two sons, Matt and Aden
- Household is multi-generational
- Protestant faith