Val Okimoto

Val Okimoto
Member of the Honolulu City Council
from the 8th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 29, 2022
Preceded byBrandon Elefante
Minority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives
In office
February 17, 2021 – November 8, 2022
Preceded byGene Ward
Succeeded byLauren Matsumoto
Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
from the 36th district
In office
November 6, 2018 – November 8, 2022
Preceded byBeth Fukumoto
Succeeded byLauren Matsumoto (Redistricting)
Personal details
BornLihue, Hawaii, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Children2
EducationBrigham Young University, Hawaii (BS)
Chaminade University (GrCert)
WebsiteCampaign website

Val Okimoto is an American politician and educator serving since November 29, 2022 as the member of the Honolulu City Council representing District VIII. She is a former member and Minority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives, serving in that body from 2018 to 2022.

Okimoto was elected to represent District VIII on the Honolulu City Council, which is the legislative body of the City and County of Honolulu, on November 8, 2022. She was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the November 8, 2022 resignation of the incumbent, who was elected to the Hawaii Senate, on November 29, 2022.[1]

Okimoto previously served as the state Representative for District 36 and is a member of the Republican Party. Okimoto is a 2019 graduate of the Council of State Governments West - Western Legislative Academy,[2] and is a recipient of a 2020 Elected Women of Excellence Award from the National Foundation for Women Legislators.[3] She was elected to serve as Minority Leader on February 17, 2021.[4]

  1. ^ "Honolulu City Council Resolution 22-273". hnldoc.ehawaii.gov. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Council of State Governments West" (PDF). www.csgwest.org. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ^ "National Foundation for Women Legislators". www.womenlegislators.org. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. ^ Relating to caucus leaders and committee membership of the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature (House Resolution No. 31). Hawaii House of Representatives. 17 February 2021. p. 1. Retrieved 17 February 2021.