Aaron Coleman

Aaron Coleman (born September 20, 2000) is an American politician. A Democrat, he represented District 37 in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023. The district covers the Turner neighborhood and parts of the Argentine and Armourdale neighborhoods of Kansas City in Wyandotte County, Kansas. He was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives at the age of 20. Coleman previously ran a write-in campaign for governor of Kansas in 2018 and ran for the Kansas City Board of Utilities in 2019.

Coleman has been accused of engaging in abusive, harassing and/or criminal behavior on a series of occasions, although he has not been convicted of a crime as an adult. He has admitted to and apologized for childhood acts of online bullying, blackmail, and revenge porn. Coleman pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment as a juvenile. Following Coleman's 2020 election to the Kansas House of Representatives, many members of his own party called for his resignation due to his acts of misconduct; some called for his removal. In February 2021, the Select Investigating Committee of the Kansas House of Representatives sent Coleman a letter of warning and admonition in regard to past conduct unbecoming of a state legislator. In October 2021, Coleman was arrested on domestic violence charges; the following month, he was arrested for suspected DUI, but was never charged. Following his 2021 arrests, Gov. Laura Kelly called for his resignation. In February 2022, Coleman was suspended from the state Democratic Party for two years.

Coleman sought re-election in 2022, but was defeated in a landslide by Melissa Oropeza in the Democratic primary.