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Josh Green
DemocratGovernor of Hawaii| Age | 56 (b. 1970-02-11) |
| Gender | Male |
| In office since | 2022-01-01 (~4 yrs) |
| Race / ethnicity | White |
| Religion | Jewish (Reform) |
| Education | B.A. (anthropology), Swarthmore College, 1992; M.D., Pennsylvania State University (Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center), 1997; family medicine residency, UPMC Shadyside, 2000 |
| Prior occupation | Physician (family medicine and emergency medicine) on Hawaii's Big Island; National Health Service Corps |
| Military service | No |
| Birthplace | Kingston, New York |
| Languages | English |
| Marital status | Married — Jaime Kanani Ushiroda Green |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Honolulu, Hawaii (Washington Place / governor's residence); home district Kailua-Kona, Hawaii |
Pending research: notable relatives · openly lgbtq.
Career & politics
| First elected | 2004 |
| Previous offices | Hawaii House of Representatives, District 6 (2004-2008) · Hawaii State Senate, District 3 (2008-2018), including Senate Majority Leader · Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (2018-2022) |
| Leadership | Hawaii Senate Majority Leader · Chair, Hawaii Senate Committee on Health and Human Services |
| Ideology | Democrat; campaigned as a progressive on healthcare and homelessness. No DW-NOMINATE score (state/executive office, not Congress). |
| Signature legislation | Hawaii law raising the legal age to buy tobacco and e-cigarettes to 21 (first U.S. state, enacted 2015) · "Luke's Law" mandating insurance coverage of autism treatment for children · Emergency proclamation (July 2023) to accelerate construction of 50,000 affordable housing units |
Financial
No holdings recorded yet (from official Financial Disclosure filings).
Top donors: Maui Grown Therapies / David Cole (CEO) ($6,000)
Scandals & crimes ledger
No recorded incidents. Under the adjudicated-only methodology, an entry appears only when a court or official body has formally acted and the record is cited.