13 Facts About Joey Manahan

Jose Maria Brias "Joey" Manahan was born on 1971 and is a Filipino American politician from the state of Hawaii.

Joey Manahan is a former member of the Honolulu City Council and served as the Chair of the Budget Committee and Vice-Chair of the Transportation Committee.

Joey Manahan has served a combined 13 years in elected office in both the Honolulu City Council and the Hawai'i State House of Representatives.

Joey Manahan is the grandnephew of Manuel Manahan, who served in the Senate of the Philippines.

Joey Manahan moved with his mother to the San Francisco Bay Area at the age of 10, where he attended Bellarmine College Preparatory School.

Joey Manahan's mother remarried in 1991, when the family moved to Hawaii.

Joey Manahan attended community college in California, before transferring to the University of Hawaii.

Joey Manahan later worked for Arakaki as a legislative assistant, and for State Senator Donna Mercado Kim.

Joey Manahan was first elected to the State House in 2006, winning by 11 votes.

In 2012, Joey Manahan announced that he would not seek reelection to the State House, and would instead run for the Honolulu City Council in the 2012 elections, and he won.

Joey Manahan represented Honolulu City Council District 7, which includes Kalihi, lwilei, Kalihi Kai, Mapunapuna, Salt Lake, Aliamanu, Hickam, Foster Village, Ford Island, and Sand Island.

Joey Manahan has held several leadership positions like vice speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives and the chair of the Committee on Budget, as well as vice-chair of the Committee on Transportation for the Honolulu City Council.

Joey Manahan ran in the 2014 election to represent in the United States House of Representatives, but finished sixth in the Democratic primary held in August 2014.