Aaron Coleman

Aaron Coleman (born September 20, 2000) is an American politician from the state of Kansas. 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. Coleman 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's tenure in office was marred by various allegations. He has been accused of engaging in abusive and harassing behavior on a series of occasions and has admitted to and apologized for childhood acts of online bullying, blackmail, and revenge porn. As a juvenile, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment after threatening to shoot another teen. 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 a domestic violence charge; the following month, he was arrested for suspected DUI. 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. Also in 2022, Coleman entered into a diversion agreement under which he avoided prosecution for domestic battery; he was not criminally charged in connection with the November 2021 arrest due to a lack of evidence of intoxication.

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