Greggor Ilagan

Greggor Johanson P. Ilagan is an American politician who is currently the Hawaii state representative in Hawaii's 4th district. He won the seat after incumbent Democrat Joy San Buenaventura decided to run for a seat in the Hawaii Senate.^[2] He previously ran for Hawaii Senate in Hawaii's 2nd district, running in the primary against then-incumbent Russell Ruderman, losing the race. He won election for his House seat in 2020 against Republican Hope Louise Cermelj.^[3]

Greggor Ilagan
Ilagan in 2023
Vice Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives
In office November 8, 2022 – November 6, 2024
Preceded by	John Mizuno
Succeeded by	Linda Ichiyama
Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 4th district
Incumbent
Assumed office November 3, 2020
Preceded by	Joy San Buenaventura
Personal details
Born	1986 or 1987 (age 38–39)[1] Misamis Occidental, Philippines
Political party	Democratic
Website	repilagan.com

Early life and education

Ilagan was born in Misamis Occidental in the Philippines. His biological father was an engineer from Nueva Ecija. Before Ilagan turned seven years old, his mother remarried and they left the Philippines to live with his stepfather in Hawaii. Upon graduating from Waiakea High School in Hilo, Ilagan served in the Hawaii Air National Guard for six years.^[4]

Political career

Ilagan was elected to the Hawaii County Council in 2012 and reelected in 2014.^[5] In 2016, he ran against then-incumbent Hawaii state senator Russell Ruderman in the Democratic primary for Hawaii's 2nd district. His use of the dating app Tinder made national news on NPR, Time, and Huffington Post.^[1][6][7] He lost the race by nine percent.

In 2020, Ilagan ran in Hawaii's 4th State House district, winning both the Democratic primary and general election. In the State House, Ilagan served on the housing and finance committees and vice chair for the transportation committee.^[5] In 2022, Ilagan was appointed vice speaker.^[5] He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Hawaii Future Caucus with Kanani Souza.^[8]

Ilagan was selected to join the 2024 Healthcare Innovation Fellowship and 2025-2026 Prenatal-to-Three Innovation Fellowship cohorts, hosted by Future Caucus for young legislators invested in building bipartisan policy addressing key healthcare issues.^[9][10]

Electoral history

Hawaii 2nd State Senate District Democratic Primary, 2016^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Russell E. Ruderman (incumbent)	4,275	54.42
	Democratic	Greggor Ilagan	3,580	45.58
Total votes			7,855	100.0

Hawaii 4th State House District Democratic Primary, 2020^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Greggor Ilagan	3,683	61.72
	Democratic	Eileen Ohara	2,284	38.28
Total votes			5,967	100.0

Hawaii 4th State House District General Election, 2020^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Greggor Ilagan	7,801	70.10
	Republican	Hope "Alohalani" Cermelj	1,943	17.46
	Aloha ʻĀina	Desmon Antone Haumea	1,384	12.44
Total votes			11,128	100.0

Hawaii 4th State House District Democratic Primary, 2022^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Greggor Ilagan (incumbent)	3,325	100.0
Total votes			3,325	100.0

Hawaii 4th State House District General Election, 2022^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Greggor Ilagan (incumbent)	4,855	69.60
	Republican	Keikilani Ho	1,611	23.10
	Nonpartisan	Brian C. Ley	354	5.08
	Libertarian	Candace T. "Candy" Linton	155	2.22
Total votes			6,975	100.0