Beth Keiko Fukumoto (formerly Fukumoto Chang, born March 30, 1983) is an American politician who served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2013 to 2018, representing District 36.Fukumoto was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 2012 and was the youngest person to serve as the House Minority Leader.
She was also the youngest person to serve as the House Minority Floor Leader and the Director of Research for the House Minority.
In March 2017, she announced plans to change her party identification from Republican to Democrat citing concerns about racism and sexism.
Fukumoto remained an independent until approval of her request to join the Democratic Party on June 19, 2017.In 2018, Fukumoto ran in the Democratic primary for Hawaii's 1st congressional district in the 2018 elections to replace Colleen Hanabusa, who ran for Governor.
The election was won by former Congressman Ed Case.