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Aaron Regunberg (born 1990) is an American politician and Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing the 4th District since 2015.
In 2010 he co-founded the Providence Student Union with Zack Mezera and students from Hope High School. The Providence Student Union is a youth-led public school student advocacy organization that has organized around issues including ethnic studies curricula, infrastructure repairs, free student bus passes, and an end to school closings and high-stakes testing.
In 2014, Regunberg was elected to serve Rhode Island House District 4 on the East Side of Providence. During his first term as State Representative, he introduced and passed legislation raising Rhode Island's tipped minimum wage, establishing online voter registration, and creating new renewable energy programs. Regunberg has introduced legislation to guarantee earned paid sick days, create a state-level carbon pricing system, and establish a more progressive tax system, among other proposals. He also chairs a special legislative study commission to reform the use of solitary confinement in Rhode Island.
A supporter of Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Presidential Primary, Regunberg served as a member of the Rules Committee for the Democratic National Convention in July of 2016, where he was a leader in the campaign to reform the Democratic Party's use of superdelegates in future presidential nominating contests.
Since the election of Donald Trump, Aaron Regunberg has been working locally to resist the Trump administration's agenda. He co-founded Resist Hate RI, a coalition of activists and organizations that has mobilized hundreds of Rhode Island residents to take state and federal action in opposition to the Trump administration. He has introduced legislation that would divest Rhode Island from any companies that contract to help build Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico.
Regunberg currently serves on the Environment and Natural Resources committee and the Labor committee in the Rhode Island House.