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Huhnkie Clip from November 16, 2021

Huhnkie’s view on drinking human blood

From Humanology 1831

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Huhnkie Clip from November 16, 2021

Huhnkie’s view on climate change

From Humanology 1831

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Campaign Information

A bit after the 8:00 mark in Huhnkie Lee’s video, Humanology 1872, Huhnkie states that his campaign song is ACDC’s Highway to Hell. This video was uploaded January 1st 2022.

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Who is Huhnkie Lee?

Huhnkie Lee is a state senate candidate from Wasilla, Alaska, United States. His Korean name is 이헌기 (Romanized as i heon gi; which Mr. Lee has romanized to lee huhnkie). He gained notoriety for his eccentric behavior in-person and online.

His current social medias are: @huhnkie (instagram), @huhnkie (twitter), Huhnkie Lee @huhnkie (YouTube), Huhnkie Lee (Facebook), @huhnkieleeforussenate (tiktok) (currently banned), @huhnkie (medium), @huhnkie (tumblr)

Job and Education

In YouTuber djelf7’s video from March 10, 2022, Huhnkie Lee states that he is currently working as a lawyer, and that he was trained as a computer programmer. As for being a lawyer, it is confirmed by the Alaska Bar Association website that as of January 29, 2023, Huhnkie Lee is an active attorney (link to website). Also according to the website, Lee received education from the University of Michigan Law School, which is further proved by ballotpedia.org; According to ballotpedia, “Huhnkie Lee was born in Ithaca, New York. Lee served in the U.S. Army from 2009 to 2013. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2004 and a juris doctor from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 2015. Lee's career experience includes working as a computer programmer and an attorney.”

Life

Huhnkie Lee was born to South Korean parents in Ithaca, New York, United States on June 21, 1978, and as of now is 44 years old. Although born in the U.S., Huhnkie grew up in Seoul, South Korea until 1997 (ballotpedia).

“Born in Ithaca NY, 1978. Grew up in south Korea till high school. Computer science major in computer science in Madison WI. Two years in Cornell, computational biology PhD. Dropped out, went to LA, CA, to become a movie star. Acting gigs in spare time while working ad a full time computer programmer. Didn't work out. But made a movie and uploaded to YouTube. ... Joined the US Army. After 4 years, got out with GI Bill. Went to a law school in MI. Watched TV. Alaskan TV shows. Graduated law in two years. Flew to Alaska in a Hawaiian T-shirts. ... Fell in love with Alaska ever since. ... Got a computer programmer job. Read law. Took Alaska bar exam. Missed by one point. Got help from friends. Passed the second time. Got a lawyer job. 2018. ... Running for Alaska state senate. Why? ... To get attention? Money, power, fame? Or.... What else? ... Love.” (ballotpedia) Lee joined the Army as “a ‘94R MOS’ specialist working on avionics and helicopter equipment systems.” While in the U.S. Army, Lee was deployed to Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012, and Lee described the deployment as “uneventful” (alaskalandmine.com)

Achievements

Winning the Best Avant Garde Film award for his self-shot movie “A Therapy for Metrophobia” (Released to his official YouTube channel Feb 22, 2014) at the International Film Festival Ireland 2011.

Being a goofy guy

Passing the Alaska Bar Exam! Wooo!

Not being fired from his job as a lawyer

Notable Works

Humanology (YouTube series)

Lee hosts a YouTube series called “Humanology” that is currently on its 1,938th episode uploaded April 1, 2022. The first video is titled “Humanology 0” and was released to YouTube on June 20, 2018. In the comment section under this first video Huhnkie says the series is about the “discovery of new knowledge.”

A Therapy for Metrophobia (Amateur Movie)

The true release date of Lee’s A Therapy for Metrophobia remains unconfirmed as there is another video uploaded to YouTube 4 years before the current official movie upload date that details Huhnkie winning an above mentioned award for A Therapy for Metrophobia, which can be found here.