The Mayor of Kauai is the

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of the County of Kauai in the

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. The mayor has municipal jurisdiction over the islands of

Kauai Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands (after Niʻihau). With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth-largest of these islands and the 21st largest islan ...

and Ni’ihau. Derek Kawakami was elected on November 6, 2018, as the mayor of Kauai over JoAnn A. Yukimura, who was Kauai's mayor from 1988 to 1992, with 15,857 votes out of 40,323 registered voters in the County of Kauai. The Mayor of Kauai is the successor of the Royal Governors of Kauai of the

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. The most recent previous mayor of Kauai, Bryan J. Baptiste, served from 2002 until his death on June 22, 2008. Bill "Kaipo" Asing was sworn as acting mayor on July 17, 2008, until a special election could be held to fill the remaining two years of Baptiste's term.

Bernard Carvalho Bernard P. Carvalho Jr. (born September 29, 1961) is an American politician and former American football player who served as Mayor of Kauai in Hawaii from December 1, 2008, to December 3, 2018. Carvalho was elected in November 2008 to complete t ...

was elected on November 4, 2008, to complete the remaining two years of Baptiste's unexpired term.

List of mayors of Kauai

References

External links

*
Kaua'i County 2008 Election Report

Kaua'i County Elections Division
January 24, 2009. * Kauai mayor Bryan Baptiste die

June 23, 2008. * {{Hawaii-stub