Karl King-Nabors

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Karl King-Nabors
President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 23, 2025
Acting: July 23, 2025 – July 31, 2025
Relatives Kimberlyn King-Hinds (sister)

Karl Rosario King-Nabors [1] is a Republican member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate. Following Dennis C. Mendiola's elevation to lieutenant governor, King-Nabors is serving as acting senate president pending a formal reorganization session to elect him and his successor as senate vice president. [2]

Biography

His parents are William Nabors, an attorney who worked on the settlement of the Micronesian War Claims, and Serafina King, who served for a time as a member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. [3] [4] He attended Tinian High School. [5] He served on Commonwealth's COVID-19 Task Force as Tinian's representative. He ran for the Northern Mariana Islands Senate in the 2020 general election against Democratic candidate Frederick Dela Cruz. [6]

He won and succeeded fellow Republican Francisco Borja. [7] He was the chairman of the Senate committee reviewing the House's impeachment charges against Governor Ralph Torres. [8] He, along with the other Senate Republicans, voted in acquit Torres of the charges. [9]

On January 8, 2025, it was announced that King-Nabors would be elected to the position of Vice President of the Senate for the 24th Commonwealth Legislature. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Karl Rosario King-Nabors". MYPros670. October 1, 2020. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ https://www.mvariety.com/news/local/senate-to-reorganize-soon/article_03b934b9-172b-4ede-b94c-ed814bcec04a.html
  3. ↑ Connolly, Joey (February 9, 2023). "February is Black History Month". Saipan Tribune . Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Tinian Land Lease Extension Approved". Marianas Variety . Vol. 8, no. 27. October 8, 1979. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ "NMI youths join Hawaii meet". Marianas Variety . Vol. 26, no. 158. October 20, 1999. p. 6. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  6. ↑ Limol, K-Evarose S. "Tinian Senate hopeful resigns from Covid-19 task force".
  7. ↑ De La Torre, Ferdie (August 4, 2020). "Torres, Palacios accompany GOP bets in filing of candidacies". Saipan Tribune . Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  8. ↑ Manglona, Thomas (March 20, 2022). "CNMI Senate scrambling to save face". KUAM News. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  9. ↑ "CNMI Governor Ralph Torres acquitted by Senate". Islands Business. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  10. ↑ Erediano, Emmanuel T. (January 8, 2025). "LB prepares for inauguration of 24th Legislature". Marianas Variety .
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