Kauaʻi,anglicized as Kauai,is one of the main Hawaiian Islands.
Kauaʻi County,officially known as the County of Kauaʻi,is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. It encompasses the islands of Kauaʻi,Niʻihau,Lehua,and Kaʻula. According to the 2020 Census,the population was 73,298. The county seat is Līhuʻe.
Hanalei is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauaʻi County,Hawaii,United States. The population was estimated at 299 as of 2019. Hanalei means "lei making" in Hawaiian. Alternatively,the name Hanalei also means "crescent bay" and may be indicative of the shape of Hanalei Bay. Hanalei can also be translated as lei valley,referring to the rainbows that color the valley and encircle Hanalei like a wreath.
Linda Lingle is an American politician who served as the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. She was the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1959,and was the state's first female and first Jewish governor. Prior to serving as governor,Lingle served as mayor of Maui County from 1991 to 1999 and as chair of the Hawaii Republican Party from 1999 to 2002.
Jeremy Harris is an American politician who served as The 11th Mayor of Honolulu,Hawaii from 1994 to 2005. A biologist by training,Harris started his political career as a delegate to the 1978 Hawaiʻi State Constitutional Convention. While Harris served as chief executive of the City &County of Honolulu,the city was named "America's Greatest City" by the official American governance journal,Governing Magazine. Harris is the founder of the China-U.S. Conference of Mayors and Business Leaders and the Japan-American Conference of Mayors and Chamber of Commerce Presidents. He lives in Kalihi Valley on the island of O'ahu.
Maryanne Winona Kusaka is an American politician,educator and former Mayor of the County of Kaua'i. She was mayor of Kauai from 1994 to 2002. A career Republican,Kusaka sought a seat in the Hawai'i State Senate in 2004 but lost to the Democratic Party's Gary Hooser by 16,274 votes to 8,270.
The Hawaii State Department of Education is a statewide public education system in the United States. The school district can be thought of as analogous to the school districts of other cities and communities in the United States,but in some manners can also be thought of as analogous to the state education agencies of other states. As the official state education agency,the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education oversees all 258 public schools and 37 charter schools and over 13,000 teachers in the State of Hawaiʻi,serving approximately 167,649 students statewide. The U.S. Census Bureau classifies this as a "dependent school system",that is dependent on the Hawaiian state government.
Bryan J. Baptiste was an American politician and member of the Republican Party. He served as mayor of the County of Kauai in Hawaii from 2002 until his death.
Kapaʻa,also spelled Kapaa,is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kauaʻi County,Hawaiʻi,United States. It is the most populous town in the island of Kauai,with a population of 11,652 as of the 2020 census,up from 9,471 at the 2000 census.
Gary L. Hooser is an American politician who served as a member of the Hawaii State Senate representing Kauaʻi and Niʻihau from 2002 to 2010. He also served on the Kauaʻi County Council for four years before becoming a Senator.
Jill Naomi Tokuda is an American small-business owner and politician,serving as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district since 2023.
The 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010,to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Republican governor Linda Lingle was term-limited and not eligible to run for re-election. The Democratic Party nominated Neil Abercrombie,and the Republican Party nominated incumbent lieutenant governor Duke Aiona. In the election,Abercrombie won and was sworn in as the state's 7th governor on December 6,2010. Aiona later unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Hawaii in 2014 and 2022.
The Puʻuʻōpae Bridge is a one-lane,single-span,concrete-encased steel bridge across Kalama Stream located along Puʻuʻōpae Road between Kalama and Kīpapa Roads in the Wailua Homesteads area near Kapaʻa in Kauaʻi,Hawaiʻi,United States. Originally built in 1915,it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The Kauaʻi Bus is the public transportation service of Kauaʻi County,Hawaiʻi. They operate nine regular local bus routes.
Ronald Dan Kouchi is a Democratic politician from Hawaii,representing the 8th district in the state Senate. He has served as the 14th President of the Hawaiʻi Senate since 2015.
James "Jimmy" Kunane Tokioka is an American politician and was a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from November 2006 to January 2023,most recently representing District 16. He currently serves as the Director of the Department of Business,Economic Development,and Tourism of Hawaiʻi in the cabinet of Governor Josh Green.
Sylvia Jung Luke is an American attorney and politician who is serving as the 16th lieutenant governor of Hawaii. She served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for 24 years,from 1998 until her election as lieutenant governor in 2022. She is the first Korean American politician ever elected to a statewide office in the United States.
Jose Maria Brias "Joey" Manahan is a Filipino American politician from the state of Hawaii. Joey Manahan is a former member of the Honolulu City Council and served as the Chair of the Budget Committee and Vice-Chair of the Transportation Committee.
Rosalie Enos Lyons Keliʻinoi was a Portuguese-Native Hawaiian politician of the Territory of Hawaii. In 1925,she became the first woman elected to the Hawaii Territorial Legislature,representing the island of Kauai.
Val Okimoto is an American politician and educator serving since November 29,2022 as the member of the Honolulu City Council representing District VIII. She is a former member and Minority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives,serving in that body from 2018 to 2022.
