About Charmaine Tavares
Born 1943. Charmaine Tavares is an American politician and teacher.
Biography
Early life Tavares was born in 1943 in Hana, Hawaii, in eastern Maui, to Hannibal and Harriet Tavares. Her father, Hannibal Tavares, served as the mayor of Maui from 1979 until 1991, the longest tenure of any Maui mayor to date. Her mother, Harriet, is of Japanese descent and her father, Hannibal Tavares, was of Portuguese descent. She defeated her nearest opponent, former Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa, by 268 votes. Tavares did not fare as well in the rematch, becoming one of the only Democrats in Hawaii to lose reelection to a Republican.
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