Charmaine Tavares (born 1943 Hana, Hawaii) is an American politician and teacher.
[3] Tavares earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1967.
[1] She also received a fifth-year professional diploma in education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1970.
[1] Tavares worked in Hawaiian public schools as a teacher, counselor and athletic director from 1967 to 1982.
[8] Tavares and Arakawa automatically advanced to the general election as the two top vote-getters in the primary.
[8][9][10] Tavares did not fare as well in the rematch, becoming one of the only Democrats in Hawaii to lose reelection to a Republican.