The mayor has municipal jurisdiction over the islands of Kauaʻi and Ni’ihau.
Derek Kawakami was elected on November 6, 2018, as the mayor of Kauaʻi over JoAnn A. Yukimura, who was Kauaʻi's mayor from 1988 to 1992, with 15,857 votes out of 40,323 registered voters in the County of Kauaʻi.
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,[1] until a special election could be held to fill the remaining two years of Baptiste's term.
Bernard Carvalho was elected on November 4, 2008, to complete the remaining two years of Baptiste's unexpired term.