 Mayor Carvalho was sworn into his first full term on Wednesday December 1, 2010, at Kauai War Memorial Hall.Carvalho and Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi jointly endorsed former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann in the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial primary over Hannemann's challenger, former U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie.Despite the endorsements, Abercrombie went on to definitively defeat Hannemann in the primary election, 60 percent to 38 percent.