 Carvalho won the nonpartisan mayoral primary with 7,143 votes, or 39.8% of the vote.Former Kauai Mayor JoAnn Yukimura, who has previously served as Mayor of Kauai from 1988 until 1992, also qualified for the general election by finishing in second place with 5,372 votes (29.9%).Mel Rapozo and Rolf Bieber finished in third and fourth place respectively.