Quentin Kà «hià  KawÃÂnanakoa (born September 28, 1961) is an American politician and member of the House of KawÃÂnanakoa. KawÃÂnanakoa is an organizer of the Republican Party of Hawaii. He is also an heir to the James Campbell estate.
KawÃÂnanakoa was born September 28, 1961. He is the first son of his father Edward A. KawÃÂnanakoa and his mother Carolyn Willison KawÃÂnanakoa (though both parents had children with prior spouses). He was raised in Honolulu where he graduated from Punahou School. KawÃÂnanakoa went on to study at the University of Southern California. He returned to Oahu and graduated from the William S. Richardson School of Law. Upon obtaining his Juris Doctor degree, he served in private practice at the law firm Case, Bigelow & Lombardi until 2000. He was a member of the inaugural 1997 class of the Pacific Century Fellows.
In 1994, KawÃÂnanakoa followed in his ancestors' footsteps and got involved in politics. Like his great-grandmother Abigail Campbell KawÃÂnanakoa and great uncle Prince Jonah Kà «hià  Kalanianaole, KawÃÂnanakoa joined the Republican Party of Hawaii for its pro-business stance. He ran and won an election for the Hawai`i State House of Representatives, an office in which he served through 1998. He rose through the ranks of party leadership becoming minority floor leader. During an attempt to mount a challenge for the congressional seat held by Neil Abercrombie, KawÃÂnanakoa abruptly retired from active political life after being hospitalized.
In April 2006, after eight years out of the public eye, KawÃÂnanakoa announced his run for the congressional seat held by Ed Case, who chose not to run for U.S. Senate. He declared his candidacy on April 23, 2006. In the primary elections held on September 24, 2006, KawÃÂnanakoa was narrowly defeated by State Senator Robert Hogue. The final vote total was Hogue: 8,393 votes (45.6%) vs. KawÃÂnanakoa: 8,194 votes (44.5%). Senator Hogue went on to lose to Mazie Hirono in the general election.
In 2008, KawÃÂnanakoa lost in a run for the Hawaii State House of Representatives. His opponent in the November 4, 2008, election was Democrat Chris Kalani Lee. Lee won with 5,885 votes to KawÃÂnanakoa's 3,374 votes.
In September 1995, KawÃÂnanakoa married Elizabeth Broun, a native of Jamaica. Their first child, Kincaid KawÃÂnanakoa, was born in June 1997. In December 1999, their second child, Riley, was born. Quentin is the great-grandson of Prince David KawÃÂnanakoa and Princess Abigail Campbell KawÃÂnanakoa through his paternal grandmother Abigail Kapiolani KawÃÂnanakoa. Another Abigail in the family, who died in December 2022, was considered the "last Hawaiian princess", though acknowledged that her cousin Edward (Quentin's father) would have been in line to the throne rather than her, had the monarchy continued.
On September 5, 2025, KawÃÂnanakoa and his younger son Riley were among the Pacific Island dignitaries who attended the Koroneihana celebrations at Tà «rangawaewae marae at the invitation of MÃÂori Queen Nga wai hono i te po.