Rick Blangiardi
Rick Blangiardi | |
|---|---|
Blangiardi in 2022 | |
| 15th Mayor of Honolulu | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Kirk Caldwell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard John Blangiardi September 15, 1946 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) |
Kathleen Franklin (div. 1991)Karen Chang (m. 2018) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Springfield College (BS) University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (MA) |
| Website | Official website |
| Coaching career | |
| Playing career | |
| 1965–1966 | Hawaii |
| 1967–1968 | Springfield (MA) |
| Position | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1972–1973 | Hawaii (LB) |
| 1974–1976 | Hawaii (AHC/DC) |
Richard John Blangiardi (born September 15, 1946) is an American television executive and politician from Hawaii. Blangiardi was elected mayor of Honolulu in 2020 and took office on January 2, 2021. He previously worked in the television industry and helped consolidate KHNL and KGMB into Hawaii News Now. Blangiardi was reelected in 2024.
A political independent, Blangiardi describes himself as socially liberal and fiscally conservative.