Karl King-Nabors

Karl Rosario King-Nabors is a Republican member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate. Following Dennis C. Mendiola's elevation to lieutenant governor, King-Nabors is serving as acting senate president pending a formal reorganization session to elect him and his successor as senate vice president.

Biography

His parents are William Nabors, an attorney who worked on the settlement of the Micronesian War Claims, and Serafina King, who served for a time as a member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. He attended Tinian High School. He served on Commonwealth's COVID-19 Task Force as Tinian's representative. He ran for the Northern Mariana Islands Senate in the 2020 general election against Democratic candidate Frederick Dela Cruz.
He won and succeeded fellow Republican Francisco Borja. He was the chairman of the Senate committee reviewing the House's impeachment charges against Governor Ralph Torres. He, along with the other Senate Republicans, voted in acquit Torres of the charges.
On January 8, 2025, it was announced that King-Nabors would be elected to the position of Vice President of the Senate for the 24th Commonwealth Legislature.