1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Hawaii Senate District 5
Hawaii State Senate · Hawaii
Rick Reed (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Gerald K. Machida (D) by 7.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rick ReedRepublican · winner
53.6%6,982
Gerald K. MachidaDemocrat · incumbent
46.4%6,033
13,015 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET