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1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1996 election for Hawaii House District 24

Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii

Samson K. Aiona (R) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Jim Shon (D) by 1.8 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Samson K. AionaRepublican · winner
50.9%3,428
Jim ShonDemocrat · incumbent
49.1%3,307
6,735 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+18.31992D+21.71994R+1.81996D+6.21998D+13.52000

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

The candidates

Samson K. Aiona (R)Jim Shon (D)