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1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1996 election for Hawaii House District 32

Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii

Bob McDermott (R) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Len Pepper (D) by 12.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Bob McDermottRepublican · winner
56.3%2,483
Len PepperDemocrat · incumbent
43.7%1,926
4,409 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+48.81988D+16.81992D+4.31994R+12.61996R+13.81998R+18.92000

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET