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1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1996 election for Hawaii House District 42

Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii

Mark Moses (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Annelle C. Amaral (D) by 7.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Mark MosesRepublican · winner
53.8%4,366
Annelle C. AmaralDemocrat · incumbent
46.2%3,749
8,115 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+58.41988D+50.61992D+31.31994R+7.61996R+2.21998R+12.62000

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