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1996Final results

1996 election for Hawaii House District 48

Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii

Ken Ito (D) won with 75.2% of the vote, defeating Roy S. Yanagihara (R) by 50.4 points.

Ken ItoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
75.2%5,638
24.8%1,860
7,498 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+29.21988D+35.31990D+46.61992D+50.41996D+12.41998D+8.82000

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