1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Hawaii House District 5
Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii
Paul Whalen (R) won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Elaine Cohn (D) by 15.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Paul WhalenRepublican · winner
57.6%4,391
Elaine CohnDemocrat
42.4%3,232
7,623 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET