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1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1996 election for Hawaii House District 50

Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii

David Pendleton (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Devon M. T. Nekoba (D) by 7.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

David PendletonRepublican · winner
53.6%4,509
Devon M. T. NekobaDemocrat · incumbent
46.4%3,911
8,420 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+5.11994R+7.11996R+17.01998R+19.12000R+56.32002R+55.82004

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