1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Hawaii Senate District 8
Hawaii State Senate · Hawaii
Sam Slom (R) won with 62.5% of the vote, defeating Donna R. Ikeda (D) by 25.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sam SlomRepublican · winner
62.5%12,191
Donna R. IkedaDemocrat · incumbent
37.5%7,312
19,503 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