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1998Final results

1998 election for Hawaii House District 48

Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii

Ken Ito (D) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Mako Hara (R) by 12.4 points.

Ken ItoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.2%4,698
Mako HaraRepublican
43.8%3,658
8,356 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+35.31990D+46.61992D+50.41996D+12.41998D+8.82000D+17.22002

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