1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Hawaii House District 6
Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii
Jim Rath (R) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating David Tarnas (D) by 1.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim RathRepublican · winner
50.5%4,337
David TarnasDemocrat · incumbent
49.5%4,255
8,592 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET