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1998Final results

1998 election for Hawaii House District 8

Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii

Joseph M. Souki (D) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Kalani Tassill (R) by 13.1 points.

Joseph M. SoukiDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.5%4,249
Kalani TassillRepublican
43.5%3,268
7,517 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+44.01992D+42.71994D+7.31996D+13.11998D+8.62000D+25.32002

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