2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Hawaii House District 51
Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii
Joe Gomes (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Kenny Goodenow (D) by 4.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joe GomesRepublican · winner
52.4%3,791
Kenny GoodenowDemocrat · incumbent
47.6%3,438
7,229 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET