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2002Final results

2002 election for Hawaii House District 5

Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii

Robert N. Herkes (D) won with 47.5% of the vote, defeating Jack Kelly (Grn) by 8.9 points.

Robert N. HerkesDemocrat · winner
47.5%3,124
38.6%2,539
Vern VanceRepublican
13.8%908
6,571 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenR+15.21996R+8.21998R+5.62000D+33.72002D+30.32004D+47.52006

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