2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2002 election for Hawaii House District 51
Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii
Tommy Waters (D) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Joe Gomes (R) by 4.9 points.
Tommy WatersDemocrat · winner
52.5%3,989
Joe GomesRepublican · incumbent
47.5%3,614
7,603 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET