2004Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for Hawaii House District 49
Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii
Pono Chong (D) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating David Pendleton (R) by 1.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Pono ChongDemocrat · winner
50.6%5,131
David PendletonRepublican · incumbent
49.4%5,009
10,140 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET