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2008Final results

2008 election for Hawaii House District 3

Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii

Clifton K. Tsuji (D) won with 84.9% of the vote, defeating Deirdre Tavares (R) by 69.8 points.

Clifton K. TsujiDemocrat · winner · incumbent
84.9%7,958
Deirdre TavaresRepublican
15.1%1,413
9,371 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenD+10.92002D+24.62004D+69.52006D+69.82008D+67.42010D+24.42012

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