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2012Final results

2012 election for Hawaii House District 12

Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii

Kyle Yamashita (D) won with 78.2% of the vote, defeating Ekolu Kalama (R) by 56.4 points.

Kyle YamashitaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
78.2%7,457
Ekolu KalamaRepublican
21.8%2,081
9,538 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+65.12006D+42.62008D+49.02010D+56.42012D+54.62014D+48.22022

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