2026Called by civicAPIUnofficial results
2026 election for Hawaii House District 8
Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii
David A. Tarnas (D) won re-election with 69.1% of the vote, defeating Monique Perreira (R) by 38.1 points.
David A. TarnasDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.1%5,322
Monique PerreiraRepublican
30.9%2,384
7,706 votes
Source: Hawaii Office of Elections unofficial results; race call: civicAPIUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 1:21 PM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2026
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
David A. TarnasMonique Perreira
$54K
Raised by the campaign
$1.6K
$28.8K
Spent by the campaign
$3.5K
$94K
Cash on hand
$2.5K
Campaign money: Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission, through Oct 19, 2026.
Source: Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission campaign filingsUpdated Oct 19, 2026
Pre-election forecast (final, Nov 3)
Our model's last run before Election Day, Nov 3, 2026. It no longer updates.
- David A. Tarnas
- >99%
- Monique Perreira
- <1%
- Projected margin
- D+36.2