---
type: Person
title: "David Tarnas"
description: "HI House District 8 — HI State House of Representatives District 8"
role: "HI House District 8"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "HI"
district: "HI State House of Representatives District 8"
represents: "us/states/hi/districts/house/8"
tenure:
  start: "2022-11-08"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "e34450ce-42a1-41bb-9517-462eaa620157"
  office: "89c07fb0-cb88-4b91-bf9f-b9e8204fd330"
  tenure: "0af765ae-f177-4e1c-ab8a-1182c7d0751b"
  jurisdiction: "784d2ba4-e75c-43b8-8a8c-3524683f5e54"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, hi]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# David Tarnas

Current HI House District 8 (HI State House of Representatives District 8).

Represents [HI State House of Representatives District 8](/us/states/hi/districts/house/8.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).