1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 Hawaii House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every Hawaii House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 51 seats
After the electionD 42 · R 9
Races27
Changed party0
Unopposed30%8 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 42 · R 9
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | Jack K. Suwa (D) | 41.4 | |
| HD-2 | Herbert A. Segawa · Kats Yamada (D) | 25.3 | |
| HD-3 | Yoshito Takamine (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 | Minoru Inaba (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 | Chris Crozier · Gerald K. Machida (D) | 0.0 | |
| HD-6 | Anthony Takitani · Herbert J. Honda (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 | Donna R. Ikeda · Robert D. Dods (REP) | 1.7 | |
| HD-8 | Barbara C. Marumoto · Jack Larsen (REP) | 4.4 | |
| HD-9 | Calvin K. Y. Say · Ted Morioka (D) | 25.9 | |
| HD-10 | Ken Kiyabu · Bertrand Kobayashi (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 | Paul L. Lacy · Kinau B. Kamalii (R) | 12.0 | |
| HD-12 | Clifford T. Uwaine · Dave Hagino (D) | 29.1 | |
| HD-13 | Charles Ushijima · Gerald Deheer · Carol Fukunaga (D) | 8.5 | |
| HD-14 | Russell Blair · Kathleen Stanley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 | Richard Ike Sutton · Byron Baker (REP) | 0.4 | |
| HD-16 | Tony Narvaes · Milton Holt (REP) | 4.7 | |
| HD-17 | Richard Garcia · Kenneth Lee (D) | 10.1 | |
| HD-18 | Mitsuo Uechi · James Wakatsuki (D) | 18.0 | |
| HD-19 | Clarice Hashimoto · Donald Masutani Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 | Daniel Kihano · Mitsuo Shito (D) | 30.8 | |
| HD-21 | James Aki · Henry H. Peters (D) | 13.1 | |
| HD-22 | Yoshiro Nakamura · Oliver P. Lunasco (D) | 10.4 | |
| HD-23 | Charles T. Toguchi (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 | Marshall Ige · Faith P. Evans (DEM) | 13.3 | |
| HD-25 | John J. Medeiros · Whitney Anderson (R) | 11.4 | |
| HD-26 | Russell J. Sakamoto (D) | 7.6 | |
| HD-27 | Tony Kunimura · Richard Kawakami · Dennis Yamada (D) | Unopposed |
Hawaii House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner