1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 Hawaii State Senate election results, district by district
Every Hawaii State Senate district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 25 seats
After the electionD 18 · R 7
Races8
Changed party0
Unopposed25%2 races
Incumbents defeated3
Every district
D 18 · R 7
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | John Ushijima · Stanley I. Hara · Dante K. Carpenter (D) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-2 | Henry Takitani · Mamoru Yamasaki (D) | 14.0 | |
| SD-3 | D. G. Anderson · Mary George · Ralph Kanichi Ajifu (R) | 3.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-4 | Ben Cayetano · Joe Kuroda · Patsy Kikue Young · Norman Mizuguchi (D) | 12.1 | |
| SD-5 | Charles M. Campbell · Duke Kawasaki · Richard S. H. Wong · T. C. Yim (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Wadsworth Yee · Neil Abercrombie · John S. Carroll · Anson Chong (REP) | 0.6 | |
| SD-7 | Steve Cobb · Patricia Saiki · Dennis Oconnor · W. Buddy Soares (DEM) | 2.9 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-8 | George H. Toyofuku (D) | Unopposed |
Hawaii State Senate
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