1978Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Hawaii Senate District 1
Hawaii State Senate · Hawaii
3 seats: John Ushijima (D), Stanley I. Hara (D), Dante K. Carpenter (D) won.
3 seatsJohn UshijimaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
27.5%19,755
Stanley I. HaraDemocrat · winner · incumbent
24.4%17,535
Dante K. CarpenterDemocrat · winner
24.3%17,482
Richard HendersonRepublican · incumbent
23.8%17,154
71,926 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET