1978Final results
1978 election for Hawaii Senate District 6
Hawaii State Senate · Hawaii
4 seats: Wadsworth Yee (R), Neil Abercrombie (D), John S. Carroll (R), Anson Chong (D) won.
4 seatsWadsworth YeeRepublican · winner · incumbent
16.7%21,377
Neil AbercrombieDemocrat · winner
15.4%19,681
John S. CarrollRepublican · winner
15.0%19,172
Anson ChongDemocrat · winner · incumbent
14.5%18,529
Ann KobayashiRepublican
13.9%17,783
Richard E. AndoDemocrat
12.4%15,826
Marion Heen ShimDemocrat
12.2%15,584
127,952 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