1980Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Hawaii House District 15
Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii
2 seats: Byron Baker (D), Michael Minoru Liu (R) won.
2 seatsByron BakerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
26.4%5,286
Michael Minoru LiuRepublican · winner
25.4%5,091
Rod TamDemocrat
24.1%4,830
Richard Ike SuttonRepublican · incumbent
24.1%4,826
20,033 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET