1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Hawaii House District 4
Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii
Virginia Isbell (R) won with 48.6% of the vote, defeating Minoru Inaba (D) by 2.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Virginia IsbellRepublican · winner
48.6%4,577
Minoru InabaDemocrat · incumbent
46.6%4,391
James Michael KeefeOther party
4.8%448
9,416 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