1980Final results
1980 election for Hawaii Senate District 1
Hawaii State Senate · Hawaii
2 seats: Dante K. Carpenter (D), Richard Henderson (R) won.
2 seatsDante K. CarpenterDemocrat · winner · incumbent
36.0%20,980
Richard HendersonRepublican · winner
32.7%19,074
Kats YamadaDemocrat
31.2%18,203
58,257 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