1982Final results
1982 election for Hawaii House District 23
Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii
Rod Tam (D) won with 63.9% of the vote, defeating Richard Ike Sutton (R) by 31.7 points.
Rod TamDemocrat · winner
63.9%4,727
Richard Ike SuttonRepublican
32.2%2,381
Don JohnstonLibertarian
3.9%286
7,394 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 1982
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET