1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1988 election for Hawaii House District 22
Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii
Fred Hirayama (D) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Gene Ward (R) by 2.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Fred HirayamaDemocrat · winner
51.4%4,572
Gene WardRepublican
48.6%4,320
8,892 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET