1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Hawaii House District 22
Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii
Gene Ward (R) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Fred Hirayama (D) by 3.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gene WardRepublican · winner
51.8%4,249
Fred HirayamaDemocrat · incumbent
48.2%3,958
8,207 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET