1998Final results
1998 election for Hawaii Senate District 23
Hawaii State Senate · Hawaii
Bob Nakata (D) won with 48.9% of the vote, defeating Joe Pickard (R) by 0.3 points.
Bob NakataDemocrat · winner
48.9%7,309
Joe PickardRepublican
48.6%7,263
Michael PowellLibertarian
2.6%385
14,957 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET