DemocratNot in office · last served 1996Last on a ballot: Nov 2002

Virginia Isbell

Last held office: Hawaii House of Representatives, District 5 (1984–1996). Ran in 13 elections between 1974 and 2002, winning 8.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Isbell was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Margin: how far Isbell finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
2002	Hawaii State Senate, District 3	General	Lost	Paul Whalen (R)	45.3%	R+9.4
2000	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 5	General	Lost	Paul Whalen (R)	47.2%	R+5.6
1998	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 5	General	Lost	Paul Whalen (R)	45.9%	R+8.2
1994	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 5	General	Won	Paul Whalen (R)	52.8%	D+5.5
1992	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 5	General	Won	Walter Decker (R)	72.8%	D+45.6
1990	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 5	General	Won	Mark R. Spengler (R)	68.2%	D+36.4
1988	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 5	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1986	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 5	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1984	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 5	General	Won	John L. Olson (D)	66.9%	D+33.8
1982	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 3	General	Won	Leon K. Sterling Jr. (D)	53.3%	D+6.7
1980	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 4	General	Won	Minoru Inaba (D), James Michael Keefe (I)	48.6%	D+2.0
1976	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 4	General	Lost	Minoru Inaba (D)	48%	R+3.9
1974	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 4	General	Lost	Minoru Inaba (D)	48.6%	R+2.8