| The Green Papers: American Samoa 2012 General Election |
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American Samoa
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 (tentative date) Runoff: Tuesday 20 November 2012 (tentative date) |
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Political parties are not officially utilized in elections in American Samoa. Should no candidate receive 50% of the vote in the General Election, the two top vote-getters will participate in a Runoff. |
| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: Two consecutive terms. Territorial Governor | |||||
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Democratic | Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono • Acting Goveror: 2003 (remaining officially Lieutenant Governor after the death of Governor Tauese Sunia on 26 March 2003). First elected to a full term: 2004, re-elected: 2008. Lt. Governor Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Seat - At Term Limit |
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Democratic | Faoa A. Sunia • for Lieutenant Governor: Taufete'e John Faumuina, Jr. |
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Independent | Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga • for Lieutenant Governor: Senator Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Mauga |
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The current Administration informally identifies itself with the US Democrats. The major opponents to the Sunia/Tulafono ticket in both 1996 through 2008 identified themselves as "Independent" although they have ties to the US Republican Party. | |||||
| Delegate to the House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Elections in American Samoa are officially non-partisan. | |||||
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Democratic | Territorial Delegate Eni F.H. Faleomavaega • First elected: 1988; re-elected 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Democratic | Territorial Delegate Eni F.H. Faleomavaega • FEC H0AS00018; 31 Dec 11; Tot $15,800; Dsb $6,419 |
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| Non-voting Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. A candidate must receive a majority of the popular vote in order to be elected as Delegate to the House. A runoff election is scheduled in the event that no candidate receives the requisite majority. | |||||
| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |