| The Green Papers: Guam 2006 Midterm Election |
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Guam
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress Primary: Saturday 2 September 2006 General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 Gubernatorial Runoff (pending court ruling): Tuesday 21 November 2006 (tentative date) (cancelled) |
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10 November 2006 updateThe Guam Election Commission's certified the Gubernatorial General Election results declaring the Republican team of incumbent governor Felix Camacho and Dr. Mike Cruz as victors. The opposition team of Robert Underwood and Frank Aguon, Jr. plans to contest the Commission's decision not to include 504 over votes (ballots cast for both candidates) when determining the total number of votes cast. If the overvotes are counted, a Tuesday 21 November runoff election would be required as no candidate would have received a majority of the vote. The Organic Act of Guam, 48 U. S. C. §1422, provides, inter alia, that “[i]f no [slate of] candidates [for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Guam] receive[s] a majority of the votes cast in any election, . . . a runoff election shall be held.” 8 November 2006 updateThe Gubnatorial race shows the Camacho/Cruz team with 48.8% of the votes to the Underwood/Aguon team with 46.69%. Since neither team gained the required 50%+1 amount of votes (as is required by Guam law to be declared the winner of a gubernatorial race), the situation will be considered by the Guam Election Commisssion's board of directors. A runoff election has been projected, but unconfirmed.) General Election results from a media source "For purposes of the Primary Election 2006, candidates for the Office of Governor/Lt. Governor, Senator, Non-Voting Delegate, Attorney General and other elected offices may file their petitions no earlier than 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, 2006, and no later than 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 4, 2006." "Candidates for the Public Auditor, Attorney General of Guam, Guam Education Policy Board and Consolidated Commission on Utilities may file their petitions no earlier than 8:00 a.m. Friday, June 30, 2006, and no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, September 8, 2006." Saturday 2 September 2006GUAM PRIMARYfor Governor, Delegate to the House of Representatives All races involving an Incumbent are in boldface and also marked with an asterisk (*) Contested Islandwide races:
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 successive 4 year terms. Territorial Governor | |||||
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Republican | Governor Felix P. Camacho • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated - 2 September 2006 Primary |
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Republican | 19,552 | 50.23% | Governor Felix P. Camacho • for Lt. Governor: Mike Cruz Slogan: "Together We're Stronger" |
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Democratic | 18,688 | 48.01% | former Guam Delegate Robert Anacletus Underwood • for Lt. Governor: Frank Blas Aguon, Jr. Slogan: "Leadership for Change" Mr. Underwood served as Delegate to Congress: 1993-2003. |
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Scattering | 688 | 1.77% | Write-in votes | |
| Total | 38,928 | 100.00% | |||
| On 10 November 2006 the Guam Election Commission's certified the Gubernatorial General Election results declaring the Republican team of incumbent governor Felix Camacho and Dr. Mike Cruz as victors. The opposition team of Robert Underwood and Frank Aguon, Jr. is contesting the Commission's decision not to include 504 over votes (ballots cast for both candidates) when determining the total number of votes cast. On 30 November the Guam Supreme Court heard the oral arguments. If the overvotes are counted, a runoff election would be required since no candidate would have received the majority of the vote. The runoff was originally scheduled for Tuesday 21 November. On 12 December the Supreme Court of Guam decided that the results of the 2 September 2006 Primary Election will stand. In their ruling, the Justices decided that the challengers failed to prove that problems affected the outcome. On 19 December 2006 the Supreme Court of Guam turned down the Underwood/Aguon team's legal challenge stating "In order to determine whether a gubernatorial slate has been elected by a majority of the votes cast, as such phrase is used in the Organic Act of Guam, only expressions of will or choice, or final selections of an officeholder, may be properly included in the total number of votes cast". Hence, the overvotes are not to be counted when computing a majority of the vote. It is not known if the Democrats will appeal to the United States Supreme Court. | |||||
| Delegate to the House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2006 | |||||
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Democratic | Territorial Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 2 September 2006 Primary |
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Democratic | 32,659 | 100.00% | Territorial Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo • FEC: $203,379 |
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| Total | 32,659 | 100.00% | |||
| 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. |