| The Green Papers: American Samoa 2008 General Election |
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American Samoa
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Gubernatoral Runoff: Tuesday 18 November 2008 |
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2 January 2009: Unofficial Returns at American Samoa Government Elections Office. 30 September 2008: Synchronized with American Samoa Government - Election Office - OFFICIAL CANDIDATES FOR THE NOVEMBER 4, 2008 GENERAL ELECTION. Political parties are not officially utilized in elections in American Samoa. Should no candidate receive 50% of the vote in the Tuesday 4 November General Election, the two top vote-getters will participate in a Runoff to be held on Tuesday 18 November 2008. |
| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: Two consecutive terms. Territorial Governor | |||||
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Democratic | Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • 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. Lt. Governor Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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| Polls: Democratic Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono | |||||
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Nonpartisan; (Democratic) | 6,590 | 56.45% | Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono • Lt. Governor: Lt. Governor Faoa Aitofele Sunia. Received 41.3% on 4 November. Proceeds to a Tuesday 18 November 2008 runoff. |
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Nonpartisan | 5,084 | 43.55% | Utu Abe Malae • Lt. Governor: Nua Ma'ilo Saoluaga. Received 31.4% on 4 November. Proceeds to a Tuesday 18 November 2008 runoff. |
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• Lt. Governor: Velega Savali, Jr. Received 26.8% in the 4 November election. |
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• Lt. Governor: Tee Masaniai, Jr. Received 0.5% in the 4 November election. |
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| Total | 11,674 | 100.00% | |||
| Since no candidate received a majority (50% + 1) of the 4 November vote, the top two vote-getters, Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono (41.3%) and Utu Abe Malae (31.4%) proceed to a Tuesday 18 November 2008 runoff. The current Administration informally identifies itself with the US Democrats. The major opponents to the Sunia/Tulafono ticket in both 1996 and 2000 and to the Tulafono/Sunia ticket in 2004 identified themselves as "Independent" although they have ties to the US Republican Party. | |||||
| Delegate to the House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2008. Elections in American Samoa are officially non-partisan. | |||||
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Democratic | Territorial Delegate Eni F.H. Faleomavaega • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 1988; re-elected 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004; 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Polls: Democratic Territorial Delegate Eni F.H. Faleomavaega | |||||
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Nonpartisan; (Democratic) | 7,498 | 60.38% | Territorial Delegate Eni F.H. Faleomavaega • FEC H0AS00018: $119,020 |
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Nonpartisan; (Republican) | 4,349 | 35.02% | Aumua Amata • A.K.A.: Amata Coleman Radewagen • FEC H4AS00036: $100,938 |
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Nonpartisan | 570 | 4.59% | FualA'Au Rosie F. Tago Lancaster • FEC H8AS00052: $7,400 |
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| Total | 12,417 | 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. |