The Green Papers: Northern Marianas 2008 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2008. Find 2009 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Saturday 12 July 2008 (cancelled)
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Governor:0 
Senators:0 
2002-2010 Representatives:0(0.00% of 435)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000): 
Capital:island of Saipan
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a MPST (2100 UTC) to 7:00p MPST (0900 UTC).
 

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Northern Marianas State and Local Government

Northern Marianas 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Republicans, Third Parties


14 January 2009: The Commonwealth Election Commission - 2008 Election Results


The NORTHERN MARIANAS is currently not directly represented in the U.S. Congress and generally relies on the Delegate from GUAM to represent the Commonwealth's interests in Washington. Effective 4 November 2008, however, the NORTHERN MARIANAS will elect their own non-voting Delegate to the House of Representatives for the first time.

 
           

Governor  4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2009. Territorial Governor

  Covenant Governor Benigno Repeki "Ben" Fitial
First elected: 2005
Seat up for election: Saturday 7 November 2009
Lt. Governor: Timothy Pangelinan Villagomez

Delegate to the House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010. President George W. Bush signed S. 2739 on 8 May 2008 creating this office.

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Seat up for election
Vacant
  Territorial Delegate [vacant office]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Vacant Office - Seat first up for Election 4 November 2008.
 Polls: Republican Representative Pedro Agulto "Pete" Tenorio
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
  Elected Independent; (Democratic) 2,474 24.35% Commissioner Gregorio Kilili Camacho "Kilili" Sablan
FEC H8MP00041: $22,931
  Candidate Republican 2,117 20.83% Representative Pedro Agulto "Pete" Tenorio
Party nominee

FEC H8MP00017: $54,565
  Candidate Independent 1,855 18.26% John Oliver Delos Reyes (DLR) Gonzales
FEC H8MP00033: $21,165
  Candidate Independent; (Republican) 1,819 17.90% Associate Judge Juan Tudela Lizama
Filed with the FEC as an Independent

FEC H8MP00025: $75,302
  Candidate Independent; (Democratic) 946 9.31% territorial Senator Luis Palacios Crisostimo, Jr.
FEC H8MP00074: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic 307 3.02% former territorial Senator David Mendiola Cing
Party nominee

FEC H8MP00058: $10,756
  Candidate Independent; (Republican) 249 2.45% Felipe Quitugua Atalig
FEC H8MP00066: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent 230 2.26% Chong Man Won
FEC H8MP00090: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent 164 1.61% John Henry Davis, Jr.
FEC H8MP00082: Financial report not available
Total 10,161 100.00%  
 


President George W. Bush signed S. 2739 on 8 May 2008 creating this office.

S 2739. Subtitle B--Northern Mariana Islands Delegate. SEC. 711. DELEGATE TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be represented in the United States Congress by the Resident Representative to the United States authorized by section 901 of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America (approved by Public Law 94-241 (48 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)). The Resident Representative shall be a nonvoting Delegate to the House of Representatives.... SEC. 712. ELECTION OF DELEGATE. (a) Electors and Time of Election- The Delegate shall be elected-- 1) by the people qualified to vote for the popularly elected officials of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) at the Federal general election of 2008 and at such Federal general election every 2d year thereafter.


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.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 3 candidates
  Republican: 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Covenant: 1 incumbent
Independents
  Independent: 7 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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