| The Green Papers: Northern Marianas 2009 General Election |
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Northern Marianas
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress CNMI GOP Open Primary: Saturday 27 June 2009 General Election: Saturday 7 November 2009 Gubernatorial Runoff: Monday 23 November 2009 |
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On 4 November 2008, the NORTHERN MARIANAS elected their own non-voting Delegate to the House of Representatives for the very first time. Governor Benigno Repeki "Ben" Fitial signed HB 16-220 on 24 July 2009: If no candidate receives 50% or more of the votes cast for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a runoff election is held between the top 2 vote getters. The runoff is held 14 days after the results of the general election are certified. The certification is to occur not later than 10 days after the general election. The 2009 Gubernatorial election is Saturday 7 November. The run-off, if necessary, would be held circa 1 December. Reference: Marianas Variety - Fitial approves runoff law |
| Governor 4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2009. Territorial Governor | |||||
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Covenant | Governor Benigno Repeki "Ben" Fitial • Re-elected Monday 23 November 2009 • First elected: 2005; re-elected: 2009 • Seat up for election: Monday 23 November 2009 |
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Covenant | 6,610 | 51.44% | Governor Benigno Repeki "Ben" Fitial • Running mate: Lieutenant Governor Eloy Songao Inos. Received 36.14% of the vote in the 7 November 2009 General Election. Proceeds to run off. |
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Republican | 6,240 | 48.56% | Heinz Sablan Hofschneider • For Lieutenant Governor: Arnold Indalecio Palacios Received 36.20% of the vote in the 7 November 2009 General Election. Proceeds to run off. |
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• For Lieutenant Governor: David Muna Borja Received 8.13% of the vote in the 7 November 2009 General Election. Does not proceed to run off. |
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• For Lieutenant Governor: Joseph James Norita "Joe" Camacho. Received 19.53% of the vote in the 7 November 2009 General Election. Does not proceed to run off. |
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| Total | 12,850 | 100.00% | |||
| On 25 April 2009, Lieutenant Governor Timothy Pangelinan Villagomez was found guilty of fraud, wire fraud, and bribery relating to a scheme to defraud the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation. Sentencing is scheduled for 28 July 2009. Governor Fitial and his running mate, Lieutenant Governor Villagomez, were first elected in 2005. Reference: Saipan Tribune. Saturday 27 June 2009 CNMI GOP Open Primary: Hofschneider won 3,382 votes while Babauta received 2,986 votes-- a difference of 396. The turnout was 58% of the anticipated 11,000 voters projected by the Republican Party. Reference: Marianas Variety and CNMI Republican Party's Open Primary election. Since no candidate received 50% or more of the vote in the 7 November 2009 General Election, a runoff will be held between the top 2 vote getters: Hofschneider/Palacios (Republican, 36.20%) and Fitial/Inos (Covenant, 36.14%). The runoff is held 14 days after the results of the general election are certified (not later than 10 days after the general election). On 9 November the runoff was set for Monday 23 November 2009 and won by Governor Benigno Repeki "Ben" Fitial. Monday 23 November 2009 runoff returns from an official source. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| {map} | Independent; (Democratic) | Territorial Delegate Gregorio Kilili Camacho "Kilili" Sablan • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 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. |