Political party strength in the Northern Mariana Islands
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the United States
insular area
of the Northern Mariana Islands
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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
The parties are as follows: (C), (D), (I), (R), and .
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insular area
Insular area
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of the Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...
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- Governor
- Lieutenant GovernorLieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana IslandsThe Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has a self governing government consisting of a locally elected governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The current Lieutenant Governor is Eloy Inos, who was appointed to fill the vacancy created when...
- Resident RepresentativeUnited States congressional delegations from the Northern Mariana Islands- Non-privileged Representative :Prior to 2009, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands elected a "Resident Representative" who had no actual privileges in the House or Senate. they were:- Non-voting Delegate :...
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(through 2008); non-voting delegate to the United States House of RepresentativesNorthern Mariana Islands' At-large congressional districtThe Northern Mariana Islands' At-large congressional district encompasses the entire U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands . The territory does not have a voting member of Congress, but does elect a delegate who can participate in debates with the United States House of Representatives...
(beginning 2009)
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- Territorial SenateNorthern Mariana Islands SenateThe Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The Senate consists of nine senators representing three senatorial districts , each a multi-member constituency with three senators.In the November 2007 elections, the three senators up...
- Territorial House of RepresentativesNorthern Mariana Islands House of RepresentativesThe Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature.In the 2007 election cycle, the CNMI House membership was increased from 18 to 20...
The parties are as follows: (C), (D), (I), (R), and .
| Year | |Executive offices | |Commonwealth Legislature Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature The Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature is the territorial legislature of the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The legislative branch of the territory is bicameral, consisting of a 20-member lower House of Representatives, and an upper house Senate with nine... | |U.S. House United States congressional delegations from the Northern Mariana Islands - Non-privileged Representative :Prior to 2009, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands elected a "Resident Representative" who had no actual privileges in the House or Senate. they were:- Non-voting Delegate :... |
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| Governor | Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has a self governing government consisting of a locally elected governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The current Lieutenant Governor is Eloy Inos, who was appointed to fill the vacancy created when... | Territorial Senate Northern Mariana Islands Senate The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The Senate consists of nine senators representing three senatorial districts , each a multi-member constituency with three senators.In the November 2007 elections, the three senators up... | Territorial House Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature.In the 2007 election cycle, the CNMI House membership was increased from 18 to 20... |
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| 1978 | Carlos Camacho Carlos Camacho Carlos Garcia. Camacho was a U.S. Republican Party politician. He served as Governor of Guam from 1969 to 1975.... (D) |
Francisco Ada Francisco Ada Francisco Castro Ada was a Northern Mariana Islands politician. Ada served as the first Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 9, 1978, until January 11, 1982, under Carlos S... (D) |
Edward Pangelinan (D) | ||
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| 1982 | Pedro Tenorio Pedro Tenorio Pedro P. Tenorio was the second and fifth elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.Tenorio was born on Saipan. He graduated from George Washington High School in Guam and attended the University of Guam. He has worked as a schoolteacher, a shipping... (R) |
Pedro Agulto Tenorio Pedro Agulto Tenorio Pedro Agulto Tenorio , who is often known as Pete A. Tenorio, was the Resident Representative to the United States from the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands... (R) |
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| 1984 | Froilan Tenorio Froilan Tenorio Froilan Cruz Tenorio was the fourth elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Elected in 1993, he served one term, leaving office in 1998... (D) |
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| 1990 | Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero was the third elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.-Biography:... (R) |
Benjamin Manglona Benjamin Manglona Benjamin Taisacan Manglona is a politician and civil engineer in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands . He is currently the CNMI’s longest serving elected official having served as a congressman, senator, and former mayor of Rota... (R) |
Juan Babauta (R) | ||
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| 1994 | Froilan Tenorio (D) | Jesus Borja Jesus Borja Jesus "Jesse" Camacho Borja is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and laywer. Borja served as the Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from 1994 until 1998 under former Democratic Governor Froilan Tenorio.... (D) |
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| 1998 | Pedro Tenorio (R) | Jesus Sablan Jesus Sablan Jesus Rosario Sablan is a Northern Mariana Islands politician. Sablan served as the Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 12, 1998 until January 14, 2002 under former Governor Pedro Tenorio.... (R) |
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| 2002 | Juan Babauta (R) | Diego Benavente Diego Benavente Diego Tenorio Benavente is a Northern Mariana Islands politician. Benavente, a Republican, served as the Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands under former Governor Juan Babauta from January 14, 2002, to January 9, 2006.... (R) |
Pedro Agulto Tenorio (R) | ||
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| 2006 | Benigno R. Fitial Benigno R. Fitial Benigno Repeki Fitial is the current governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Fitial was elected on November 6, 2005 and assumed office on January 9, 2006 and was re-elected to a second, five-year term in 2009.... (C) |
Timothy P. Villagomez Timothy P. Villagomez Timothy Pangelinan Villagomez was the Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands who served under current Governor Benigno R. Fitial until his resignation on April 26, 2009. Villagomez took office as Lieutenant Governor on January 9, 2006, after being elected as a ticket during the 2005... (C) |
6Coalition, 3R (3C, 3R, 2D, 1I) |
7C, 7R, 2D, 2I | |
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| 2008 | 12R, 4C, 3I, 1D | ||||
| 2009 | Eloy S. Inos (C) | Gregorio Sablan Gregorio Sablan Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan is a Northern Mariana politician and former election commission director. Sablan was elected in 2008 as the first nonvoting delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands... (I) |
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| 2010 | unknown | 9R, 7C, 4I | Gregorio Sablan (D) | ||
| 2011 | Benigno R. Fitial (R) | ||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has a self governing government consisting of a locally elected governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The current Lieutenant Governor is Eloy Inos, who was appointed to fill the vacancy created when... | Territorial Senate Northern Mariana Islands Senate The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The Senate consists of nine senators representing three senatorial districts , each a multi-member constituency with three senators.In the November 2007 elections, the three senators up... | Territorial House Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature.In the 2007 election cycle, the CNMI House membership was increased from 18 to 20... | |U.S. House United States congressional delegations from the Northern Mariana Islands - Non-privileged Representative :Prior to 2009, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands elected a "Resident Representative" who had no actual privileges in the House or Senate. they were:- Non-voting Delegate :... |
| Executive offices | |Commonwealth Legislature Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature The Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature is the territorial legislature of the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The legislative branch of the territory is bicameral, consisting of a 20-member lower House of Representatives, and an upper house Senate with nine... |
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See also
- Politics in the Northern Mariana Islands
- Politics of the Northern Mariana IslandsPolitics of the Northern Mariana IslandsPolitics of the Northern Mariana Islands takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic system, whereby the Governor is head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. The Northern Mariana Islands are a commonwealth in political union with the United States....
- Elections in the Northern Mariana IslandsElections in the Northern Mariana IslandsThe Northern Marianas elect a governor and a legislature. The governor is elected for four year term by the people. The Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 20 members , elected for a two year term in single-seat constituencies...
- List of political parties in the Northern Mariana Islands