Guam's at-large congressional district

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Guam's at-large congressional district
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Delegate
  James Moylan
R–Tumon
Area210 sq mi (540 km2)
Population (2020)153,836
Median household
income		34,598
Ethnicity

Guam's at-large congressional district comprises the entire area of the United States territory of Guam. Guam has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by a non-voting delegate since 1972. [1] Its first delegate, Antonio Borja Won Pat, had been serving as the Washington Representative lobbying for a delegate since 1965, elected for four-year terms in 1964 and 1968. [2] It is currently represented by Republican James Moylan who has represented the district since 2023.

Contents

List of delegates representing the district

RepresentativePartyTermCong
ress		Electoral history
District established February 12, 1970
VacantFebruary 12, 1970 –
January 3, 1973		 91st
92nd
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Antonio B. Won Pat
(Sinajana)		 Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1985		 93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th 		Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Lost re-election.
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Vicente T. Blaz
(Ordot)		 Republican January 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1993		 99th
100th
101st
102nd 		Elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Lost re-election.
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Robert A. Underwood
(Yona)		 Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003		 103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th 		Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Retired to run for Governor.
Madeleine Bordallo official portrait.jpg
Madeleine Z. Bordallo
(Hagåtña)		 Democratic January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2019		 108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th 		Elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Lost renomination. [3] [4]
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Michael San Nicolas
(Dededo)		 Democratic January 3, 2019 –
January 3, 2023		 116th
117th 		Elected in 2018. [3] [5]
Re-elected in 2020.
Retired to run for Governor.
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James Moylan
(Tumon)		 Republican January 3, 2023–
present		 118th Elected in 2022.

Recent election results

1972

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 7, 1972 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Antonio Borja Won Pat 12,65158.8%
Republican Pedro Perez8,84741.1%
Independent Write-in150.1%
Total votes21,513 100.00%
Democratic win

1974

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 4, 1974 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Antonio Borja Won Pat (Incumbent)18,551100.00%
Total votes18,551 100.00%
Democratic hold

1976

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 2, 1976 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Antonio Borja Won Pat (Incumbent)19,03890.2%
Independent Write-in2,0779.8%
Total votes21,115 100.00%
Democratic hold

1978

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 7, 1978 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Antonio Borja Won Pat (Incumbent)21,12391.0%
Independent Write-in2,0889.0%
Total votes23,211 100.00%
Democratic hold

1980

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 4, 1980 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Antonio Borja Won Pat (Incumbent)14,83458.3%
Republican Antonio M. Palomo10,62241.7%
Total votes25,456 100.00%
Democratic hold

1982

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 2, 1982 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Antonio Borja Won Pat (Incumbent)15,62751.7%
Republican Vincente Thomas "Ben" Blaz 14,57948.3%
Total votes30,206 100.00%
Democratic hold

1984

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 6, 1984 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ben Garrido Blaz 15,83950.3%
Democratic Antonio Borja Won Pat (Incumbent)15,48549.2%
Independent Other1440.5%
Total votes31,468 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

1986

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 4, 1986 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ben Garrido Blaz (Incumbent)22,20764.6%
Democratic Frank C. Torres Jr.12,14735.4%
Total votes34,354 100.00%
Republican hold

1988

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 8, 1988 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ben Garrido Blaz (Incumbent)16,18554.7%
Democratic Vincent C. Pangelinan 13,42645.3%
Total votes29,611 100.00%
Republican hold

1990

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 6, 1990 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ben Garrido Blaz (Incumbent)21,39055.1%
Democratic Vincent C. Pangelinan 16,43742.4%
Independent Other9762.5%
Total votes38,803 100.00%
Republican hold

1992

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 3, 1992 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert A. Underwood 18,46255.3%
Republican Ben Garrido Blaz (Incumbent)14,92144.7%
Total votes33,383 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

1994

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 8, 1994 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert A. Underwood (Incumbent)36,379100.00%
Total votes36,379 100.00%
Democratic hold

1996

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 5, 1996 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert A. Underwood (Incumbent)34,395100.00%
Total votes34,395 100.00%
Democratic hold

1998

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 3, 1998 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert A. Underwood (Incumbent)34,17976.1%
Republican Manuel Q. Cruz10,76323.9%
Total votes44,942 100.00%
Democratic hold

2000

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 7, 2000 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert A. Underwood (Incumbent)29,09978.1%
Republican Manuel Cruz8,16721.9%
Total votes37,266 100.00%
Democratic hold

2002

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 5, 2002 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Madeleine Bordallo 27,08163.6%
Republican Joseph F. Ada 14,83634.9%
Independent Write-in6621.5%
Total votes42,579 100.00%
Democratic hold

2004

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 2, 2004 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Madeleine Bordallo (Incumbent)31,05197.4%
Independent Write-in8372.6%
Total votes31,888 100.00%
Democratic hold

2006

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 7, 2006 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Madeleine Bordallo (Incumbent)32,67796.5%
Independent Write-in1,2013.5%
Total votes33,878 100.00%
Democratic hold

2008

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 4, 2008 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Madeleine Bordallo (Incumbent)28,24794.6%
Independent Write-in1,6175.4%
Total votes29,864 100.00%
Democratic hold

2010

Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 2, 2010 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Madeleine Bordallo (Incumbent)35,91995.9%
Republican Write-in7962.1%
Democratic Write-in7061.9%
Total votes37,421 100.00%
Democratic hold

2012

2012 Guam's at-large congressional district [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Madeleine Bordallo (incumbent) 20,174 60.5
Republican Frank F. Blas Jr.13,16039.5
Total votes33,334 100
Democratic hold

2014

2014 Guam's at-large congressional district [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Madeleine Bordallo (incumbent) 20,693 57.86% -2.64%
Republican Margaret Metcalfe14,95641.82%+2.32%
n/a Write-ins1130.32%N/A
Total votes35,762 '100.0%'N/A
Democratic hold

2016

2016 Guam's at-large congressional district [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Madeleine Bordallo (incumbent) 18,345 53.69% -4.17%
Republican Felix Perez Camacho15,61745.71%+3.83%
n/a Write-ins2060.60%+0.28%
Total votes'34,168''100.0%'N/A
Democratic hold

2018

2018 Guam's at-large congressional district [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Michael San Nicolas 19,193 54.85% +1.16%
Republican Doris Flores-Brooks 15,39844.01%-1.70%
Write-in 3991.14%+0.54%
Total votes34,990 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

2020

2020 Guam Delegate general election results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael San Nicolas (incumbent) 13,000 45.95
Democratic Robert A. Underwood 9,300 32.87
Republican Wil Castro5,94221.00
Write-in 510.18
Total votes28,293 100.00
2020 Guam Delegate election runoff results [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael San Nicolas (incumbent) 10,467 59.62
Democratic Robert A. Underwood 7,09040.38
— Overvotes 5.03
— Undervotes 28.16
Total votes17,355 100.00

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives election in Guam [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican James Moylan 17,075 52.19% +31.19%
Democratic Judith Won Pat 15,42747.15%-31.67%
Write-in 2170.66%+0.48%
Total votes32,719 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

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  3. 1 2 "2018 Primary Election Results". Guam Election Commission. August 26, 2018.
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  5. ↑ Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan. Kilili congratulates Michael San Nicolas, new Democratic Guam Delegate, November 6, 2018.
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