The District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands is a federal territorial court whose jurisdiction comprises the United States-affiliated Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It was established by Act of Congress in 1977,pursuant to an international agreement between the United States and the CNMI that brought the CNMI under United States sovereignty. The court began hearing cases in January 1978. The court regularly sits in Saipan but may sit elsewhere in the CNMI. The court has the same jurisdiction as United States district courts,including diversity jurisdiction and bankruptcy jurisdiction. However,the District Court is not an Article III U.S. District Court,and because of that its judge is appointed for a 10-year term instead of for life. Appeals are taken to the Ninth Circuit.
The Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands is a political party in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is now officially affiliated with the United States' national Democratic Party.
Benigno Repeki Fitial is a Northern Marianan politician who served was the 7th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. The second longest-serving governor in CNMI history,Fitial was elected on November 6,2005,assumed office on January 9,2006,and was re-elected to a (five-year) second term in 2009. He was impeached by the CNMI House of Representatives on February 11,2013 and was scheduled to face trial before the CNMI Senate to determine if he should be removed from office. He resigned on February 20,2013 after 7 years,1 month,and 11 days in office.
The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature.
General elections were held in the Northern Mariana Islands on 7 November 2009,electing the Governor,the Legislature,four mayors,the Board of Education and nine municipal council members. There were also four referendums.
Eulogio "Eloy" Songao Inos was a Northern Marianan politician who served as the 8th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from 2013 to 2015. Inos,a member of the Republican Party,also served as the 8th Lieutenant Governor from 2009 to 2013.
Lorenzo Iglecias "Larry" De Leon Guerrero was a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the 3rd Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from 1990 to 1994 and the 1st President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate from 1978 to 1980. He was a member of the CNMI Republican Party.
Rita Hocog Inos was a Northern Mariana Island educator,activist and politician. Inos was the former Education Commissioner of the Northern Marianas school system and served on the Northern Marianas College Board of Regents. Inos was a two-time candidate for Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands,becoming the first woman to seek election to that particular office.
Juan "Pan" Tenorio Guerrero is a Northern Mariana Islands politician and businessman. He has been a member of the Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands in the past,and ran for Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in 2009 as an independent,with Representative Joe Camacho as his running mate.
Heinz Sablan Hofschneider is a politician from the Northern Mariana Islands. Hofschneider served as the Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004 and is a four-time candidate for Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Edward Taylor Buckingham,III is a former Attorney General of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
Diego Tenorio Benavente is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the 6th Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 14,2002 to January 9,2006,under former Governor Juan Babauta.
The 2014 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. As no candidate received a majority of the vote,a run-off election was held 14 days later. Incumbent Republican Governor Eloy Songao Inos and running mate Ralph DLG. Torres were elected. Inos,who served as lieutenant governor from 2009 to 2013,first became Governor following the resignation of his predecessor,Benigno Fitial.
Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres is a Northern Marianan politician currently serving as the 9th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands since December 29,2015. He is a Republican from Saipan,Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The third longest-serving governor in CNMI history,Torres took office upon the death of Governor Eloy Inos on December 29,2015 before being reelected as governor in his own right in 2018. He previously served as the tenth lieutenant governor,having been elected to that post in 2014. At 43,he is the youngest incumbent governor in the United States.
Victor Borja Hocog is a Northern Marianan politician. He served as the President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate from January 14,2019 to January 11,2021,and previously from January 12,2015 to December 29,2015. He also served as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from December 29,2015 to January 14,2019.
The 2018 Northern Mariana gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday,November 13,2018,to elect the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands to a four-year term in office. Incumbent Republican governor Ralph Torres,who ascended to governorship in December 2015 following the death of Governor Eloy Inos,sought election to a full term.
The 2018 Northern Mariana Islands general election were held on Tuesday,November 13,2018,corresponding with the 2018 United States midterm elections. Originally scheduled to take place on Tuesday,November 6,2018,the elections were delayed by one week due to the impact and aftermath of Typhoon Yutu. Early voting was held from Tuesday,November 6,until Monday,November 12,2018. An estimated 18,975 voters were eligible to vote in the 2018 election.
The 2022 Northern Mariana gubernatorial election will take place on November 8,2022 to elect the governor of the Northern Mariana Islands and the lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands to a four-year term in office. In the Northern Mariana Islands,if no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the general election for a statewide office,the two highest-placing candidates will advance to a runoff election.
David Mundo Apatang is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and the current Mayor of Saipan since January 12,2015. As a Republican,Apatang formerly served in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. Apatang is currently a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in the 2022 election on an independent ticket headed by Arnold Palacios.
