2004 Guamanian general election

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General elections were held in Guam on November 2, 2004 in order to elect all 15 members of the legislature, the federal delegate, mayors of 14 cities, vice mayors of three cities, the public auditor, the Consolidated Commission on Utilities, two judges of the Superior Court, running for retention and the Guam Public Education Policy Board. Voters also voted on the President of the United States although the territory sent no representatives to the electoral college. There was also a referendum on allowing gambling, which was rejected by voters. [1]

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Background

In the United States territory of Guam, elections to the Legislature and multi-member boards are run via open primary (This following the outlawing of the previous blanket primary similar to Louisiana). [2]

Both the Public Auditor and Consolidated Commission on Utilities are required to be nonpartisan and as such candidates are not allowed to state affiliations or list them on the ballot. [3] [4]

In the case of the Auditor, affiliating with a party is grounds for disqualification. [4]

Campaign

A total of 30 candidates ran for 15 seats in the Legislature, with both the Democratic and Republican parties nominating a full slate.

The Guam Bar Association conducted an internal survey to determine feelings towards the two judges running for retention. Both were given strong marks of approval by the less than 100 members. [5]

During the run-up, "Proposition A", the gaming/gambling legalization measure received significant coverage. A group called "Citizens for Economic Diversity" proposed it.

Legislative candidates

2004 Guam legislative election
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All 15 seats of the Legislature of Guam
 Majority partyMinority party
 
LeaderMark Forbes Ben Pangelinan
(lost re-election)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seatAt-large districtAt-large district
Last election6 seats9 seats
Seats won96
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3
Speaker before election

Ben Pangelinan
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Mark Forbes
Republican

Democratic candidates

Republican candidates

Declined

Results

President of the United States

Despite not having any electoral votes, Guam approved of George W. Bush by 64% over John Kerry. Ralph Nader and Michael Badnarik both received less than one percent.

2004 United States presidential election in Guam
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican George W. Bush
Dick Cheney 		21,490 64.08%
Democratic John Kerry
John Edwards 		11,78135.13
Independent Ralph Nader
Peter Camejo 		1960.58%
Libertarian Michael Badnarik
Richard Campagna 		670.2%
Total votes33,534 100.0%
Republican hold

Delegate

Guam Delegate results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Madeleine Bordallo (incumbent) 31,051 97.38
n/a Write-ins8372.62
Total votes31,888 100

Legislature

In the election to the legislature, the top fifteen vote-getters are elected, and the remaining candidates aren't. A recount was held due to the closeness of the vote counts of the critical 15th/16th candidates. As a result, Joanne Brown (Republican), an incumbent, pushed then Speaker Ben Pangelinan into 16th place with a two-vote lead. [6]

PartyVotes%Seats
Republican Party 228,17751.829
Democratic Party 211,90448.136
Write-ins 2320.05–
Total440,31310015
Source: Guam election
2004 Guam legislative election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ray Tenorio (incumbent) 21,656 4.92
Republican Edward J.B. Calvo 21,041
Republican Michael W. Cruz, M.D. 20,168
Democratic Benjamin J.F. Cruz 19,573
Democratic Frank B. Aguon Jr. (incumbent) 17,808
Democratic Judith T.P. Won Pat 17,411
Republican Robert "Bob" Klitzkie (incumbent) 16,828
Republican Antonio "Tony" R. Unpingco 16,391
Republican Lawrence F. Kasperbauer (incumbent) 16,174
Republican Jesse Anderson Lujan (incumbent) 15,319
Democratic Adolpho B. Palacios Sr. 15,257
Republican Mark Forbes (incumbent) 15,212
Democratic Rory J. Respicio (incumbent) 14,859
Democratic Lou Leon Guerrero (incumbent) 14,853
Republican Joanne M.S. Brown (incumbent) 14,618
Democratic Vicente "Ben" C. Pangelinan 14,614
Democratic Tina Muña Barnes (incumbent)13,889
Republican Noel M. Silan13,704
Republican Jerome T. Landstorm, M.D.13,458
Democratic Judith P. Guthertz 13,366
Democratic Mark C. Charfaurous13,034
Democratic John M. "JQ" Quinata (incumbent)12,621
Democratic Vincent C. Camacho12,445
Democratic Antoinette M. Sanford (incumbent)12,118
Democratic Theodore "Ted" S. Nelson 11,766
Democratic Randall F. Cunliffe11,488
Republican Vicente Anthony Gaza10,834
Republican Bertha M. Duenas10,803
Republican Christopher M. Duenas9,526
Democratic Teresita Garrido Cruz9,247
Majority2,091
Turnout 118,689
Republican gain from Democratic

Auditor

Public Auditor results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Doris Flores-Brooks (incumbent) 30,627 98.80
n/a Write-ins3711.20
Total votes30,998 100

Utilities Commission

2018 Consolidated Commission on Utilities results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Thomas C. Ada 24,839 46.84%
Nonpartisan Gloria C.B. Nelson 13,227 24.94%
NonpartisanEloy P. Hara8,14615.36
NonpartisanJesus T. Lizama6,57712.40
N/A Write-ins 2390.45
Total votes53,028 100

Judicial retention

Both judges standing for retention kept their seats by large majorities.

Education board

Elections for the Guam Education Policy Board suffered for a shortage of candidates: Only in the district of Luchan were there more running then returned (4, including write-in, for two seats). In the other two 2 seat districts, the second had to be filled by write-in, and in the 3 seat Lagu district, NO candidates were on the ballot, resulting in a 100% write-in return.

Mayors

Ten Republican mayors were elected against four Democratic mayors and all three vice mayors. The vice mayor of Barrigada, June Blas was elected without opposition.

Referendum

Shall proposal A, an initiative to establish the Guam Casino Gaming Control Commission Act be adopted by the voters of Guam? [1]

ChoiceVotes%
For13,31138.54
Against21,22361.46
Invalid/blank votes–
Total34,534100
Registered voters/turnout54,940
Source: Direct Democracy

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References

  1. 1 2 Guam (USA), 2 November 2004: Allowing of gambling Direct Democracy (in German)
  2. ↑ Richard Winger. "Ballot Access News July 1, 2004" . Retrieved December 3, 2006.
  3. ↑ "Public Law No. 26-76". Archived from the original on March 4, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
  4. 1 2 "Office of The Public Auditor - Guam - Enabling Legislation" . Retrieved December 3, 2006.
  5. ↑ Zita Taintano. "Guam Bar Association surveys members about judicial retention". KUAM-TV. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
  6. ↑ "GEC completes recount: Brown beats Pangelinan by 2 votes for 15th seat". Archived from the original on November 14, 2006. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
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