2016 Guamanian local elections

Mayoral elections in Guam were held on November 8, 2016, to elect mayors of nineteen villages in Guam and vice mayors in seven.

2016 Guamanian local elections

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Mayoral elections
19 mayors
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Mayors 10 9 Change 3 3 Votes 16,669 13,592 Percentage 50.60% 41.26%
Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold
Vice mayoral elections
7 vice mayors
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Vice mayors 5 2 Change 1 1 Votes 9,420 9,232 Percentage 49.88% 48.89%
Democratic hold      Republican hold      Republican gain

Summary

Mayoral elections

Village	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	General election
Agana Heights	Paul M. McDonald	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.
						Republican	Paul M. McDonald	914	94.91%
						Write-in		49	5.09%
					Total			963	100.00%
Asan-Maina	Joana Margaret C. Blas	Republican	2012	Incumbent lost primary. New mayor elected. Democratic gain.
						Democratic	John A. Cruz	367	44.43%
						Republican	Vicente Limtiaco San Nicolas	293	35.47%
						Write-in	Joana Margaret C. Blas	163	19.73%
						Write-in		3	0.36%
					Total			826	100.00%
Barrigada	June U. Blas	Democratic	2012	Incumbent re-elected.
						Democratic	June U. Blas	1,988	98.32%
						Write-in		34	1.68%
					Total			2,022	100.00%
Chalan Pago-Ordot	Jessy C. Gogue	Democratic	2008	Incumbent re-elected.
						Democratic	Jessy C. Gogue	1,083	58.04%
						Republican	William Joseph Brennan	779	41.75%
						Write-in		4	0.21%
					Total			1,866	100.00%
Dededo	Melissa B. Savares	Democratic	2004	Incumbent re-elected.
						Democratic	Melissa B. Savares	3,207	46.97%
						Republican	Stephen Joseph Guerrero	1,813	26.55%
						Write-in	Chuck Sanchez	1,763	25.82%
						Write-in		45	0.66%
					Total			6,828	100.00%
Hågat (Agat)	Carol S. Tayama	Republican	2004	Incumbent did not seek re-election. New mayor elected. Republican hold.
						Republican	Kevin J.T. Susuico	1,175	67.61%
						Democratic	Roy Lawrence Gamboa	557	32.05%
						Write-in		6	0.35%
					Total			1,738	100.00%
Hagåtña	John A. Cruz	Republican	2004	Incumbent re-elected.
						Republican	John A. Cruz	234	71.56%
						Write-in	Jovy Limtiaco San Agustin	83	25.38%
						Write-in		6	1.84%
					Total			327	100.00%
Humåtak (Umatac)	Johnny A. Quinata	Republican	2012	Incumbent re-elected.
						Republican	Johnny A. Quinata	382	61.81%
						Democratic	John Q. Sanchez	235	38.03%
						Write-in		1	0.16%
					Total			618	100.00%
Inalåhan (Inarajan)	Doris F. Lujan	Democratic	2012	Incumbent re-elected.
						Democratic	Doris F. Lujan	784	55.92%
						Republican	David P. Chargualaf Jr.	616	43.94%
						Write-in		2	0.14%
					Total			1,402	100.00%
Malesso' (Merizo)	Ernest T. Chargualaf	Republican	2008	Incumbent re-elected.
						Republican	Ernest T. Chargualaf	591	55.03%
						Democratic	Rosie Rivera Tainatongo	482	44.88%
						Write-in		1	0.09%
					Total			1,074	100.00%
Mangilao	Nonito C. Blas	Republican	1986	Incumbent did not seek re-election. New mayor elected. Republican hold.
						Republican	Allan R.G. Ungacta	1,765	69.13%
						Democratic	Roque Anderson Alcantara	778	30.47%
						Write-in		10	0.39%
					Total			2,553	100.00%
Mongmong-Toto-Maite	Andrew C. Villagomez	Republican	1996	Incumbent did not seek re-election. New mayor elected. Democratic gain.
						Democratic	Rudy A. Paco	749	50.07%
						Republican	Johnny Perez Taitano	699	46.72%
						Write-in		48	3.21%
					Total			1,496	100.00%
Piti	Ben D. Gumataotao	Republican	2004	Incumbent did not seek re-election. New mayor elected. Republican hold.
						Republican	Jesse L.G. Alig	414	68.43%
						Democratic	Soledad H. Chargualaf	174	28.76%
						Write-in		17	2.81%
					Total			605	100.00%
Sånta Rita-Sumai	Dale E. Alvarez	Democratic	2008	Incumbent re-elected.
						Democratic	Dale E. Alvarez	1,078	94.81%
						Write-in		59	5.19%
					Total			1,137	100.00%
Sinajana	Robert R.D.C. Hofmann	Democratic	2012	Incumbent re-elected.
						Democratic	Robert R.D.C. Hofmann	1,097	96.91%
						Write-in		35	3.09%
					Total			1,132	100.00%
Talo'fo'fo	Vicente S. Taitague	Democratic	1996 [a]	Incumbent re-elected.
						Democratic	Vicente S. Taitague	985	94.71%
						Write-in		55	5.29%
					Total			1,040	100.00%
Tamuning	Louise Cruz Rivera	Republican	2012	Incumbent re-elected.
						Republican	Louise Cruz Rivera	2,007	95.94%
						Write-in		85	4.06%
					Total			2,092	100.00%
Yigo	Rudy M. Matanane	Republican	2012	Incumbent re-elected.
						Republican	Rudy M. Matanane	1,910	55.09%
						Democratic	Peter M. Pascual	1,530	44.13%
						Write-in		27	0..78%
					Total			3,467	100.00%
Yona	Ken Joe Ada	Republican	2012	Incumbent did not seek re-election. Democratic gain.
						Democratic	Jesse M. Blas	1,575	89.74%
						Write-in	Hiton Kiko	107	6.10%
						Write-in		73	4.16%
Total			1,755	100.00%
Source...

Vice mayoral elections

Village	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	General election
Barrigada	Jessie P. Bautista	Democratic	2012	Incumbent re-elected.
						Democratic	Jessie P. Bautista	1,903	98.75%
						Write-in		24	1.25%
					Total			1,927	100.00%
Dededo	Andrew A. Benavente	Democratic	2016	Incumbent retired. New mayor elected. Republican gain.
						Republican	Frank Anderson Benavente	3,296	51.03%
						Democratic	Vincent Arriola Cabrera	3,056	47.31%
						Write-in		107	1.66%
					Total			6,459	100.00%
Hågat	Kevin J.T. Susuico	Republican	2015 (special)	Incumbent retired. New mayor elected. Republican hold.
						Republican	Christopher J. Fejeran	1,190	70.12%
						Democratic	Vicente Aquiningoc Castro	497	29.29%
						Write-in		10	0.59%
					Total			1,697	100.00%
Mangilao	Allan R.G. Ungacta	Republican	2008	Incumbent retired. New mayor elected. Republican hold.
						Republican	Thomas J.F. Duenas	1,309	52.89%
						Democratic	Thomas J.F. Duenas	1,153	46.59%
						Write-in		13	0.53%
					Total			2,475	100.00%
Sinajana	Rudy Don Iriarte	Democratic	2012	Incumbent re-elected.
						Democratic	Rudy Don Iriarte	1,055	97.06%
						Write-in		32	2.94%
					Total			1,087	100.00%
Tamuning	Kenneth C. Santos	Republican	2012	Incumbent re-elected.
						Republican	Kenneth C. Santos	1,866	98.11%
						Write-in		36	1.89%
					Total			1,902	100.00%
Yigo	Tony P. Sanchez	Republican	2012	Incumbent retired to run for governor. New mayor elected. Republican hold.
						Republican	Tony P. Sanchez	1,759	52.71%
						Democratic	Katherine Blas Martir	1,568	46.99%
						Write-in		10	0.30%
					Total			3,337	100.00%

See also

• 2016 Guamanian legislative election
• 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Guam
• 2016 United States presidential straw poll in Guam

Notes

1. Non-consecutive, serving current term since 2008

External links

• Guam Election Commission