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Legislative elections were held in Guam on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, [1] along with the election for the Guam delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. Before the election, the Democratic Party held ten of the fifteen seats in the Legislature while the Republican Party held five seats. The election resulted in a gain of two seats for the Republican and a loss of two seats for Democrats to retain. Democrats also won the runoff race for Guam's US House Delegate.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guam cancelled its August primary elections. All 29 certified candidates advanced to the Legislative general election and appeared on the ballot in November 2020.
The members of the legislature are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates elected as the new members of the legislature. The Republican Party picked up two seats from Democrats, leaving the composition for the next legislature at 8 Democrats and 7 Republicans. Democrat Michael F.Q. San Nicolas also won the re-election for the runoff Delegate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Therese M. Terlaje (incumbent) | 18,993 | ||
Republican | James Camacho Moylan (incumbent) | 17,228 | ||
Democratic | Telena M.C. Nelson (incumbent) | 15,195 | ||
Democratic | Joe Shimizu San Agustin (incumbent) | 15,121 | ||
Republican | Mary Camacho Torres (incumbent) | 14,892 | ||
Republican | Vicente Anthony "Tony" Ada | 13,848 | ||
Democratic | Amanda Shelton (incumbent) | 13,571 | ||
Republican | Telo Teresa Taitague (incumbent) | 13,468 | ||
Republican | Frank F. Blas Jr. | 13,225 | ||
Democratic | Tina Rose Muña Barnes (incumbent) | 11,850 | ||
Democratic | Clynt E. Ridgell (incumbent) | 11,530 | ||
Republican | Christopher M. Duenas | 11,246 | ||
Republican | Joanne M. Brown | 10,226 | ||
Democratic | Sabina E.F. Perez (incumbent) | 9,976 | ||
Democratic | Jose "Pedo" T. Terlaje (incumbent) | 9,774 | ||
Democratic | Kelly Marsh Taitano (incumbent) | 9,283 | ||
Democratic | John A. Ananich II | 9,092 | ||
Republican | Vincent A.V. Borja | 8,746 | ||
Democratic | Fred E. Bordallo Jr. | 8,713 | ||
Democratic | Frank G. Leon Guerrero | 8,356 | ||
Republican | Joaquin Vicente Leon Guerrero | 7,805 | ||
Republican | Joseph "J.I." Iglesias Cruz | 7,119 | ||
Republican | Sandra Reyes Seau | 6,525 | ||
Republican | Michelle Lynn Armenta | 6,239 | ||
Democratic | Franklin J. Meno | 5,313 | ||
Republican | Christopher L. Carillo | 4,842 | ||
Democratic | David Ralph Duenas | 4,746 | ||
Republican | Dominic Joaquin Hernandez | 4,158 | ||
Republican | Don Antonio Ada Edquilane | 3,185 | ||
— | Overvotes | 3,540 | ||
— | Undervotes | 142,371 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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