Corina Magofna | |
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Majority Leader of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate | |
In office January 9, 2023 –January 13, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Vinnie Sablan |
Succeeded by | Donald M. Manglona |
Member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate from the 3rd district | |
Assumed office January 9,2023 | |
Preceded by | Justo Quitugua Vinnie Sablan |
Member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives from the 3rd district | |
In office October 2021 –January 9,2023 | |
Preceded by | Ivan Blanco |
Succeeded by | Marissa Flores |
Personal details | |
Born | Corina Lorraine Magofna |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Hawaii,Manoa University of Phoenix (BS) |
Corina Lorraine Magofna is a member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate from Saipan. Magnofa was elected to the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives in a 2021 special election. Magofna was then elected to the Senate in the 2022 general election.
Corina Lorraine Magofna [1] has an associate degree in accounting from the University of Hawaiʻi and a bachelor's degree in Business Accounting from the University of Phoenix. For a time,she was the budget officer at the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation. [2]
In the 2020 general election,Magofna ran for the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives for Precinct #3. In 2021,after the death of Republican minority leader Ivan A. Blanco,the Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands nominated Magofna as their candidate for the special election. [2] Magofna defeated Republican candidate Grace “Pitu”Sablan-Vaiagae in the special election and allowed the Democratic Party to gain a full majority in the CNMI House. [3]
In the 2022 general election,Magofna,as an independent,and Democratic candidate Celina Babauta won Saipan's two Senate seats. [4] [1] In the 23rd Commonwealth Legislature,Magofna serves as the floor leader for the majority and as chairwoman of the Committee on Resources,Economic Development,Programs and Gaming. [5] [6]
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