Lolo Matalasi Moliga

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In October 2011, Moliga became the second candidate to declare his intention to run in the 2012 gubernatorial election. [5] He chose Senator Lemanu Peleti Mauga as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa. [5] Mauga, a retired member of the U.S. Army, served as the chairman of both the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Senate Homeland Security Committee in the American Samoan Senate. [5]

Moliga resigned as the president of the Development Bank of American Samoa (DBAS) to focus on his gubernatorial campaign. [5]

Moliga faced five other candidates in the 2012 gubernatorial election on November 6, 2012 [7] and received the most votes, but not more than the 50% required to win. The runoff was held November 20, 2012, resulting in Moliga defeating Lieutenant Governor Faoa Aitofele Sunia. [8]

2016 gubernatorial election

Moliga won re-election on November 8, 2016 with 60.2% of the vote, defeating Faoa Aitofele Sunia and Tuika Tuika. [9]

COVID-19 pandemic

On March 16, 2020, Moliga went into voluntary self-isolation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Moliga had previously traveled to Seattle and Hawaii, which had experienced cases of COVID-19. [10]

Democratic National Convention

The United States Department of Defense is investigating two masked, uniformed soldiers who joined Moliga when he appeared online during the 2020 Democratic National Convention because uniformed soldiers are not permitted to participate in partisan events. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "American Samoa Governor Lolo Moliga". Democratic Governors Association. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "American Samoa Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga". National Governors Association. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ "72nd birthday, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga". Samoa News . August 11, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  4. ↑ Marquis Who's Who
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Sagapolutele, Fili (October 19, 2011). "Lolo and Lemanu declare their candidacy for governor and lt. governor in the 2012 general election". Samoa News . Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ Feagaimaalii-Luamanu, Joyetter (August 1, 2012). "Historic Double Cohort Yesterday Awards 51 Masters Degrees". Samoa News . Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  7. ↑ "6 candidates vie to be American Samoa's governor". Real Clear Politics. Associated Press. September 4, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  8. ↑ Election results [ dead link ]
  9. ↑ "General Election 2016 Results Governor and Lt. Governor November 8, 2016 – Unofficial" (PDF). American Samoa Government – Election Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  10. ↑ "COVID-19: American Samoa governor self-isolates as a precaution". Radio New Zealand . March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  11. ↑ Feldscher, Jacqueline (August 19, 2020). "Army investigating soldiers who appeared in DNC video". news.yahoo.com. Politico. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
Lolo Matalasi Moliga
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Moliga in 2012
7th Governor of American Samoa
In office
January 3, 2013 –January 3, 2021
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Preceded by Governor of American Samoa
2013–2021		Succeeded by
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Preceded by Democratic nominee for Governor of American Samoa
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