Northern Mariana Islands Senate | |
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Senate | |
Type | |
Type | |
History | |
New session started | 23rd Legislature |
Leadership | |
Vice President | |
Majority Leader | Corina Magofna (I) since January 9, 2023 |
Structure | |
Seats | 9 |
Political groups | Majority Caucus (5)
Minority Caucus (4)
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Elections | |
Last election | November 8, 2022 |
Next election | November 5, 2024 |
Website | |
https://cnmileg.net/senate.asp |
The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The Senate consists of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (Saipan & the Northern Islands, Tinian & Aguijan, and Rota), each a multi-member constituency with three senators.
Maria Frica Pangelinan was the first woman to serve in the Senate. [1]
In the event of a vacancy that occurs less than two years before the end of the Senator's term, the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands appoints the runner-up of the most recent election. Should that individual decline, the next highest vote getting, unsuccessful candidate become the prospective appointee. Should all the previous candidate's decline, the Governor would then choose an eligible citizen for consideration. [2] In the event a vacancy occurs more than two years before the next scheduled election, a special election is held. [3]
In the 2022 general election, a coalition of Democrats and Independents won a majority of seats in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate. [4] When the 23rd Commonwealth Legislature convened on January 9, 2023, it elected Edith DeLeon Guerrero its President, Donald M. Manglona its Vice President, and Corina Magofna its floor leader. [5]
District | Name | Party | Caucus | Took Office |
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1 Rota | Donald M. Manglona | Independent | Majority | January 9, 2023 [4] |
Paul Manglona | Independent | Majority | February 10, 2016 [6] | |
Dennis C. Mendiola | Republican | Minority | January 9, 2023 [4] | |
2 Tinian | Jude Hofschneider | Republican | Minority | January 12, 2015 [7] |
Francisco Q. Cruz | Republican | Minority | January 11, 2010 [8] | |
Karl King-Nabors | Republican | Minority | January 11, 2021 [9] | |
3 Saipan | Celina Babauta | Democratic | Majority | January 9, 2023 [4] |
Corina Magofna | Independent | Majority | January 9, 2023 [4] | |
Edith DeLeon Guerrero | Democratic | Majority | January 11, 2021 |
In the November 2007 elections, the three senators up for re-election were all re-elected to another four-year term in the 16th and 17th Senate. The Covenant Party, which lost control of the House, entered into coalition with the Democrats and a lone Independent over the Senate's leadership and voting agenda. The CNMI Senate was controlled in 2016 by a Republican majority under Senate President Francisco Borja. [10]
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority/plurality) | Total | ||||||||||
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Republican | Independent | Democratic | Covenant | Vacant | ||||||||
End of 17th Legislature | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
Beginning of 18th Legislature | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
End of 18th Legislature | 5 | 3 | 1 [11] | |||||||||
Beginning of 19th Legislature | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
End of 19th Legislature | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
20th Legislature | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
21st Legislature | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
22nd Legislature | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
23rd Legislature | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
Latest voting share | 44% | 56% |
The CNMI Republican Party is a political party in the Northern Mariana Islands. The Northern Mariana Islands Republican Party is now associated with the United States Republican Party though no Northern Mariana Islands politicians have achieved high-ranking positions in the mainland United States.
Benjamin Taisacan Manglona was a Northern Marianan politician and civil engineer. He is the CNMI's longest serving elected official having served as a congressman, senator, and former mayor of Rota. Manglona served as the third lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from 1990 to 1994 and as Mayor of Rota from 1998 to 2006.
Benigno Repeki Fitial is a Northern Marianan politician who served was the seventh governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. The second longest-serving governor in CNMI history, Fitial was elected on November 6, 2005, assumed office on January 9, 2006, and was re-elected to a (five-year) second term in 2009. He was impeached by the CNMI House of Representatives on February 11, 2013, and was scheduled to face trial before the CNMI Senate to determine if he should be removed from office. He resigned on February 20, 2013, after 7 years, 1 month, and 11 days in office.
The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature.
The 2009 Northern Mariana Islands general election were held on Saturday, November 7, 2009. Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands voted for the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, 6 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, all twenty seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, 4 mayors, seats for the municipal council, and seats for the board of education. Additionally, a referendum was held.
Joseph James Norita Camacho is a politician from the Northern Mariana Islands. He is an incumbent judge on the Northern Mariana Islands Superior Court, the commonwealth's trial court, and has served there since 2011. Prior, he was a member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives.
Ramon "Kumoi" Santos Deleon Guerrero was a Northern Mariana Islands politician. Guerrero was an independent candidate for Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in the 2009 gubernatorial election.
The 2014 Northern Mariana Islands general election were held on Tuesday, 4 November, 2014. The election coincided with the 2014 United States midterm elections. Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands voted for the governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, attorney general, 6 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, all twenty seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, 4 mayors, seats for the municipal council, and seats for the board of education. Additionally, a referendum involving changes to the constitution was held.
Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres is a Northern Marianan politician, who served as the ninth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, from December 29, 2015, to January 9, 2023. He is a Republican from Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The third longest-serving governor in CNMI history, Torres took office upon the death of Governor Eloy Inos on December 29, 2015, before being reelected as governor in his own right in 2018. He previously served as the tenth lieutenant governor, having been elected to that post in 2014.
Victor Borja Hocog is a Northern Marianan politician. He served as the President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate from January 14, 2019 to January 11, 2021, and previously from January 12, 2015 to December 29, 2015. He also served as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from December 29, 2015 to January 14, 2019.
Janet Ulloa Maratita is a politician from the Northern Mariana Islands and former member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives.
Teresita Apatang Santos is a politician from the Northern Mariana Islands and current Secretary of the Department of Public Lands. She previously served as a member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives and as a member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate.
The 2018 Northern Mariana Islands general election were held on Tuesday, 13 November 2018. Originally scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 6 November 2018, to correspond with the 2018 United States midterm elections, the elections were delayed by one week due to the impact and aftermath of Typhoon Yutu. Early voting was held from Tuesday, 6 November, until Monday, 12 November 2018. An estimated 18,975 voters were eligible to vote in the 2018 election.
The 2022 Northern Mariana gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of the Northern Mariana Islands and the lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands to a four-year term in office. Because no candidate received 50% of the vote in the general election, the two highest-placing candidates advanced to a runoff election on November 25, 2022.
Paul Atalig Manglona is a member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate from Rota. Manglona was appointed to the Senate on February 10, 2016 to succeed Victor Hocog upon Hocog’s elevation to Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. He previously served in the Senate from 1987 until 2013 and again from 2013 to 2015.
Karl Rosario King-Nabors is a Republican member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate.
The 2020 Northern Mariana Islands general election were held on Tuesday, 3 November, 2020, corresponding with the 2020 United States general elections. Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands voted for the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, 3 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, all twenty seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, seats for the municipal council, seats for the board of education, 1 justice, and 2 judges.
The 2001 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Saturday, 3 November 2001, electing the governor and members to the legislature. The 2001 elections marked the last general election that the dissolved Reform Party, which merged back into the Democratic Party in 2002, would appear on the ballot. Despite the economic hardships experienced under Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio's Administration, the apparent strength the 1999 general elections signaled that the Democratic Party and its splinter Reform Party had, and the newly formed Covenant Party which was formed as a splinter party from the ruling Republican Party, Republican candidate Juan Nekai Babauta won with a landslide in the four-way race. Benigno Repeki Fitial's newly formed Covenant Party landed a distant yet sizable second place. Jesus Borja of the Democratic Party won a distant third and Froilan Tenorio of the Reform Party placed fourth.
The 2024 Northern Mariana Islands general election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, corresponding with the 2024 United States general elections. Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands will chose the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, 3 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, all twenty seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, seats for the municipal council, and seats for the board of education.
The 1999 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Saturday, 6 November 1999. Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands voted for 3 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, all eighteen seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, seats for the municipal council, and seats for the board of education, and a judge. There were also 4 other legislative initiatives, 2 of which were voted on by all CNMI voters, while 1 was voted on only by Rota voters and 1 only by Tinian voters.