Pete Tenorio | |
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4th Resident Representative of the Northern Mariana Islands | |
In office January 14, 2002 –January 3, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Juan Babauta |
Succeeded by | Gregorio Sablan (Delegate) |
2nd Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands | |
In office January 11,1982 –January 8,1990 | |
Governor | Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio |
Preceded by | Francisco Ada |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Manglona |
Personal details | |
Born | Saipan,Mariana Islands,South Seas Mandate | August 8,1941
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of Hawaii,Manoa (BS,MS) |
Pedro Agulto Tenorio (born August 8,1941),who is often known as Pete A. Tenorio,is a Northern Marianan politician. He served as the fourth Resident representative of the Northern Mariana Islands to the United States from January 14,2002 to January 3,2009. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected to the office first in November 2001 and again in November 2005. He served as the second lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 11,1982 to January 8,1990.
In 2006 he was one of three main elected officials of the CNMI (along with Governor Benigno R. Fitial and Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Villagomez). The position of Resident Representative,also known locally as "Washington Representative",was established by Article V of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands,and the term of office was four years. [1] The CNMI Resident Representative maintained an office in Washington,D.C. and his expenses were funded by the CNMI government.
Tenorio was the CNMI's fourth and final Resident Representative. He took office as resident representative on January 14,2002. [2] He served two terms,until the office was abolished on January 3,2009.
This office was replaced by a nonvoting delegate in the United States Congress in January 2009. Established in 2008 with the enactment of Pub. L. 110–229 (text) (PDF),the first election for the congressional delegate was held on November 4,2008. Tenorio was the Republican nominee;however,he lost by 357 votes to Gregorio C. Sablan,an independent. [3]
Juan Nekai Babauta is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the sixth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 14,2002,to January 9,2006.
The 2005 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Saturday,5 November 2005. 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 eighteen seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives,3 mayors,seats for the municipal council,seats for the board of education,2 justices,and a judges. There was also a referendum on calling a Constitutional Convention,which was approved by voters.
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 following table indicates the party of elected officials in the United States insular area of the Northern Mariana Islands:
The Northern Mariana Islands' at-large congressional district encompasses the entire U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The territory does not have a voting member of Congress,but does elect a delegate who can participate in debates with the United States House of Representatives. On November 4,2008,the first delegate was elected to the 111th United States Congress which began on January 3,2009.
The Northern Mariana Islands' first election of a delegate to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 4,2008. Since the CNMI traditionally had general elections in odd-numbered years,the November 2008 ballot contained only this office.
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and former election commissioner. Elected in 2008,Sablan became the first delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
General elections were held in the Northern Mariana Islands 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.
Pedro "Teno" Pangelinan Tenorio was a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the second and fifth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 11,1982,to January 8,1990,and then from January 12,1998,to January 14,2002.
Froilan Cruz "Lang" Tenorio was a Northern Mariana Islander politician who was the fourth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. Elected in 1993,he served one term from January 10,1994 to January 12,1998. During his governorship and most of his political career,Tenorio was a member of the Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands,which was not then affiliated with the American Democratic Party. However,he later switched his affiliation to the Reform Party,a party he founded. Froilan Tenorio would later switch back to the Democrat in 2002 and then to the Covenant Party in 2009.
Lorenzo Iglecias "Larry" De Leon Guerrero was a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the third governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from 1990 to 1994 and the first president of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate from 1978 to 1980. He was a member of the CNMI Republican Party.
Francisco Castro Ada was a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 9,1978 to January 11,1982,under Carlos S. Camacho,the territory's first governor.
The 2010 Congressional election in the Northern Mariana Islands occurred on November 2,2010 and elected the territory's Delegate to the United States House of Representatives. Representatives and non-voting Delegates are elected for two-year terms;the elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 3,2011 until January 3,2013.
Jesus "Jesse" Camacho Borja is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and lawyer who served as the fourth lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 10,1994 until January 12,1998 under former Democratic Governor Froilan Tenorio.
Diego Tenorio Benavente is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the sixth lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 14,2002 to January 9,2006,under former Governor Juan Babauta.
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.
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.
Edith E. DeLeon Guerrero is an American politician serving as a member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate for the 3rd district. Elected in November 2020,she assumed office on January 11,2021.
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.