Political party strength in the Northern Mariana Islands

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the United States insular area of the Northern Mariana Islands:

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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

The parties are as follows:    Covenant (C),    Democratic (D),    Independent (I),    Republican/Territorial (R)/(T),    Reform (Ref), Vacant (V), and   a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.

YearExecutive offices Commonwealth Legislature U.S. House
Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Senate House
1978 Carlos Camacho (D) Francisco Ada (D)appointed5T, [a] 4D8T, [a] 6D Edward Pangelinan (D)
1979
1980T [a] majorityD majority
1981
1982 Pedro Tenorio (R) Pedro Agulto
Tenorio
(R)
R majorityR majority
1983 Edward Pangelinan (R)
1984R majorityD majority Froilan Tenorio (D)
1985
1986[ ? ]R majority
1987
1988R majorityD majority
1989
1990 Lorenzo I. De Leon
Guerrero
(R)
Benjamin Manglona (R)D majorityR majority Juan Babauta (R)
1991
1992R majority10R, 6D, 2I [1]
1993
1994 Froilan Tenorio (D) Jesus Borja (D)R majorityR majority
1995
1996R majorityR majority
1997
1998 Pedro Tenorio (R) Jesus Sablan (R)8R, 1D13R, 5D
1999
20006R, 2D, 1Ref11R, 6D, 1I
2001
2002 Juan Babauta (R) Diego Benavente (R)5R, 3D, 1C [b] 16R, 1D, 1C Pedro Agulto Tenorio (R)
2003
20043C, 2D, 2R, 2I9C, 7R, 1D, 1I
2005
2006 Benigno Fitial (C) Timothy
Villagomez
(C) [c]
3C, 3R, 2D, 1I [d] 7C, 7R, 2D, 2I
2007
200812R, 4C, 3I, 1D
2009 Eloy Inos (C) [e] Gregorio Sablan (I)
20105R, 4I9R, 7C, 4I
2011 Benigno Fitial (R) [f] [g]
2012
2013 Eloy Inos (C) [h] Jude Hofschneider (R) [e] 5R, 4I12I, 4R, 4C
2014 Eloy Inos (R) [i] [j] 5R, 3I, 1V [k]
2015 Ralph Torres (R) Edward Manibusan (D) [l] 7R, 2I13I, 7R
2016 Ralph Torres (R) [m] Victor Hocog (R)6R, 3I
20177R, 2I15R, 5I
2018
2019 Arnold Palacios (R)6R, 3I13R, 7I
2020
20215R, 3I, 1D9R, 8D, 2ID, 1IR [n]
2022 Arnold Palacios (I)
2023 Arnold Palacios (I) David M. Apatang (I)4R, 3I, 2D [o] 13I, 4D, 3R [p] Gregorio Sablan (D)
2024

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Territorial Party (T) is the predecessor of the CNMI Republican Party.
  2. Reform dissolved and merged into the Democratic Party, announced June 2002
  3. Resigned 26 April 2009.
  4. The majority coalition consisted of senators from the Covenant Party, the Democratic Party, and the independent.
  5. 1 2 Nominated by Governor and confirmed by Senate to fill vacancy.
  6. Fitial founded the Covenant Party in 2001 after leaving the Republican Party. He rejoined the Republican Party on January 5, 2011, announcing that his goal will be to merger the Covenant Party back into the Republican Party. [2]
  7. Resigned 20 February 2013.
  8. Succeeded to office upon the resignation of his predecessor.
  9. Inos left the Covenant Party in September 2013 and joined the Republican party.
  10. Died 28 December 2015.
  11. Ray Naraja Yumul resigned to run with Juan Nekai Babauta as his lieutenant governor in the 2014 Northern Mariana Islands general election
  12. The office is elected in a nonpartisan election, but Manibusan is a Democrat.
  13. Succeeded to the office upon the death of his predecessor.
  14. Edmund Villagomez, a Democratic-aligned Independent, was elected Speaker and leads the majority caucus.
  15. All three Independents joined the Democrats to form the governing coalition.
  16. Twelve Independents joined the Democrats to form the governing coalition.

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References

  1. Arroyo, Rafael H. (5 Nov 1991). "Republicans rule 1991 polls" (PDF). Marianas Variety. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. Eugenio, Haidee V. (January 8, 2011). "Fitial now back to Republican Party, Governor's end goal to merge Covenant with GOP". Saipan Tribune . Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2011.

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