The District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands is a federal territorial court whose jurisdiction comprises the United States-affiliated Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It was established by Act of Congress in 1977,pursuant to an international agreement between the United States and the CNMI that brought the CNMI under United States sovereignty. The court began hearing cases in January 1978. The court regularly sits in Saipan but may sit elsewhere in the CNMI. The court has the same jurisdiction as United States district courts,including diversity jurisdiction and bankruptcy jurisdiction. However,the District Court is not an Article III U.S. District Court,and because of that its judge is appointed for a 10-year term instead of for life. Appeals are taken to the Ninth Circuit.
The Covenant Party was a political party in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The party was founded in 2001,splitting from the Republican Party and was dissolved in 2013,with the party merging back into the Republican Party. The party advocated for governmental and financial reform.
The Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands is a political party in the Northern Mariana Islands. It began as a purely local territorial party and is now officially affiliated with the United States' national Democratic Party.
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.
Eulogio "Eloy" Songao Inos was a Northern Marianan politician who served as the eighth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from 2013 to 2015. Inos,a member of the Republican Party,also served as the eighth lieutenant governor from 2009 to 2013.
Arnold Indalecio Palacios is a Northern Marianan politician currently serving as the tenth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands,since 2023. A political independent,he previously served as the 12th lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from 2019 to 2023,and was a member of the Republican Party until 2021. He represented Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate.
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.
Juan "Pan" Tenorio Guerrero is a Northern Mariana Islands politician and businessman. He has been a member of the Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands in the past,and ran for Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in 2009 as an independent,with Representative Joe Camacho as his running mate.
Heinz Sablan Hofschneider is a politician from the Northern Mariana Islands. Hofschneider served as the Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004 and is a four-time candidate for Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Edward Taylor Buckingham,III is a former Attorney General of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
Ramona Villagomez Manglona is the United States chief judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.
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.
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.
The 2018 Northern Mariana gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday,November 13,2018,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. Incumbent Republican governor Ralph Torres,who ascended to governorship in December 2015 following the death of Governor Eloy Inos,sought election to a full term.
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.
David Mundo Apatang is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who is serving as the 13th lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands since 2023. He previously served as the mayor of Saipan from January 12,2015 to January 8,2023. As a Republican,Apatang formerly served in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. Apatang was elected lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in the 2022 election on an independent ticket headed by Arnold Palacios.
Edmund Joseph Sablan Villagomez is a politician from the Northern Mariana Islands who serves as the Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. He has served in the Northern Marianas Islands House of Representatives since January 11,2010.
