United States House of Representatives election in Guam, 2018

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United States House of Representatives of Guam, 2018
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Nominee Michael San Nicolas Doris Flores-Brooks
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote19,19315,398
Percentage54.9%44.0%
Delegate before election

Madeleine Bordallo
Democratic

Elected Delegate

Michael San Nicolas
Democratic

Guam's At-large congressional district Map of Guam Congressional district 109.png
Guam's At-large congressional district

The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Guam was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Guam's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the larger Guamanian general election, 2018, the 2018 Guam gubernatorial election, and the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections.

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Guam Island territory of the United States of America

Guam is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. It is the easternmost point and territory of the United States, along with the Northern Mariana Islands. The capital city of Guam is Hagåtña and the most populous city is Dededo. The inhabitants of Guam are called Guamanians, and they are American citizens by birth. Indigenous Guamanians are the Chamorros, who are related to other Austronesian natives of Eastern Indonesia and Philippines and Taiwan. Guam has been a member of the Pacific Community since 1983.

Guams at-large congressional district

Guam's at-large congressional district comprises the entire area of the United States territory of Guam. Guam has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by a non-voting delegate since 1972. It is currently represented by Democrat Michael San Nicolas who has represented the district since 2019.

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The non-voting delegate is elected for a two-year term. Incumbent Democratic Delegate Madeleine Bordallo, who has represented the district since 2003, lost her primary election to Michael San Nicolas, a senator of the Guam Legislature since 2013. San Nicolas was challenged Republican former public auditor Doris Flores-Brookes for Guam's lone-seat in the United States House of Representatives.

Madeleine Bordallo American politician

Madeleine Mary Zeien Bordallo is a Guamanian politician, who served as the Delegate from the United States territory of Guam to the United States House of Representatives.

Michael San Nicolas Guam politician

Michael Franklin Quitugua "Mike" San Nicolas is a Guamanian politician, currently serving as the Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for Guam's at-large congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, San Nicolas previously served as a senator in the 34th Guam Legislature. He also served as chairman of the Committee on General Government Operations and Federal, Foreign, & Regional Affairs. San Nicolas defeated eight-term incumbent Madeleine Bordallo in the August Democratic primary, and then won the general election.

Democratic candidate Michael San Nicolas attained the higher number of votes and will take office in January 2019 as Guam's congressional delegate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Primary results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael San Nicolas12,45651.48
Democratic Madeleine Bordallo (incumbent)11,63548.08
Democratic Write-ins1070.44
Total votes24,198100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Doris Flores-Brooks, public auditor

Declined

  • Jonathan Diaz
  • Eric Lin

Primary results

Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Doris Flores-Brooks2,81799.12
Republican Write-ins250.88
Total votes2,842100.0

General election

Results

Guam's at-large congressional district, 2018 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Michael San Nicolas 19,193 54.85% +1.16%
Republican Doris Flores-Brooks15,39844.01%-1.70%
n/a Write-ins3991.14%+0.54%
Total votes34,990100.0%N/A
Democratic hold

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  1. ↑ https://gec.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-pe-summary.htm
  2. ↑ https://gec.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-pe-summary.htm
  3. ↑ https://gec.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-ge-official-summary.htm
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