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 Covenant Party was a political party in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) advocating governmental and financial reform. It was named after the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America,Act of Mar. 24,1976,Pub. L. 94-241,90 Stat. 263,codified as amended at 48 U.S.C. §1801 note. In the legislative elections of 2003,the Covenant Party won nine of eighteen seats. The party mostly made up of members from the Republican Party,but many prominent Democrats would also join the party. In the 2005 general elections,the Covenant Party increased its position as one of the strongest parties in the Commonwealth when Benigno R. Fitial,the party's gubernatorial candidate,won the election. The Covenant Party won seven of eighteen seats in the commonwealth's House of Representatives and three of nine seats in its Senate. In the Commonwealth Legislature 2007 elections,the Covenant Party won only four of twenty seats in the House of Representatives.
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.
The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature.
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. Sablan is the only Chamorro member of Congress.
Arnold Indalecio Palacios is a Northern Marianan politician currently serving as the tenth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands,since 2023. He previously served as the 12th lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands,from 2019 to 2023. He represented Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate. Formerly a member of the Republican Party,he is the governor of the Northern Mariana Islands,having won the 2022 election.
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.
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.
The 2012 Congressional election in the Northern Mariana Islands was held on November 6,2012 to elect the territory's sole Delegate to the United States House of Representatives. Representatives and non-voting Delegates are elected for two-year terms.
General elections were held in the Northern Mariana Islands on November 4,2014. Voters elected the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands,the Lieutenant Governor,the Attorney General,the Delegate to the US Congress,the Senate,the House of Representatives,mayors,municipal councils and 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.
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 United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands was held on Tuesday,November 13,2018,to elect the territory's Delegate to the United States House of Representatives in the 116th United States Congress. Delegate Gregorio Sablan was re-elected to his sixth term as Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Northern Mariana Islands' at-large district.
Angel Aldan Demapan is a Northern Mariana Islands politician affiliated with the Republican Party.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,to elect the territory's Delegate to the United States House of Representatives in the 117th United States Congress. The Delegate,who is elected to a two-year term,represents the Northern Mariana Islands' at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Although the Northern Mariana Islands did not participate in the 2020 presidential election because it is a U.S. territory and not a state,it still participated in the U.S. presidential primaries and caucuses. Senator Bernie Sanders won the Democratic caucus,held on March 14,which would be his last win in the 2020 primary season. The Republican caucus,held on March 15 during the party's commonwealth convention,unanimously voted for incumbent President Donald Trump.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands was held on Tuesday,November 8,2022,to elect the territory's Delegate to the United States House of Representatives in the 118th United States Congress. The Delegate,who is elected to a two-year term,represents the Northern Mariana Islands' at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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.
Christina Marie Elise Sablan,also known as Tina Sablan,is a Northern Marianan politician and former news anchor in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). A member of the Democratic Party,Sablan was a member of the Commonwealth House of Representatives,representing Precinct Two.
The 2022 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Tuesday,November 8,2022,corresponding with the elections of other federal and state offices,including the nationwide 2022 United States House of Representatives elections and the 2022 United States general elections. A runoff for the gubernatorial race were held on Friday,November 25,2022. This election saw the election of the CNMI's first independent governor and lieutenant governor. Both the CNMI Democratic Party and the CNMI Republican Party displayed lackluster results when compared to the independents in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. This election also saw the first time the Democratic Party contested the governorship since the 2014 Northern Mariana Islands general election and the first time said party received more than 10% of the popular vote since the 2005 Northern Mariana Islands general election.
