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2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election

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2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election
5 November 2005
Senate election
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2005 →
3 of the 9 seats in the Senate
5 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats
Covenant

3
Republican

2
Democratic

2
Independents

2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
House election
← 2001
2005 →
All 18 seats in the House of Representatives
10 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats
Covenant

9
Republican

7
Democratic

1
Independents

1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Politics of the Northern Mariana Islands
Constitution and law
Executive
Legislature
Elections
Political parties
Federal delegation

The 2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Monday, 3 November 2003, electing members to the legislature.[1] The 2003 elections also marked the first general election that the dissolved Reform Party, which merged back into the Democratic Party in 2002,[2] would not appear on the ballot.

Background

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Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature

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Results summary

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Parties House Election Results Seat Change Party Strength
2001[3] 2003[1] +/− Strength
  Covenant 1 9 8 Increase 50.00%
  Republican 16 7 9 Decrease 38.89%
  Independent 0 1 1 Increase 5.56%
  Democratic 1 1 Steady 5.56%
Totals 18 18 Steady 100.00%
Parties Senate Election Results Seat Change Party Strength
2001[4] 2002[2] 2003 +/− Strength
  Covenant 1 1 Steady 3 2 Increase 33.33%
  Republican 5 5 Steady 2 3 Decrease 22.22%
  Democratic 2 3 Increase 2 1 Decrease 22.22%
  Independent 0 0 Steady 2 2 Increase 22.22%
  Reform 1 0 Decrease 0 0 Steady 0.00%
Totals 9 9 Steady 100.00%

Senate

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Regular elections

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The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature, consisting of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (Saipan & the Northern Islands, Tinian & Aguijan, and Rota), each a Multi-member district with three senators. Each district had one seat open for the 2003 elections.

District Candidate Votes %
Rota 1st Senatorial District Paul Atalig Manglona 719 57.25
Manases Manglona Barcinas 537 42.75
Tinian 2nd Senatorial District Henry Hofschneider San Nicolas 615 67.96
David Mendiola Cing 290 32.04
Saipan 3rd Senatorial District Luis Palacios Crisostimo 2,275 33.30
Jose Camacho Mafnas 1,787 26.16
Andrew Sablan Salas 1,348 19.73
Ramon Santos Deleon Guerrero 1,318 19.29
Joaquin Terlaje Quitugua 103 1.51
Source:[5]

Special elections

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District Candidate Votes %
Rota 1st Senatorial District Paterno Songao Hocog 652 51.34
Juan Masga Ayuyu 448 35.28
Fermina Manglona Atalig 170 13.39
Tinian 2nd Senatorial District Joseph Masga Mendiola 555 61.60
Manuel Pangelinan Villagomez 346 38.40
Source:[5]

House of Representatives

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The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The house has six districts, several of which are Multi-member district. All 18 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives were contested in the 2003 election.

District Candidate Votes %
District 1: Saipan David Mundo Apatang 1,913 10.70
Timothy Pangelinan Villagomez 1,530 8.56
Benjamin Benavente Seman 1,279 7.16
Janet Ulloa Maratita 1,266 7.08
Martin Borja Ada 1,140 6.38
Joseph Pinaula Deleon Guerrero 1,010 5.65
Manuel Agulto Tenorio 969 5.42
Florencio Bobby Pan Tenorio Deleon Guerrero 953 5.33
Pedro Pangelinan Castro 918 5.14
Juan Cepeda Tudela 910 5.09
James Duenas Cabrera 859 4.81
Gerald Benavente Salas 778 4.35
Herman Tudela Palacios 763 4.27
Antonio Muna Camacho 732 4.10
Jack Camacho Muna 623 3.49
Francisco Deleon Guerrero Demapan 596 3.33
Atanacio Ayuyu Taitingfong 552 3.09
Pedro Cabrera Sablan 493 2.76
Isidro Terlaje Ada 396 2.22
Bernard Sablan Guerrero 195 1.09
District 2: Saipan Oscar Manglona Babauta 502 35.73
Jesus San Nicolas Lizama 458 32.60
Vicente Aldan Ichihara 228 16.23
Manasses Sablan Borja 217 15.44
District 3: Saipan & Northern Islands Benigno Repeki Fitial 1,129 9.50
Heinz Sablan Hofschneider 1,100 9.25
Jesus Torres Attao 990 8.33
Arnold Indalecio Palacios 906 7.62
Ray Naraja Yumul 888 7.47
Ramon Angailen Tebuteb 788 6.63
William Sablan Torres 743 6.25
Stanley Estanislao Tudela Mcginnis Torres 730 6.14
Francisco Santos Dela Cruz 697 5.86
Melvin Lawrence Odoshi Faisao 686 5.77
Charles Palacios Reyes Jr. 601 5.06
Maximo Lairopi Olopai 521 4.38
Isidro Atalig Sablan 505 4.25
Luis Salas Camacho 367 3.09
Vicente Cabrera Camacho 353 2.97
Remedio Laniyo Seman 333 2.80
Antonio Aguon Santos 285 2.40
Christopher Bares Sablan 264 2.22
District 4: Saipan Justo Songao Quitugua 901 28.29
Claudio Kotomar Norita 805 25.27
Gloria Annette Dela Cruz Cabrera 542 17.02
Francisco Leon Guerrero Aldan 531 16.67
Ignacio Villagomez Cabrera 406 12.75
District 5: Tinian Norman Sablan Palacios 692 100
District 6: Rota Crispin Manglona Ogo 541 43.95
Daniel Ogo Quitugua 476 38.67
Laura Inos Manglona 214 17.38
Source:[5]

Municipal Council

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Municipal Council - 1st Senatorial District: Rota (non-partisan)[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Mametto Maratita Ayuyu 926 28.57%
Nonpartisan Tom Glenn A. Quitugua 703 21.69%
Nonpartisan Alexander Apatang Apatang 649 20.02%
Nonpartisan Rafaela Maratita Mesngon 519 16.01%
Nonpartisan Jeffrey Lizama Manglona 444 13.70%
Total votes 3,241 100.00%
Municipal Council - 2nd Senatorial District: Tinian and Aguiguan (non-partisan)[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Patrick Aquiningoc Manglona 705 33.75%
Nonpartisan Edwin Palacios Aldan 692 33.13%
Nonpartisan Jude Untalan Hofschneider 692 33.13%
Total votes 2,089 100.00%
Municipal Council - 3rd Senatorial District: Saipan & Northern Islands (non-partisan)[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Gregorio Villagomez Deleon Guerrero 4,715 33.77%
Nonpartisan Antonia Manibusan Tudela 4,643 33.25%
Nonpartisan David Aldan Indalecio 4,604 32.98%
Total votes 14,962 100.00%

Board of education

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Board of Education - 1st Senatorial District: Rota (non-partisan)[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Marja Lee Czechowicz Taitano 653 57.08%
Nonpartisan Juanita Mundo Taisacan 491 42.92%
Total votes 1,144 100.00%
Board of Education - 3rd Senatorial District: Saipan & Northern Islands (non-partisan)[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Roman Cepeda Benavente 4,726 40.94%
Nonpartisan Egredino Mendiola Jones 3,556 30.80%
Nonpartisan Juanita Seman Malone 3,263 28.26%
Total votes 11,545 100.00%

Judges

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Judge For retention Against retention Total
Votes % Votes %
Juan Tudela Lizama 7,247 71.62 2,871 28.38 10,118
Source:[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Flashback November 03, 2000-2003". Saipan Tribune. 2006-11-03. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  2. ^ a b Staff, Variety News (2002-06-13). "Tenorio returns to Democratic Party". Marianas Variety News & Views. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  3. ^ "Members of the House of Representatives, 13th Commonwealth Legislature". cnmileg.net. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  4. ^ "Members of the Senate, 13th Commonwealth Legislature". cnmileg.net. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "2003 Election Results". Commonwealth Election Commission. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011.
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