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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:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Attorney General (first elected in 2014).
- Resident Representative in Washington, D.C. (through 2008); non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives (beginning 2009)
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.
| Year | Executive offices | Commonwealth Legislature | U.S. House | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Attorney General | Senate | House | ||
| 1978 | Carlos Camacho (D) | Francisco Ada (D) | appointed | 5T,[a] 4D | 8T,[a] 6D | Edward Pangelinan (D) |
| 1979 | ||||||
| 1980 | T[a] majority | D majority | ||||
| 1981 | ||||||
| 1982 | Pedro Tenorio (R) | Pedro Agulto Tenorio (R) |
R majority | R majority | ||
| 1983 | Edward Pangelinan (R) | |||||
| 1984 | R majority | D majority | Froilan Tenorio (D) | |||
| 1985 | ||||||
| 1986 | [?] | R majority | ||||
| 1987 | ||||||
| 1988 | R majority | D majority | ||||
| 1989 | ||||||
| 1990 | Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero (R) |
Benjamin Manglona (R) | D majority | R majority | Juan Babauta (R) | |
| 1991 | ||||||
| 1992 | R majority | 10R, 6D, 2I[1] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||||
| 1994 | Froilan Tenorio (D) | Jesus Borja (D) | R majority | R majority | ||
| 1995 | ||||||
| 1996 | R majority | R majority | ||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| 1998 | Pedro Tenorio (R) | Jesus Sablan (R) | 8R, 1D | 13R, 5D | ||
| 1999 | ||||||
| 2000 | 6R, 2D, 1Ref | 11R, 6D, 1I | ||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| 2002 | Juan Babauta (R) | Diego Benavente (R) | 5R, 3D, 1C[b] | 16R, 1D, 1C | Pedro Agulto Tenorio (R) | |
| 2003 | ||||||
| 2004 | 3C, 2D, 2R, 2I | 9C, 7R, 1D, 1I | ||||
| 2005 | ||||||
| 2006 | Benigno Fitial (C) | Timothy Villagomez (C)[c] |
3C, 3R, 2D, 1I[d] | 7C, 7R, 2D, 2I | ||
| 2007 | ||||||
| 2008 | 12R, 4C, 3I, 1D | |||||
| 2009 | Eloy Inos (C)[e] | Gregorio Sablan (I) | ||||
| 2010 | 5R, 4I | 9R, 7C, 4I | ||||
| 2011 | Benigno Fitial (R)[f][g] | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| 2013 | Eloy Inos (C)[h] | Jude Hofschneider (R)[e] | 5R, 4I | 12I, 4R, 4C | ||
| 2014 | Eloy Inos (R)[i][j] | 5R, 3I, 1V[k] | ||||
| 2015 | Ralph Torres (R) | Edward Manibusan (D)[l] | 7R, 2I | 13I, 7R | ||
| 2016 | Ralph Torres (R)[m] | Victor Hocog (R) | 6R, 3I | |||
| 2017 | 7R, 2I | 15R, 5I | ||||
| 2018 | ||||||
| 2019 | Arnold Palacios (R) | 6R, 3I | 13R, 7I | |||
| 2020 | ||||||
| 2021 | 5R, 3I, 1D | 9R, 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
[edit]- ^ a b c Territorial Party (T) is the predecessor of the CNMI Republican Party.
- ^ Reform dissolved and merged into the Democratic Party, announced June 2002
- ^ Resigned 26 April 2009.
- ^ The majority coalition consisted of senators from the Covenant Party, the Democratic Party, and the independent.
- ^ a b Nominated by Governor and confirmed by Senate to fill vacancy.
- ^ 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]
- ^ Resigned 20 February 2013.
- ^ Succeeded to office upon the resignation of his predecessor.
- ^ Inos left the Covenant Party in September 2013 and joined the Republican party.
- ^ Died 28 December 2015.
- ^ Ray Naraja Yumul resigned to run with Juan Nekai Babauta as his lieutenant governor in the 2014 Northern Mariana Islands general election
- ^ The office is elected in a nonpartisan election, but Manibusan is a Democrat.
- ^ Succeeded to the office upon the death of his predecessor.
- ^ Edmund Villagomez, a Democratic-aligned Independent, was elected Speaker and leads the majority caucus.
- ^ All three Independents joined the Democrats to form the governing coalition.
- ^ Twelve Independents joined the Democrats to form the governing coalition.
References
[edit]- ^ Arroyo, Rafael H. (5 Nov 1991). "Republicans rule 1991 polls" (PDF). Marianas Variety. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ 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.
See also
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