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Frances Lizama
2025 - Present
2029
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Frances Lizama (Democratic Party) is the Mayor of Yigo in Guam. She assumed office on January 6, 2025. Her current term ends on January 1, 2029.
Lizama (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of Yigo in Guam. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Frances Lizama was born in the village of Yona in Guam. She earned a high school diploma from George Washington High School in 1986. Her career experience includes serving as an administrative assistant in the Yigo Mayor’s Office from 1989 to 1992, working in the 22nd Guam Legislature Central/Legal Office under the late Senator Vicente C. Pangelinan from 1993 to 1996, holding roles as an administrative officer and project officer in the Recovery Office, serving as committee director and chief of staff for Senator Frank Aguon, working as deputy clerk for the 31st Guam Legislature, and for the Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in Yigo, Guam (2024)
General election
General election for Mayor of Yigo
Frances Lizama defeated incumbent Anthony Sanchez in the general election for Mayor of Yigo on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Frances Lizama (D) | 60.7 | 1,962 |
| Anthony Sanchez (R) | 38.3 | 1,238 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 3,230 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mayor of Yigo
Frances Lizama advanced from the Democratic primary for Mayor of Yigo on August 3, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frances Lizama | 98.3 | 1,062 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 1,080 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mayor of Yigo
Incumbent Anthony Sanchez advanced from the Republican primary for Mayor of Yigo on August 3, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Anthony Sanchez | 98.3 | 400 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 407 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lizama in this election.
2020
See also: Mayoral election in Yigo, Guam (2020)
General election
General election for Mayor of Yigo
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Yigo on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Anthony Sanchez (R) | 27.7 | 788 | |
| Frances Lizama (D) | 27.2 | 775 | |
| Peter Pascual (D) | 15.3 | 435 | ||
| James Santos (R) | 10.5 | 298 | ||
| Lillian Guerrero (D) | 10.2 | 290 | ||
| Dennis Flores (D) | 9.0 | 255 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 2,845 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Dennis Flores, Lillian Guerrero, Frances Lizama, and Peter Pascual advanced from the Democratic primary for Mayor of Yigo.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Anthony Sanchez and James Santos advanced from the Republican primary for Mayor of Yigo.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Frances Lizama did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Frances Lizama did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Anthony Sanchez (R) |
Mayor of Yigo 2025-Present |
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