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Margaret Metcalfe
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| Margaret Metcalfe | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Guam |
| Role: | National Committeewoman |
| Location: | Guam |
| Affiliation: | Republican Party |
| Education: | •University of San Francisco (bachelor's degree, accounting, economics) |
| Website: | Official website |
Margaret Metcalfe is the national committeewoman of the Republican Party of Guam. She ran for Congress in 2014 and again in 2016. She and her husband own a gift shop and have had careers developing real estate.[1]
Metcalfe was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Guam. All nine of Guam's delegates in 2016 were unpledged.
Career
Metcalfe won the Miss Guam Universe Pageant in 1967 before earning a bachelor's degree in accounting and economics from the University of San Francisco. After college, she worked for Guam Cable TV as an office manager. Later, she and her husband purchased Ave Maria Community Book Center, Inc., a bookstore in Cupertino, Calif. In addition to the book shop, they "built homes and developed land and commercial properties."[1]
In 1997, Metcalfe and her husband opened a Catholic gift shop on Guam.[1]
Politics
Metcalfe was elected to a four-year term as the Republican Party of Guam's national committeewoman to the Republican National Committee in March 2016.[2]
Elections
2016
Incumbent Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D) defeated Felix Camacho (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Bordallo defeated Anthony Babauta in the Democratic primary, while Camacho defeated Margaret Metcalfe to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on August 27, 2016.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Madeleine Bordallo Incumbent |
54% | 18,345 | |
| Republican | Felix Camacho | 46% | 15,617 | |
| Total Votes | 33,962 | |||
| Source: The Green Papers | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Madeleine Bordallo Incumbent |
63.1% | 8,028 | ||
| Anthony Barbuta | 36.9% | 4,698 | ||
| Total Votes | 12,726 | |||
| Source: Pacific Daily News Note: Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available. |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Felix Camacho |
60.5% | 4,627 | ||
| Margaret Metcalfe | 39.5% | 3,025 | ||
| Total Votes | 7,652 | |||
| Source: Pacific Daily News Note: Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available. |
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2014
Metcalfe ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House, representing Guam. She was defeated by Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Madeleine Z. Bordallo Incumbent |
57.9% | 20,693 | |
| Republican | Margaret Metcalfe | 41.8% | 14,956 | |
| N/A | Write-In | 0.3% | 113 | |
| Total Votes | 35,762 | |||
| Source: Guam Election Commission "Official 2014 General Election Results" | ||||
2016
Metcalfe confirmed that she would be running for Congress again in April 2016.[5]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Metcalfe was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Guam.
Delegate rules
At-large delegates from Guam were elected at a territorial convention on March 12, 2016. All Guam delegates were unpledged, meaning they were not bound by local party regulations to vote for any specific candidate at the Republican National Convention.
Guam territorial convention
At the Guam Republican territorial convention, six delegates were elected to the national convention. At the time of their election, five of the delegates had not publicly announced which candidate they intended to support, while one delegate—Guam Governor Eddie Calvo—announced his intentions to support Ted Cruz.[6]
Delegates elected on March 12, 2016
- Gov. Eddie Calvo (Cruz)
- Frank Blas Jr. (Uncommitted)
- Tony Ada (Uncommitted)
- Juan Carlos Benitez (Uncommitted)
- Benny Pinaula (Uncommitted)
- Telo Taitague (Uncommitted)
RNC delegates
See also
- Guam
- Republican Party of Guam
- Republican National Committee
- United States House of Representatives
- United States House of Representatives election in Guam, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Republican National Committee, "Zori Fonalledas," accessed April 25, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Pacific Daily News, "Trump, Kasich phone Guam Republican convention as delegates are chosen," March 14, 2016
- ↑ The Green Papers, "The Green Papers: Guam 2016 General Election," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Pacific Daily News, "Complete preliminary results from the Primary Election," August 27, 2016
- ↑ Pacific News Center, "Margaret Metcalfe Says She Will Run For Congress," April 8, 2016
- ↑ Guam Pacific News Daily, "Trump, Kasich phone Guam Republican convention as delegates are chosen," March 14, 2016
