Everything you need to know about ranked-choice voting in one spot. Click to learn more!

Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives elections, 2020

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Ballotpedia Election Coverage Badge-smaller use.png
U.S. House • State executive offices • State Senate • State House • Supreme court • Local judges • Municipal • How to run for office
Flag of Northern Mariana Islands.png


2021 →
2020 Northern Mariana Islands
House Elections
Flag of Northern Mariana Islands.jpg
GeneralNovember 3, 2020
2020 Elections
Choose a chamber below:

Elections for the office of Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives took place in 2020. The general election was held on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline was August 5, 2020.

The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives was one of seven territory legislative chambers holding elections in 2020. All 20 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives were up for election.

In addition to the territory legislatures, there were 86 state legislative chambers with elections in 2020. Click here to read more.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates and State government trifectas
Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives
Party As of November 3, 2020 After November 4, 2020
     Democratic Party 3[1] 8
     Republican Party 13 9
     Independent 3 3
     Vacancy 1[2] 0
Total 20 20

Candidates

General election

Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives general election 2020
  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1  (6 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngCelina Babauta
Antonio Blas Cabrera
Peter Muna
Benusto Piteg
Green check mark transparent.pngEdwin Propst

Roman C. Benavente (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph T. Guerrero (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngRoy Ada
Green check mark transparent.pngAngel Aldan Demapan
Randall Dexter Pangelinan

Luis John Castro (i) (Independent)
Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph A. Flores (i) (Independent)
Vincent Seman Aldan (Independent)
Glenn Hocog Manglona (Independent)

District 2  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngChristina Sablan (i)
Luella Marciano

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Paul P. Sablan (i)
Daniel I. Aquino

District 3  (6 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngVicente Camacho
Corina Magofna
Alfredo Saures
Green check mark transparent.pngDenita Yangetmai

Green check mark transparent.pngBlas T. Attao (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngIvan A. Blanco (i)
Jose I. Itibus (i)
Marco T. Peter (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngRalph N. Yumul (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngEdmund S. Villagomez (i) (Independent)

District 4  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngSheila Jack Babauta (i)
Jenita Castro

Green check mark transparent.pngJoel C. Camacho (i)
Cecilia Taitano

District 5  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngRichard T. Lizama (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngLeila Staffler

Lorenzo D. Guerrero (i)
Ramon Sablan Basa

Joseph M. Mendiola (Independent)

District 6

Frederick Dela Cruz

Green check mark transparent.pngPatrick H. San Nicolas

District 7

Barrie Toves

Green check mark transparent.pngDonald M. Manglona (i) (Independent)


Incumbents retiring

Two incumbents were not on the ballot in 2020.[3] Those incumbents were:

Name Party Office Reason
Janet U. Maratita Ends.png Republican House District 1 Retired
Antonio Borja Ends.png Republican House District 6 Retired

Qualifications

Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands states that a representative shall:

  • be qualified to vote in the Commonwealth;
  • be at least 21 years of age; and
  • a resident and domiciliary of the Commonwealth for at least three years immediately preceding the date on which the senator takes office.[4]

Swearing in dates

The Northern Mariana Islands' legislators assume office on the second Monday of January following their election.[5]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Saipan Tribune, "Four lawmakers declare as Democrats; one aligns with bloc," June 17, 2020
  2. ↑ RNZ, "Resigned lawmaker to return to CNMI legislature," November 29, 2020
  3. ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
  4. ↑ Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands," accessed June 20, 2014(Article II Section 3-c)
  5. ↑ Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands," accessed June 20, 2014(Article II Section 13)
v • e
State legislatures
Legislatures
Alabama (H, S) · Alaska (H, S) · Arizona (H, S) · Arkansas (H, S) · California (A, S) · Colorado (H, S) · Connecticut (H, S) · Delaware (H, S) · Florida (H, S) · Georgia (H, S) · Hawaii (H, S) · Idaho (H, S) · Illinois (H, S) · Indiana (H, S) · Iowa (H, S) · Kansas (H, S) · Kentucky (H, S) · Louisiana (H, S) · Maine (H, S) · Maryland (H, S) · Massachusetts (H, S) · Michigan (H, S) · Minnesota (H, S) · Mississippi (H, S) · Missouri (H, S) · Montana (H, S) · Nebraska · Nevada (A, S) · New Hampshire (H, S) · New Jersey (GA, S) · New Mexico (H, S) · New York (A, S) · North Carolina (H, S) · North Dakota (H, S) · Ohio (H, S) · Oklahoma (H, S) · Oregon (H, S) · Pennsylvania (H, S) · Rhode Island (H, S) · South Carolina (H, S) · South Dakota (H, S) · Tennessee (H, S) · Texas (H, S) · Utah (H, S) · Vermont (H, S) · Virginia (H, S) · Washington (H, S) · West Virginia (H, S) · Wisconsin (A, S) · Wyoming (H, S)
SLP badge.png
2025
2024
2023
Historical elections
2022 •  2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010 • 2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005 • 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000
Features of
state legislatures
State senates
State houses
Leadership positions
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Northern_Mariana_Islands_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2020&oldid=9949591"