Northern Mariana Islands legislative special elections, 2021

2021 Northern Mariana Islands House special election
2022 → ← 2020

General	October 16, 2021
Filing deadline	September 3, 2021

In 2021, one special election was called to fill a vacant seat in the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature.

Click here to read more about the special election.

House special elections called:

Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives District 3: October 16

How vacancies are filled in the Northern Mariana Islands

If there is a vacancy in the House or Senate, a special election will be held if more than half of the term remains. Otherwise, the governor appoints the candidate who lost the previous election and received the greatest number of votes and is willing to serve. If no candidate is willing to serve, the governor instead appoints a person qualified for office from the district with the vacancy.^[1]

About the legislature

The Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature is a bicameral body composed of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, with nine members, and the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, with 20 members.

The boxes below show the partisan composition of both chambers directly before and after the general elections in 2020. For the most up-to-date numbers on partisan composition in this legislature, see here (Senate) and here (House).

Northern Mariana Islands Senate
Party		As of November 3, 2020	After November 4, 2020
	Democratic Party	0	1
	Republican Party	6	5
	Independent	3	3
	Vacancy	0	0
Total		9	9

Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives
Party		As of November 3, 2020	After November 4, 2020
	Democratic Party	3^[2]	8
	Republican Party	13	9
	Independent	3	3
	Vacancy	1^[3]	0
Total		20	20

Special elections

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October 16, 2021

Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives District 3

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A special election for Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives District 3 was called for October 16, 2021. The candidate filing deadline was September 3, 2021.^[4]

The seat became vacant after Ivan A. Blanco (R) died while in office on July 23, 2021.^[4]

General election

Special general election for Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives District 3

Corina Magofna defeated Grace Sablan Vaiagae in the special general election for Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives District 3 on October 16, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Corina Magofna (D)	60.1	1,217
	Submit photo	Grace Sablan Vaiagae (R)	39.9	808

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,025
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Northern Mariana Islands legislative special elections, 2021

Contents

How vacancies are filled in the Northern Mariana Islands

About the legislature

Special elections

October 16, 2021

General election

Special general election for Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives District 3

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