United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa, 2022
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| American Samoa's At-large Congressional District |
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| General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: September 1, 2022 |
| General: November 8, 2022 Pre-election incumbent: Aumua Amata Radewagen (Republican) |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting in American Samoa |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022 |
| See also |
At-large American Samoa elections, 2022 U.S. Congress elections, 2022 U.S. Senate elections, 2022 U.S. House elections, 2022 |
All U.S. House districts, including the At-large Congressional District of American Samoa, held elections in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. Voters elected one non-voting member to serve in the U.S. House from the territory's one at-large congressional district. The filing deadline was September 1, 2022.
Candidates and election results
General election candidates
- Aumua Amata Radewagen (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
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Campaign finance
This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[1] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[2] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.
| U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022 | ||
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| Report | Close of books | Filing deadline |
| Year-end 2021 | 12/31/2021 | 1/31/2022 |
| April quarterly | 3/31/2022 | 4/15/2022 |
| July quarterly | 6/30/2022 | 7/15/2022 |
| October quarterly | 9/30/2022 | 10/15/2022 |
| Pre-general | 10/19/2022 | 10/27/2022 |
| Post-general | 11/28/2022 | 12/08/2022 |
| Year-end 2022 | 12/31/2022 | 1/31/2023 |
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Aumua Amata Radewagen | Republican Party | $57,300 | $57,524 | $294 | As of December 31, 2022 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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District history
2020
See also: United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House American Samoa At-large District
Incumbent Aumua Amata Radewagen defeated Oreta Crichton and Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman in the general election for U.S. House American Samoa At-large District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Aumua Amata Radewagen (R) | 83.3 | 9,790 |
 | Oreta Crichton (D) | 14.5 | 1,709 | |
 | Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman (D) | 2.1 | 250 | |
| Total votes: 11,749 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House American Samoa At-large District
Incumbent Aumua Amata Radewagen defeated Tuika Tuika and Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman in the general election for U.S. House American Samoa At-large District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Aumua Amata Radewagen (R) | 83.3 | 7,194 |
| Tuika Tuika (Independent) | 9.1 | 785 | ||
| Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman (D) | 7.6 | 659 | |
| Total votes: 8,638 | |||
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2016
Incumbent Amata Radewagen (R) defeated Vaitinasa Salu Hunkin-Finau (D), Paepaetele Mapu Saei Jamias (D), Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman (D), and Tim Jones (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. American Samoa does not hold primary elections.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Amata Radewagen Incumbent |
75.4% | 8,923 | |
| Democratic | Vaitinasa Salu Hunkin-Finau | 13.4% | 1,581 | |
| Democratic | Paepaetele Mapu Saei Jamias | 8.3% | 978 | |
| Democratic | Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman | 1.5% | 181 | |
| Independent | Tim Jones | 1.4% | 171 | |
| Total Votes | 11,834 | |||
| Source: The Green Papers | ||||
2014
Amata Radewagen (R) won election in 2014. She defeated incumbent Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (D) and seven other candidates in the general election on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Aumua Amata Coleman |
42% | 4,306 | |
| Democratic | Eni F.H. Faleomavaega Incumbent | 30.8% | 3,157 | |
| Democratic | Togiola A. Tulafono | 11% | 1,130 | |
| Democratic | Mapu J. Jamias | 6.4% | 652 | |
| Democratic | Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman | 2.2% | 229 | |
| Democratic | Tuä'au Kereti Mäta'utia, Jr. | 1.6% | 160 | |
| Independent | Rosie Fuala'au Tago Lancaster | 2.6% | 268 | |
| Independent | Tuika Tuika | 2% | 201 | |
| Independent | Mark Ude | 1.4% | 143 | |
| Total Votes | 10,246 | |||
| Source: American Samoa Government Election Office "2014 General Election Results" | ||||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
- ↑ The Green Papers, "The Green Papers: American Samoa 2016 General Election," accessed August 22, 2016
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