United States House of Representatives election in Guam, 2016
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August 27, 2016 |
November 8, 2016 |
Madeleine Z. Bordallo  |
Madeleine Z. Bordallo |
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The 2016 U.S. House of Representatives election in Guam took place on November 8, 2016. Voters elected one nonvoting delegate to serve in the U.S. House from Guam's At-Large Congressional District.
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.[1][2]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: Guam held a primary election on August 27, 2016.[3]
Voter registration: The last day to register is 10 days prior to the election.[3]
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D), who was first elected in 2003.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 8 election, the Democratic Party held the one congressional seat from Guam.
| Members of the U.S. House from Guam -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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| Party | As of November 2016 | After the 2016 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Republican Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | |
Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Madeleine Bordallo Incumbent |
54% | 18,345 | |
| Republican | Felix Camacho | 46% | 15,617 | |
| Total Votes | 33,962 | |||
| Source: The Green Papers | ||||
Primary election
| 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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Candidates
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General election candidates: Madeleine Z. Bordallo   Felix Camacho |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic Anthony Babauta[1] |
Republican Felix Camacho[1] |
District history
2014
Incumbent Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D) won re-election in 2014. She defeated Margaret Metcalfe (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| 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" | ||||
2012
Bordallo won re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Guam as a Democrat.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Madeleine Z. Bordallo Incumbent |
58% | 19,765 | |
| Republican | Frank Flores Blas, Jr. | 38.1% | 12,995 | |
| N/A | Write-In | 0.7% | 246 | |
| N/A | Over Votes | 0.6% | 218 | |
| N/A | Under Votes | 2.5% | 851 | |
| Total Votes | 34,075 | |||
| Source: Guam Election Commission "Official 2012 General Election Results" | ||||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Green Papers, "The Green Papers: Guam 2016 General Election," accessed August 22, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "list16" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Pacific Daily News, "Complete preliminary results from the Primary Election," August 27, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Guam Election Commission, "Guam Election Commission 2016 Important Dates," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
- ↑ Guam Election Commission, "Official 2012 General Election Results," accessed February 7, 2013
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