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United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands, 2016
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November 8, 2016 |
Gregorio Sablan  |
Gregorio Sablan |
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The 2016 U.S. House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands took place on November 8, 2016. Voters elected one nonvoting delegate to serve in the U.S. House from the Northern Mariana Islands' Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Incumbent Gregorio Sablan (I) faced no competition in the general election on November 8, 2016. The Northern Mariana Islands does not hold primary elections.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
|---|---|---|
Primary: The Northern Mariana Islands do not hold a primary election.
Voter registration: September 9, 2016.[2]
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Gregorio Sablan (I), who was first elected in 2008.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 8 election, the one congressional seat from the Northern Mariana Islands was held by an independent.
| Members of the U.S. House from the Northern Mariana Islands -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2016 | After the 2016 Election | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | |
| Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Republican Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | |
Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent |  Gregorio Sablan Incumbent |
100% | 10,605 | |
| Total Votes | 10,605 | |||
| Source: The Green Papers | ||||
Candidates
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General election candidates: |
District history
2014
Incumbent Gregorio Sablan (I) won re-election in 2014. He defeated Andrew Salas (D) in the general election on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Gregorio Sablan Incumbent |
65.3% | 8,549 | |
| Democratic | Andrew Salas | 34.7% | 4,547 | |
| Total Votes | 13,096 | |||
| Source: Commonwealth Election Commission, "2014 Certified Election Results" | ||||
2012
Sablan won re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing the Northern Mariana Islands as a Democrat.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan Incumbent |
79.7% | 9,829 | |
| Republican | Ignacia Tudela Demapan | 20.3% | 2,503 | |
| Total Votes | 12,332 | |||
| Source: Commonwealth Election Commission, "Official CNMI 2012 Election Results" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Sablan won re-election to the United States House as an Independent.[4]
| U.S. House, Northern Mariana Islands General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jesse Camacho Borja | 15.1% | 1,707 | |
| Republican | Juan Nekai Babauta | 17.5% | 1,978 | |
| Independent | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan Incumbent |
43.2% | 4,896 | |
| Covenant | Joseph James Norita Camacho | 24.2% | 2,744 | |
| Total Votes | 11,325 | |||
| Source: Blogspot, "CNMI 2010 ELection Results" | ||||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Green Papers, "The Green Papers: Northern Marianas 2016 General Election," accessed August 22, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "list16" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Northern Mariana Islands Election Commission, "2016 Election Important Dates," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Commonwealth Election Commission, "Official CNMI 2012 Election Results," accessed April 29, 2014
- ↑ Blogspot, "CNMI 2010 ELection Results," accessed April 29, 2014
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