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United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands, 2016

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General Election Date
November 8, 2016

November 8 election winner:
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Incumbent prior to election:
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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
August 10, 2016[2]
None
November 8, 2016

Primary: The Northern Mariana Islands do not hold a primary election.

Voter registration: September 9, 2016.[2]

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2016

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

U.S. House, Northern Mariana Islands General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Independent Green check mark transparent.pngGregorio Sablan Incumbent 100% 10,605
Total Votes 10,605
Source: The Green Papers

Candidates

General election candidates:
Grey.png Gregorio Sablan[1] Approveda

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.

U.S. House, Northern Mariana Islands General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Independent Green check mark transparent.pngGregorio 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]

U.S. House, Northern Mariana Islands General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Independent Green check mark transparent.pngGregorio 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 Green check mark transparent.pngGregorio 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

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