2012 Northern Mariana Islands general election

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2012 Northern Mariana Islands general election
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6 November 2012
Delegate election
  2010 6 November 2012 2014  
  Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Gregorio Sablan Ignacia Tudela Demapan
Party Independent Republican
Popular vote9,8292,503
Percentage79.70%20.30%

Northern Mariana Islands 2012 U.S. House election map.svg
Results by voting district:
Gregorio Sablan:     70–75%     75–80%     80–85%     85–90%     >95%

Delegate before election

Gregorio Sablan
Independent

Elected Delegate

Gregorio Sablan
Independent

Senate election
  2009
2014  

3 of the 9 seats in the Senate
5 seats needed for a majority
PartySeats
Republican 5
Independents 4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
House election
  2009
2014  

All 20 seats in the House of Representatives
11 seats needed for a majority
PartySeats
Independents 12
Republican 4
Covenant 4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2012 Northern Mariana Islands general election were held on Tuesday, 6 November, 2012. The election coincided with the 2012 United States general elections. Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands voted for the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, 3 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, all twenty seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, 4 mayors, seats for the municipal council, seats for the board of education, and 2 judges. Additionally, three referendums were held. [1]

Contents

Background

Delegate to the US House of Representatives

Incumbent Delegate Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, an independent who caucuses with the Democratic Party, ran against Republican Candidate Ignacia Tudela Demapan for re-election. Gregorio Sablan, first elected in 2008, had held the seat since its creation in 2009. When Sablan announced his campaign, he drew a crowd including members of the three political parties as well as independents. [2] The politically diverse crowd showed their support to Sablan, displaying unity behind a single candidate. Delegate Gregorio Sablan was re-elected by a massive 60-point spread, with nearly four-fifths of the vote, the largest margin of victory in the history of the Northern Mariana Islands. [1] [3] The Northern Mariana Islands' non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives was elected for a two-year term. It would be the first time that the election for the CNMI Delegate would be held during the CNMI general elections rather than on its own.

Northern Mariana Islands's at-large congressional district [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (incumbent) 9,829 79.70% +36.47%
Republican Ignacia Tudela Demapan2,50320.30%N/A
Total votes12,332 100.00%
Independent hold

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature

Results summary

CNMI House of Representatives 2012.svg
PartiesHouse Election ResultsSeat ChangeParty Strength
2009 2012+/−Strength
  Independent 4 12 8 Increase2.svg60.00%
  Republican 9 4 5 Decrease2.svg20.00%
  Covenant 7 4 3 Decrease2.svg20.00%
  Democratic 0 0 Steady2.svg0.00%
Totals2020Steady2.svg100.00%
CNMI Senate 2012.svg
PartiesSenate Election ResultsSeat ChangeParty Strength
2009 2012+/−Strength
  Republican 5 5 Steady2.svg55.56%
  Independent 4 4 Steady2.svg44.44%
  Covenant 0 0 Steady2.svg0.00%
  Democratic 0 0 Steady2.svg0.00%
Totals99Steady2.svg100.00%

Senate

The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature, consisting of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (Saipan & the Northern Islands, Tinian & Aguijan, and Rota), each a Multi-member district with three senators. Each district had one seat open for the 2012 elections.

Rota 1st Senatorial District (1 seat) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Victor Borja Hocog 873 57.97%
Independent Paul Atalig Manglona (incumbent)63342.03%
Total votes1,506 100.00%
Republican gain from Independent
Tinian 2nd Senatorial District (1 seat) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Francisco Manglona Borja 702 60.94%
Republican Joaquin Hoashi Borja45039.06%
Total votes1,152 100.00%
Independent gain from Covenant
Saipan 3rd Senatorial District (1 seat) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Ray Naraja Yumul 3,988 42.53%
Republican Luis Palacios Crisostimo (incumbent)2,42625.87%
Independent Illuminanda Reyes Bermudes1,73918.54%
Covenant Ana Sablan Teregeyo1,22513.06%
Total votes9,378 100.00%
Independent gain from Republican

House of Representatives

The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The house has seven districts and five of the seven are Multi-member district.

House of Representative - District 1: Saipan (6 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Joseph Pinaula Deleon Guerrero (incumbent) 2,057 12.88%
Independent Roman Cepeda Benavente 1,989 12.45%
Independent Janet Ulloa Maratita 1,962 12.28%
Independent Antonio Pangelinan Sablan (incumbent) 1,932 12.10%
Independent Mariano Taitano 1,687 10.56%
Republican Richard Benavente Seman 1,138 7.13%
Covenant Martin Cabrera Sablan1,0606.64%
Republican Vicente Camacho Cabrera9565.99%
Republican Joseph Mafnas Palacios (incumbent)8675.43%
Republican Eliceo Diaz Cabrera (incumbent)7844.91%
Republican Ramon Concepcion Dela Cruz7824.90%
Republican Jose Tilipao Limes7574.74%
Total votes15,971 100.00%
House of Representative - District 2: Saipan (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Covenant John Paul Palacios Sablan 547 28.40%
Covenant Rafael Sablan Demapan (incumbent) 521 27.05%
Independent Daniel Jr. Iwashita Aquino30115.63%
Republican Eric Benavente Atalig27814.43%
Republican Liana Sablan Hofschneider1608.31%
Independent Eric Franke Diaz1196.18%
Total votes1,926 100.00%
House of Representative - District 3: Saipan (6 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Ralph Naraja Yumul (incumbent) 1,220 9.64%
Independent Ramon Angailen Tebuteb (incumbent) 1,138 8.99%
Independent Francisco Santos Dela Cruz (incumbent) 1,095 8.65%
Covenant Edmund Joseph Sablan Villagomez (incumbent) 963 7.61%
Independent Anthony Tenorio Benavente 925 7.31%
Republican Felicidad Taman Ogumoro (incumbent) 820 6.48%
Republican Juan Sablan Reyes8026.33%
Republican David Reyes Maratita7856.20%
Independent Mariano Deleon Guerrero Fajardo7686.07%
Republican Jose Pua Saures7626.02%
Independent Ignacio Villagomez Cabrera7385.83%
Republican Roy Taisacan Rios6405.05%
Independent Stanley Estanislao Tudela Mcginnis Torres (incumbent)6294.97%
Republican Jesus Manibusan Castro6094.81%
Independent Raymond Basa Lizama4063.21%
Covenant Brian Ayuyu Torres3622.86%
Total votes12,662 100.00%
House of Representative - District 4: Saipan (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Covenant Christopher Duenas Leon Guerrero 639 30.47%
Republican George Norita Camacho (incumbent) 537 25.61%
Independent Jesus Jr. Igisomar Wabol52725.13%
Republican Sylvestre Ilo Iguel (incumbent)39418.79%
Total votes2,097 100.00%
House of Representative - District 5: Saipan (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Antonio Reyes Agulto 972 30.12%
Independent Lorenzo Iglecias Deleon Guerrero 900 27.89%
Republican Ramon Sablan Basa (incumbent)46814.50%
Independent Daniel Ogo Quitugua45814.19%
Republican Frederick Peters Deleon Guerrero (incumbent)42913.29%
Total votes3,227 100.00%
House of Representative - District 6: Tinian (1 seat) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Trenton Brian Conner (incumbent) [lower-alpha 1] 590 51.98%
Republican Edwin Palacios Aldan54548.02%
Total votes1,135 100.00%
Independent hold
House of Representative - District 7: Rota (1 seat) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Teresita Apatang Santos (incumbent) [lower-alpha 2] 882 58.96%
Independent Felix Mundo Santos61441.04%
Total votes1,496 100.00%
Republican hold

Municipal Council

Municipal Council - Saipan & Northern Islands (non-partisan) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Ramon Jose Blas Camacho (incumbent) 5,559 51.10%
Nonpartisan Antonia Manibusan Tudela 5,320 48.90%
Total votes10,879 100.00%
Municipal Council - Tinian and Aguiguan (non-partisan) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Antonio San Nicolas Borja 723 21.45%
Nonpartisan Reynaldo Mendiola Cing 594 17.62%
Nonpartisan Estevan Pangelinan Cabrera (incumbent) 566 16.79%
Nonpartisan Patrick A. Manglona (incumbent)52315.51%
Nonpartisan Joseph San Nicolas Cruz (incumbent)48314.33%
Nonpartisan Eugenio Henry Lizama Villagomez48214.30%
Total votes3,371 100.00%
Municipal Council - Rota [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Gardner Trazan Delos Santos Barcinas 865 20.33%
Nonpartisan Glenn Lizama Maratita 862 20.26%
Nonpartisan George Ogo Hocog (incumbent) 859 20.19%
Nonpartisan Prudencio Atalig Manglona (incumbent)66715.68%
Nonpartisan Alexander Apatang51712.15%
Nonpartisan Robert Sikyang Ulloa48411.38%
Total votes4,254 100.00%

Board of Education

Board of Education - Saipan & Northern Islands (non-partisan) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Janice Marie Ada Tenorio 4,399 30.02%
Nonpartisan Marylou Seman Ada 4,014 27.40%
Nonpartisan Victorino Sablan Cepeda3,79025.87%
Nonpartisan Angel Songao Hocog2,44916.71%
Total votes14,652 100.00%
Board of Education - Rota (non-partisan) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Denise R. King 853 61.46%
Nonpartisan Dexter Peter Apatang53538.54%
Total votes1,388 100.00%

Judges

Judge [1] For retentionAgainst retentionTotal
Votes%Votes%
David Wiseman9,21778.422,53621.5811,753
Perry Inos9,65281.622,17318.3811,825

Referendum

Legislative Initiatives [1] ForAgainstTotal
Votes%Votes%Votes
17-2, HD3, HS29,24881.63%2,08118.37%
17-12, HD110,08488.38%1,32611.62%
17-56,87662.35%4,15237.65%

Notes

  1. Trenton Conner switched his affiliation from Republican to Independent before the elections
  2. Teresita Santos switched her affiliation from Independent to Republican before the elections

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