2018 United States House of Representatives election in Guam

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2018 United States House of Representatives of Guam
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  2016 November 6, 2018 2020  
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Nominee Michael San Nicolas Doris Flores-Brooks
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote19,19315,398
Percentage54.9%44.0%

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Results by village

Delegate before election

Madeleine Bordallo
Democratic

Elected Delegate

Michael San Nicolas
Democratic

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Guam's At-large congressional district

The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Guam was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Guam's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the larger 2018 Guamanian general election, the 2018 Guamanian gubernatorial election, and the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections.

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The non-voting delegate is elected for a two-year term. Incumbent Democratic Delegate Madeleine Bordallo, who has represented the district since 2003, lost her primary election to Michael San Nicolas, a senator of the Guam Legislature since 2013. San Nicolas was challenged by Republican former public auditor Doris Flores-Brooks for Guam's lone-seat in the United States House of Representatives.

Democratic candidate Michael San Nicolas attained the higher number of votes and took office in January 2019 as Guam's congressional delegate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Primary results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael San Nicolas 12,456 51.48
Democratic Madeleine Bordallo (incumbent)11,63548.08
Democratic Write-ins1070.44
Total votes24,198 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

  • Jonathan Diaz
  • Eric Lin

Primary results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Doris Flores-Brooks 2,817 99.12
Republican Write-ins250.88
Total votes2,842 100.0

General election

Results

Guam's at-large congressional district, 2018 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Michael San Nicolas 19,193 54.85% +1.16%
Republican Doris Flores-Brooks 15,39844.01%-1.70%
Write-in 3991.14%+0.54%
Total votes34,990 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

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References

  1. 1 2 "Results from the 2018 elections". gec.guam.gov. Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  2. "Summary report. Official results". gec.guam.gov. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
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