2016 Northern Mariana Islands general election

2016 Northern Mariana Islands general election
	Delegate election
Delegate before election; Gregorio Sablan; Independent	Elected Delegate ; Gregorio Sablan; Independent
	Senate election
← 2014 2018 →
	3 of the 9 seats in the Senate; 5 seats needed for a majority
Republican	7
Independents	2
	House election
← 2014 2018 →
	All 20 seats in the House of Representatives; 11 seats needed for a majority
Republican	14
Independents	6

The 2016 Northern Mariana Islands general election were held on Tuesday, 8 November, 2016.^[1] The election coincided with the 2016 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, seats for the municipal council, seats for the board of education, and 1 judge.^[2]

Background

Delegate to the US House of Representatives

Incumbent Delegate Gregorio Sablan, an independent who caucuses with the Democratic Party, ran unopposed for re-election.^[3] Sablan, first elected in 2008, had held the seat since its creation in 2009. Delegate Gregorio Sablan was re-elected.^[2]^[4] The Northern Mariana Islands' non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives was elected for a two-year term.

Northern Mariana Islands's at-large congressional district^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (incumbent)	10,605	100.00%	+34.70%
Total votes			10,605	100.00%
	Independent hold

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature

Results summary

Parties		House Election Results		Seat Change	Party Strength

Parties		2014	2016	+/−	Strength
	Republican	7	14	7	70.00%
	Independent	13	6	7	30.00%
	Democratic	0	0		0.00%
Totals		20	20		100.00%

Parties		Senate Election Results		Seat Change	Party Strength

Parties		2014	2016	+/−	Strength
	Republican	7	7		77.78%
	Independent	2	2		22.22%
	Democratic	0	0		0.00%
Totals		9	9		100.00%

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 2016 elections.

Rota 1st Senatorial District (1 seat)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Atalig Manglona	651	43.03%
	Republican	George Ogo Hocogo	478	31.59%
	Democratic	Thomas Lee Atalig Manglona	384	25.38%
Total votes			1,513	100.00%

Tinian 2nd Senatorial District (1 seat)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Francisco Manglona Borja (incumbent)	713	55.19%
	Independent	Henry Hofschneder San Nicolas	579	44.81%
Total votes			1,292	100.00%

Saipan 3rd Senatorial District (1 seat)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sixto Kaipat Igisomar (incumbent)	5,825	63.69%
	Independent	Ray Naraja Yumul	3,321	36.31%
Total votes			9,146	100.00%

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)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Edwin Kenneth Propst (incumbent)	2,024	12.68%
	Republican	Angel Aldan Demapan (incumbent)	1,975	12.37%
	Republican	Joseph Leepan Tenorio Guerrero (incumbent)	1,702	10.66%
	Independent	Joseph Pinaula Deleon Guerrero (incumbent)	1,591	9.97%
	Republican	Janet Ullao Maratita	1,580	9.90%
	Republican	Gregorio Jr. Muna Sablan	1,513	9.48%
	Independent	Roman Cepeda Benavente (incumbent)	1,438	9.01%
	Republican	Antonio Pangelinan Sablan (incumbent)	1,403	8.79%
	Independent	Joseph Arriola Flores	1,348	8.44%
	Independent	Ana Sablan Teregeyo	721	4.52%
	Independent	Anthony Indalecio Duenas	668	4.18%
Total votes			15,963	100.00%

House of Representative - District 2: Saipan (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Paul Palacios Sablan (incumbent)	571	39.24%
	Republican	Rafael Sablan Demapan (incumbent)	512	35.19%
	Independent	Vincente Aldan Ichihara	372	25.57%
Total votes			1,455	100.00%

House of Representative - District 3: Saipan (6 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ivan Alafanso Blanco	1,267	10.94%
	Independent	Blas Jonathan "BJ" Tenorio Attao (incumbent)	1,259	10.87%
	Independent	Edmund Joseph Sablan Villagomez (incumbent)	1,157	9.99%
	Republican	Donald Cabrera Barcinas	1,126	9.72%
	Republican	Francisco Santos Dela Cruz	1,010	8.72%
	Republican	Jose Ilo Itibus	997	8.61%
	Independent	Ralph Naraja Yumul (incumbent)	958	8.27%
	Independent	Heiz Sablan Hofschneider	905	7.82%
	Independent	Anthony Tenorio Benavente (incumbent)	842	7.27%
	Independent	Ramon Angailen Tebuteb (incumbent)	831	7.18%
	Independent	Stanley Estanislao Tudela McGinnis Torres	628	5.42%
	Independent	Vicente Castro Camacho	600	5.18%
Total votes			11,580	100.00%

House of Representative - District 4: Saipan (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Vinson Edward Flores Sablan (incumbent)	753	34.40%
	Republican	Alice Santos Igitol	610	27.87%
	Republican	George Norita Camacho (incumbent)	529	24.17%
	Independent	Joseph Kani Ruak	222	10.14%
	Democratic	Aaron Jay Murdock	75	3.43%
Total votes			2,189	100.00%

House of Representative - District 5: Saipan (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Lorenzo Iglecuas Deleion Guerrero (incumbent)	843	27.58%
	Republican	Francisco Concepcion Aguon	827	27.05%
	Republican	Antonio Reyes Agulto	528	17.27%
	Independent	James Anthony Duenas Cabrera	522	17.08%
	Independent	Antonio Muna Camacho	337	11.02%
Total votes			3,057	100.00%

House of Representative - District 6: Tinian (1 seat)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edwin Palacios Aldan (incumbent)	685	53.02%
	Independent	Diana Hocog Borja	607	46.98%
Total votes			1,292	100.00%

House of Representative - District 7: Rota (1 seat)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenn Lizama Maratita (incumbent)	804	53.96%
	Democratic	Tricia Marie Atalig Manglona	686	46.04%
Total votes			1,490	100.00%

Municipal Council

Municipal Council - Saipan & Northern Islands (non-partisan)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Luis John Deleon Guerrero Castro	6,107	54.72%
	Nonpartisan	Diego Litulumar	5,053	45.28%
Total votes			11,160	100.00%

Municipal Council - Tinian & Aguiguan (non-partisan)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Phillip Thomas Menfiola-Long	731	19.17%
	Nonpartisan	Antonio San Nicolas Borja	664	17.41%
	Nonpartisan	Edwin Manglona Hofschneider (incumbent)	658	17.26%
	Nonpartisan	Raynaldo Mendiola Cing (incumbent)	652	17.10%
	Nonpartisan	Sylvestre Hofschneider Palacios	580	15.21%
	Nonpartisan	Deborah Aldan Fleming	528	13.85%
Total votes			3,813	100.00%

Municipal Council - Rota (non-partisan)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Anthony Wayne Barcinas	1,149	29.98%
	Nonpartisan	Kary John Ramos	1,007	26.27%
	Nonpartisan	Ivan Jr. Mereb (incumbent)	927	24.18%
	Nonpartisan	Vanessa Lynn Gogue Charfaruros	750	19.57%
Total votes			3,833	100.00%

Board of Education

Board of Education - Saipan & Northern Islands (non-partisan)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Janice Marie Ada Tenorio	4,706	32.08%
	Nonpartisan	Marylou Seman Ada	3,758	22.62%
	Nonpartisan	Andrew Lujan Orsini	3,280	22.36%
	Nonpartisan	James Michael Rayphand	2,924	19.93%
Total votes			14,668

Board of Education - Rota (non-partisan)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Herman Manglona Ataug	907	61.33%
	Nonpartisan	Dexter Peter Apatang	572	38.67%
Total votes			1,479	100.0%

Judges

Judge^[2]	For retention		Against retention		Total
Judge^[2]	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total
Joseph James Norita Camacho	9,227	78.10%	2,588	21.90%	11,815

References

^ ""Commonwealth Election Commission: Important Dates for the Upcoming General Election"" (PDF). Archived from the original on Nov 7, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "2016 CNMI General Election Results". Commonwealth Election Commission. Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
^ "YOUR CANDIDATES IN THE 2016 ELECTIONS". Saipan Tribune. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
^ "Politics – election year 2016". Saipan Tribune. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2024-04-14.

[:0-1] ""Commonwealth Election Commission: Important Dates for the Upcoming General Election"" (PDF). Archived from the original on Nov 7, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2023.

[:1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "2016 CNMI General Election Results". Commonwealth Election Commission. Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

[3] "YOUR CANDIDATES IN THE 2016 ELECTIONS". Saipan Tribune. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2023-05-31.

[4] "Politics – election year 2016". Saipan Tribune. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2024-04-14.

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