The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The Senate consists of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (
Saipan
Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States in the western Pa ...
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the Northern Islands,
Tinian
Tinian ( or ; old Japanese name: 天仁安島, ''Tenian-shima'') is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Together with uninhabited neighboring Aguiguan, it forms Tinian Municipality, one of the ...
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Aguijan
Aguiguan (also Aguigan and Aguihan, based on the Spanish rendition of the native name, Aguijan, which is still used) is a small bean-shaped coralline island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain in the Pacific Ocean. It is situated south-west of ...
, and
Rota
Rota or ROTA may refer to:
Places
* Rota (island), in the Marianas archipelago
* Rota (volcano), in Nicaragua
* Rota, Andalusia, a town in Andalusia, Spain
* Naval Station Rota, Spain
People
* Rota (surname), a surname (including a list of peop ...
), each a multi-member constituency with three senators.
Maria Frica Pangelinan
Maria "Frica" Tudela Pangelinan (born December 5, 1948) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician. She is the first female senator to serve in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate.
She graduated from the University of Guam in 1981 with a BBA. Wh ...
was the first woman to serve in the Senate.
Vacancies
In the event of a vacancy that occurs less than two years before the end of the Senator's term, the
Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands appoints the runner-up of the most recent election. Should that individual decline, the next highest vote getting, unsuccessful candidate become the prospective appointee. Should all the previous candidate's decline, the Governor would then choose an eligible citizen for consideration. In the event a vacancy occurs more than two years before the next scheduled election, a special election is held.
Senators of the 22nd Commonwealth Legislature
Below are the Senators serving in the 22nd Commonwealth Legislature.
Past composition of the Senate
In the November 2007 elections, the three senators up for re-election were all re-elected to another four-year term in the 16th and 17th Senate. The
Covenant Party, which lost control of the
House
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air cond ...
, entered into
coalition
A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces.
Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
with the
Democrats and a lone
Independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independe ...
over the Senate's leadership and voting agenda. The CNMI Senate was controlled in 2016 by a Republican majority under
Senate President
President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the speaker in some other assemblies.
The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for ...
Francisco Borja.
See also
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Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives
*
List of Northern Mariana Islands Governors
References
External links
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Politics of the Northern Mariana Islands
Political organizations based in the Northern Mariana Islands
Territorial upper houses in the United States
Government of the Northern Mariana Islands
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