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Elections In Guam
Guam elects on the territorial level a Governor of Guam, governor and a Legislature of Guam, legislature with the governor elected for a four-year term by the people. The Legislature of Guam has fifteen members elected at large in an open primary for two year terms. The island also holds both Democratic and Republican presidential caucuses every election year, and conducts a United States presidential straw polls in Guam, presidential straw poll to coincide with the U.S. general election, even though Guam's votes do not officially count in presidential races. Guam has a multi-party system, with two strong political parties, parties. Latest elections 2014 general election Republican Eddie Calvo was re-elected governor with 64% of the vote. Democrats retained control of the island's legislature. 2016 presidential election Hillary Clinton received nearly 60% of the vote in Guam's Democratic Primary, yielding her nine out of the island's 12 delegates. Donald Trump won all of Guam ...
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Lou Leon Guerrero
Lourdes Aflague "Lou" Leon Guerrero (born November 8, 1950) is an American politician and former banking executive, lobbyist, and nurse who has served as the ninth governor of Guam since 2019.Haidee Eugenio Gilbert''Crowd: Governor's speech inspires, is realistic,''Hagatna, Guam. A member of the Democratic Party, Guerrero is the first woman to serve in the position. Leon Guerrero had served in the Guam Legislature from 1995 to 1999 and again from 2001 to 2007.Guam Legislature''Resolution No. 148 (EC).''Hagatna, Guam. From 2007 to 2017, Leon Guerrero was president and CEO of the Bank of Guam. Born and raised in Guam, Leon Guerrero received her B.S. in Nursing from Cal State Los Angeles and a MPH from the University of California, Los Angeles.Guam Legislature''Resolution No. 27-31(COR).''Hagatna, Guam. Leon Guerrero worked as a nurse in California and Guam, eventually becoming president of the Guam Nurses Association. In this role, she opposed efforts to outlaw abortion on the ...
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Political Party Strength In Guam
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States: *Governor *Lieutenant Governor *Attorney General The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: * Territorial Legislature * Territory delegation to the United States House of Representatives For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees won the island's presidential straw poll. Table See also *Elections in Guam * Government and politics in Guam *List of political parties in Guam *Politics of Guam Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies poli ... {{Political party strength in U.S. states Political parties in Guam ...
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Electoral System
An electoral or voting system is a set of rules used to determine the results of an election. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections may take place in business, nonprofit organizations and informal organisations. These rules govern all aspects of the voting process: when elections occur, Suffrage, who is allowed to vote, Nomination rules, who can stand as a candidate, Voting method, how ballots are marked and cast, how the ballots are counted, how votes translate into the election outcome, limits on Campaign finance, campaign spending, and other factors that can affect the result. Political electoral systems are defined by constitutions and electoral laws, are typically conducted by election commissions, and can use multiple types of elections for different offices. Some electoral systems elect a single winner to a unique position, such as prime minister, president or governor, while others elect multiple winners, such as membe ...
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Electoral Calendar
This national electoral calendar for 2025 lists the national/ federal elections scheduled to be held in 2025 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referenda are included. Specific dates are given where these are known. January * 12 January: ** Comoros, Parliament ** Croatia, President (2nd round) * 16 January: Vanuatu, Parliament * 26 January: Belarus, President February * 7 February: '' Turks and Caicos Islands, Parliament'' * 9 February: ** Ecuador, President (1st round) and Parliament ** ''Kosovo, Parliament'' ** Liechtenstein, Parliament ** Switzerland, Referendums * 15 February: '' Abkhazia, President (1st round)'' * 18 February: ''Bermuda, House of Assembly'' * 23 February: Germany, Bundestag * 26 February: ''Anguilla, Parliament'' March * 1 March: '' Abkhazia, President (2nd round)'' * 2 March: Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives * 4 March: Micronesia, Parliament * 5 March: ''Tristan da Cunha, ...
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Leevin Camacho
Leevin Taitano Camacho is a Chamorro lawyer who served as fourteenth (fifth elected) attorney general of Guam. He was elected on November 6, 2018, defeating former attorney general Douglas Moylan with 67% of the vote. Inaugurated on January 7, 2019, Camacho succeeded Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson. Early life Camacho was born to Lolita San Nicolas Taitano (Familian Asan and Familian Lucas) and Vincent G. Camacho (Familian Santiago and Familian Victoriano). The Camachos were a military family. He attended John F. Kennedy High School followed by the University of Washington. Career After graduating from Boston University School of Law in 2005, Camacho returned to Guam where he clerked for the Supreme Court of Guam. Activism Camacho is a founder of We Are Guåhan, an activist movement opposed to military buildup on Guam. He also was involved with Save Southern Guam, successfully convincing the Guam Land Use Commission to revoke construction permits for a hotel project in Pago Ba ...
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Douglas Moylan
Douglas Brian Keola Moylan (born October 19, 1966) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 15th attorney general of Guam since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the ninth attorney general of Guam from 2003 to 2007. In 1990, Moylan was licensed to practice law in California and has been in active practice since. In 2002, he became Guam's first elected attorney general. In 2022, Moylan ran for re-election, defeating incumbent Leevin Camacho. Biography He was born on October 19, 1966, in Stockton, California, to his parents Richard and Jane Moylan and has four brothers Jeffrey, Scott, Brian and Steven. Moylan is the grandson of the late Scotty Moylan, a businessman. His first cousins are former lieutenant governor Kaleo Moylan and Kamaka Moylan Alston a realtor. Moylan is an attorney licensed to practice law in California, Guam and Washington, D.C. He served as the Legislative Counsel to the 24th, 25th and 26th Guam Legislatures before b ...
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Felix Perez Camacho
Felix James Pérez Camacho (born October 30, 1957) is an American politician and businessman who served as the seventh governor of Guam from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party of Guam, he had previously served as a six-term senator in the Guam Legislature from 1993 to 2003. Born into the Camacho family, his father, Carlos Camacho, served as the 1st Governor of Guam from 1969 to 1975. Camacho unsuccessfully ran for Governor again in the 2022 Guamanian election, losing to incumbent Democrat Lou Leon Guerrero. Early life Camacho was born in Camp Zama, a U.S. military base in Japan. Camacho's father was Carlos Camacho. Camacho's mother was Lourdes Perez Camacho. He was raised in Tamuning, Guam, and was educated in the Catholic school system. Camacho's father became Guam's last appointed governor in 1969, and subsequently became the first elected governor in 1971. In 1980, Camacho received a degree in business administration and finance from Marquette University. Politi ...
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James Moylan
James Camacho Moylan (born July 18, 1962) is an American politician and United States Army, Army veteran serving as the Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives, delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for Guam's at-large congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the Guam Legislature from 2019 to 2023. Moylan is one of two Chamorro people, Chamorro members of Congress, alongside Kimberlyn King-Hinds. Education Moylan graduated from John F. Kennedy High School (Guam), John F. Kennedy High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from the University of Guam. Early political career Prior to entering politics, Moylan served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army and parole officer for the Guam Department of Corrections. He was elected to the Guam Legislature in 2018 and assumed office in 2019. Moylan is also a lice ...
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Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president of the United States, vice president from 2009 to 2017 and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965 and the Syracuse University College of Law in 1968. He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and the 1972 United States Senate election in Delaware, U.S. Senate in 1972. US Senate career of Joe Biden, As a senator, Biden chaired the Senate United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary Committee and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations Committee. He drafted and led passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against Women Act. He also ...
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Michael San Nicolas
Michael Franklin Quitugua San Nicolas (born January 30, 1981) is a Guamanian Democratic Party politician, who served as the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for from 2019 to 2023. San Nicolas was elected by his colleagues in the 116th United States Congress to serve as vice chair of the United States House Committee on Financial Services. Rather than run for reelection in 2022, San Nicolas ran and lost in the Democratic primary of the 2022 Guamanian gubernatorial election. From 2013 to 2019, San Nicolas served as senator in the 32nd, 33rd, and 34th Guam legislatures. Early life San Nicolas, born January 30, 1981, in Tamuning, Guam. He is the eldest son of Miguel Borja San Nicolas and Eva Quitugua San Nicolas of Talofofo, Guam, both long-time educators at the Guam Department of Education. His paternal grandfather Enrique Santos San Nicolas served in the Guam Congress and his maternal grandfather is former Speaker of the Guam Legislature Franklin Joseph Arceo ...
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Madeleine Bordallo
Madeleine Mary Zeien Bordallo (; born May 31, 1933) is an American-Guamanian politician who served as the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2019. She is the first woman ever to serve as Guam's Delegate, the first female lieutenant governor of Guam (from 1995 to 2003), the first female candidate for governor of Guam (in 1990), and the first female Democrat elected to the Legislature of Guam. Her 1990 campaign also made her the first non- Chamorro gubernatorial candidate in Guam. As the wife of Ricardo Bordallo, she was also the First Lady of Guam from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1987. Biography Madeleine Mary Zeien was born on May 31, 1933, in Graceville, Minnesota, to a family of educators who moved to Guam after her father took a job with the Guam Department of Education. She attended St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana, and the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she studied music. In the 1950 ...
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