Carson K. Sigrah (born ?) is a Micronesian

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. Sigrah served as the Governor of

Kosrae Kosrae ( ), formerly known as Kusaie or Strong's Island, is an island in the Caroline Islands archipelago, and States of Micronesia, state within the Federated States of Micronesia. It includes the main island of Kosrae, traditionally known as Ual ...

from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as Lieutenant Governor from 2011 to 2019 under Governor Lyndon Jackson.

Political career

Sigrah was the running mate of Jackson, who won the initial Kosrae gubernatorial election held on November 2, 2010, with 1,414 votes, but did not passed the 50% threshold, which necessitated a runoff in January 2011. Jackson won the Kosrae gubernatorial

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held on January 2, 2011, with 54.4% of the vote to Nena S. Nena's 45.6%, allowing Sigrah to become lieutenant governor. Jackson and Sigrah were officially sworn into office on January 11, 2011. However, their public inauguration ceremony was held on January 27, 2011. It was also attended by more than 1,000 people and was held at Kosrae High School over the course of two and a half hours. In the 2018 Kosrae elections, Sigrah was elected Governor of Kosrae. He ran for reelection in 2022 against

Tulensa Palik Tulensa W. Palik is the current governor of Kosrae, Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of approximately 2,000 small islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with thr ...

. However, Sigrah lost reelection his bid in the runoff, with Palik winning 59.19% of the vote while Sigrah himself won 40.81%.

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