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General elections were held in American Samoa on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Voters elected a governor, lieutenant governor, faipule (members) of the House of Representatives, and the American Samoan delegate to the United States Congress. The gubernatorial election required a run-off on November 19 as no candidate received a majority of the ...
The 2024 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses were held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 11 delegates to the 2024 Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates. [3]
Palmer had three campaign staffers on the island and held several virtual events prior to the caucuses. A Biden campaign official dismissed the loss as "silly news." [5] It was initially reported by the American Samoa Democratic Party that Palmer won four delegates, while Joe Biden won two. The same day, the delegate count was corrected, with ...
As a U.S. territory, American Samoa also votes to send a non-voting delegate to the US House of Representatives, from American Samoa's at-large congressional district. The official head of state is the President of the United States. While American Samoans can vote in party primaries, they cannot vote in the general presidential election.
Pulaali'i Tuiteleleapaga Iuli Nikolao Pula is an American Samoan politician who is the governor-elect of American Samoa.He ran in the 2024 American Samoan gubernatorial election and defeated incumbent Lemanu Peleti Mauga in the runoff.
In American Samoa, gubernatorial candidates run on a non-partisan basis and as a slate together with their lieutenant governor candidate. In the 2020 election, the previous lieutenant governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga was elected governor, and the former attorney general , Salo Ale , was elected lieutenant governor with more than 60 percent of the vote.
American Samoa Delegate election results, 2018 [8] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Amata Coleman Radewagen : 7,194 : 83.28 : Independent: Tuika Tuika: 785 9.09 Democratic: Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman 659 7.63 Total votes 8,638 : 100
American Samoa's at-large congressional district encompasses the entire U.S. territorial region of American Samoa. The territory does not have a voting member of Congress but does elect a delegate who can participate in debates and vote in committees of which they are a member. Amata Coleman Radewagen is the current delegate of the islands.