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The Organic Act provides that the Guam Legislature is a unicameral body with up to twenty-one members and that elections shall be held every two years. Until a change to Guam law in 1996, the Guam Legislature had 21 members, called senators, but since then it has had 15 senators.
Legislative elections were held Guam on November 8, 2022, along with the election for the Guam delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. [1] Before the election, the Democratic Party holds eight of the fifteen seats in the Legislature while the Republican Party holds seven seats. [2]
General elections were held in Guam on November 5, 2024. [1] Voters in Guam chose their non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, attorney general, supreme court judges and all fifteen members of the territorial legislature. The elections were held on the same day as the 2024 United States elections.
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 presidential straw poll to coincide with the U.S. general election, even though Guam's votes do not officially count in presidential races.
The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the larger 2022 United States House of Representatives elections and the 2022 Guamanian legislative election. The non-voting delegate is elected for a two-year term.
Legislative elections were held in Guam on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, [1] along with the election for the Guam delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. Before the election, the Democratic Party held ten of the fifteen seats in the Legislature while the Republican Party held five seats. The election resulted in a gain of two seats for the ...
The 37th Guam Legislature was the meeting of the Guam Legislature that was convened in Hagatna, Guam on January 4, 2021 and ended on January 1, 2023, during Lou Leon Guerrero's Governorship. In the 2022 Guam election , the Democratic Party of Guam won a majority of seats in the Guam Legislature.
The members are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates are elected as the new members of the legislature. As there were many candidates running, primaries were set on August 27, 2016 for both the Democratic and Republican parties. The first fifteen candidates who win the highest votes go on to the General election.