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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:
The Republican Party of Guam stems from the old Territorial Party of Guam, which existed from 1956 through 1968. [2] The Territorial Party was established in 1956 by discontented former Popular Party members, [3] including Frank D. Perez, [4] Pedro Leon Guerrero, [5] Edward T. Calvo, [4] Cynthia Torres, [6] B. J. Bordallo, [4] Vicente Reyes, [5] Felix Carbullido, [5] and Antonio Duenas. [5]
This article lists political parties in Guam. Guam has a two-party system ; however, many people are elected to local positions without open affiliation. In addition, some elective offices are required to be nonpartisan.
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.
In January 1982, a referendum on Guam's status was held, with a 49.49% plurality of voters favoring commonwealth status, with 25.65% favoring statehood, the second most popular option. 10.19% said they supported the status quo, while 5.40% supported U.S. incorporated territory status. 3.9% of voters favored a free association agreement with the ...
Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 6, 1984 [6] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Ben Garrido Blaz: 15,839 50.3% Democratic: Antonio Borja Won Pat (Incumbent) 15,485 49.2% Write-in: 144 0.5% Total votes 31,468 : 100.00% : Republican gain from Democratic
After a contentious primary challenged by three other Democratic gubernatorial teams, Ricardo J. Bordallo and Rudolph Guerrero "Rudy" Sablan defeated the incumbent Republican Camacho-Moylan team. Sworn in on January 6, 1975, Ricardo J. Bordallo was the first elected Democratic Governor of Guam.
The 2024 Guam Republican presidential caucuses were held on Saturday, March 16, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries. The Republican Party of Guam officially convened for their party convention to allocate all nine of the territory's delegates to former president Donald Trump , who became the presumptive nominee after clinching the ...