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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 ...
Pulu Ae Ae Jr. is an American Samoan politician who is the lieutenant governor-elect of American Samoa. He was elected along with his running mate Pula Nikolao Pula in the 2024 American Samoan gubernatorial election. He previously served as mayor of Pago Pago and as a faipule (member) of the American Samoa House of Representatives.
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 ...
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.
The 2024 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses were held on March 8, 2024, [10] as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 9 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention will be allocated on a delegate selection basis.
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.
Jason Michael Palmer (born December 1, 1971) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, investor, and politician who was a candidate in the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Palmer won the 2024 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses, with 51 votes compared to 40 for Joe Biden.
An election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa's at-large congressional district and 20 seat to the American Samoa House of Representatives. The election coincided with races for other federal and American Samoan territorial offices, including ...