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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.
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]
Mayoral elections in Guam were held on November 5, 2024 as part of the 2024 Guamanian general election, to elect mayors of nineteen villages in Guam and vice mayors in six, with primaries taking place on August 3. [1] The incumbent vice mayor of Sinajana, Rudy Don Iriarte, died on January 4, 2024. A special election to fill the office was ...
The election coincided with the 2024 Guamanian general election which will decide other federal and state offices, including elections to the Legislature of Guam. The non-voting delegate is selected for a two-year term. Incumbent delegate James Moylan, who was first elected in 2022 with 52.2% of the vote, was re-elected to a second term. [1]
Guam is a territory and not a state, making it ineligible to elect members of the Electoral College. Instead, Guam conducts a non-binding presidential straw poll during the general election. [1] In the 2024 presidential election, incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden initially ran for re-election and became the party's presumptive nominee. [2]
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.
General elections were held in Guam on November 8, 2022. Voters in Guam chose their governor, non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, attorney general, and all fifteen members of the territorial legislature. The election coincided with the 2022 United States elections.