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2020 Northern Mariana Islands general election

3 November 2020

Delegate election

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Nominee Gregorio Sablan Party Independent Popular vote 11,449 Percentage 100.00%

Delegate before election Gregorio Sablan Independent Elected Delegate Gregorio Sablan Independent

Senate election

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3 of the 9 seats in the Senate 5 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats Republican 5 Independents 3 Democratic 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

House election

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All 20 seats in the House of Representatives 11 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats Republican 9 Democratic 8 Independents 3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Politics of the Northern Mariana Islands
Constitution and law United States Constitution Northern Mariana Islands Constitution Law of the Northern Mariana Islands
Executive Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands Arnold Palacios (Independent) Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands David M. Apatang (Independent)
Legislature Northern Mariana Islands Senate President Edith DeLeon Guerrero (Democratic) Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives Speaker Edmund Villagomez (Independent)
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Federal delegation United States House Delegate Gregorio Sablan (Democratic)
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The 2020 Northern Mariana Islands general election were held on Tuesday, 3 November, 2020, corresponding with the 2020 United States general elections. Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands voted for the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, 3 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, all twenty seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, seats for the municipal council, seats for the board of education, 1 justice, and 2 judges.

This election oversaw the return of the CNMI Democratic Party as a major force in CNMI politics for the first time in a decade. 2020 also saw the first time a party was able to challenge the CNMI Republican Party since the Covenant Party was dissolved in 2013. Four incumbent representatives that were elected as independents announced that they would run for re-election as Democrats while another independent aligns with the party. Prior to the 2020 election, the Democrats had not won a legislative seat since their last wins in the 2007 general elections. The result of the 2020 general election was that the CNMI had experienced a blue wave, with the Democrats controlling nearly half the house and adding a member to the senate. The Republicans lost the trifecta it held since the 2016 Northern Mariana Islands general election and the single-party system it held since 2013. Voter turnout was at 72.05%, lower than the previous general elections election years of 2018, which was 77.4%, and 2014, which was 76.7%.

Background

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Delegate to the US House of Representatives

Incumbent Delegate Gregorio Sablan, an independent who caucuses with the Democratic Party, ran uncontested for re-election. Sablan, first elected in 2008, had held the seat since its creation in 2009. Delegate Gregorio Sablan was re-elected. The Northern Mariana Islands' non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives are elected for a two-year term.

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature

Results summary

Parties		House Election Results		Seat Change	Party Strength
		2018	2020	+/−	Strength
	Republican	13	9	4	45.00%
	Democratic	0	8	8	40.00%
	Independent	7	3	4	15.00%
Totals		20	20		100.00%

Parties		Senate Election Results		Seat Change	Party Strength
		2018	2020	+/−	Strength
	Republican	6	5	1	55.56%
	Independent	3	3		33.33%
	Democratic	0	1	1	11.11%
Totals		9	9		100.00%

Senate

The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature, consisting of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (Saipan & the Northern Islands, Tinian & Aguijan, and Rota), each a Multi-member district with three senators. Each district had one seat open for the 2020 elections.

House of Representatives

The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The house has seven districts and five of the seven are Multi-member district. In 2019, a four-way race took place for a single seat in district 3 after its became vacant when Republican Rep. Francisco Dela Cruz died in January 2019. Republican Party candidate Marco Taisakan Peter was the victor. All twenty seats were up for the 2020 elections.

Municipal Council

Board of education

Justices

Judges

References

1. "Alcohol ban on Election Day". Saipan Tribune. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
2. ^ "2020 CNMI General Election Results". Commonwealth Election Commission. 2020-11-17. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2024-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. ^ Manglona, Thomas (June 19, 2020). "CNMI's democrats looking for a comeback". www.kuam.com. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
4. "Why I'm running as a Democrat and why the CNMI needs a two-party system". Saipan Tribune. 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
5. "Four lawmakers declare as Democrats; one aligns with bloc". Saipan Tribune. 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
6. "Big 76.52% voter turnout". Saipan Tribune. 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
7. Post, Emmanuel T. Erediano | For The Guam Daily (2019-03-26). "Peter wins House special election". The Guam Daily Post. Retrieved 2023-06-10.

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See also: Elections and referendums in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

• 2020 Northern Mariana Islands elections
• 2020 in the Northern Mariana Islands
• November 2020 events in the United States