2012 Northern Mariana Islands general election Delegate election
Nominee Gregorio Sablan Ignacia Tudela Demapan Party Independent Republican Popular vote 9,829 2,503 Percentage 79.70% 20.30%
Results by voting district: Gregorio Sablan: 70–75% 75–80% 80–85% 85–90% >95%
Delegate before election Gregorio Sablan Independent
Elected Delegate Gregorio Sablan Independent
Senate election
3 of the 9 seats in the Senate 5 seats needed for a majority Party Seats Republican
5 Independents
4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
House election
All 20 seats in the House of Representatives 11 seats needed for a majority Party Seats Independents
12 Republican
4 Covenant
4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
The 2012 Northern Mariana Islands general election were held on Tuesday, 6 November, 2012. The election coincided with the 2012 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 , 4 mayors, seats for the municipal council, seats for the board of education, and 2 judges. Additionally, three referendums were held.[ 1]
Background
Delegate to the US House of Representatives Incumbent Delegate Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan , an independent who caucuses with the Democratic Party, ran against Republican Candidate Ignacia Tudela Demapan for re-election. Gregorio Sablan, first elected in 2008 , had held the seat since its creation in 2009. When Sablan announced his campaign, he drew a crowd including members of the three political parties as well as independents.[ 2] The politically diverse crowd showed their support to Sablan, displaying unity behind a single candidate. Delegate Gregorio Sablan was re-elected by a massive 60-point spread, with nearly four-fifths of the vote, the largest margin of victory in the history of the Northern Mariana Islands.[ 1] [ 3] The Northern Mariana Islands ' non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives was elected for a two-year term. It would be the first time that the election for the CNMI Delegate would be held during the CNMI general elections rather than on its own.
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature
Results summary Parties House Election Results Seat Change Party Strength 2009 2012 +/− Strength Independent 4 12 8 60.00% Republican 9 4 5 20.00% Covenant 7 4 3 20.00% Democratic 0 0 0.00% Totals 20 20 100.00%
Parties Senate Election Results Seat Change Party Strength 2009 2012 +/− Strength Republican 5 5 55.56% Independent 4 4 44.44% Covenant 0 0 0.00% Democratic 0 0 0.00% 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 2012 elections.
Tinian 2nd Senatorial District (1 seat)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Independent Francisco Manglona Borja 702 60.94% Republican Joaquin Hoashi Borja 450 39.06% Total votes 1,152 100.00% Independent gain from Covenant
Saipan 3rd Senatorial District (1 seat)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Independent Ray Naraja Yumul 3,988 42.53% Republican Luis Palacios Crisostimo (incumbent) 2,426 25.87% Independent Illuminanda Reyes Bermudes 1,739 18.54% Covenant Ana Sablan Teregeyo 1,225 13.06% Total votes 9,378 100.00% Independent gain from Republican
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 .
House of Representative - District 1: Saipan (6 seats)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Independent Joseph Pinaula Deleon Guerrero (incumbent) 2,057 12.88% Independent Roman Cepeda Benavente 1,989 12.45% Independent Janet Ulloa Maratita 1,962 12.28% Independent Antonio Pangelinan Sablan (incumbent) 1,932 12.10% Independent Mariano Taitano 1,687 10.56% Republican Richard Benavente Seman 1,138 7.13% Covenant Martin Cabrera Sablan 1,060 6.64% Republican Vicente Camacho Cabrera 956 5.99% Republican Joseph Mafnas Palacios (incumbent) 867 5.43% Republican Eliceo Diaz Cabrera (incumbent) 784 4.91% Republican Ramon Concepcion Dela Cruz 782 4.90% Republican Jose Tilipao Limes 757 4.74% Total votes 15,971 100.00%
House of Representative - District 2: Saipan (2 seats)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Covenant John Paul Palacios Sablan 547 28.40% Covenant Rafael Sablan Demapan (incumbent) 521 27.05% Independent Daniel Jr. Iwashita Aquino 301 15.63% Republican Eric Benavente Atalig 278 14.43% Republican Liana Sablan Hofschneider 160 8.31% Independent Eric Franke Diaz 119 6.18% Total votes 1,926 100.00%
House of Representative - District 3: Saipan (6 seats)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Independent Ralph Naraja Yumul (incumbent) 1,220 9.64% Independent Ramon Angailen Tebuteb (incumbent) 1,138 8.99% Independent Francisco Santos Dela Cruz (incumbent) 1,095 8.65% Covenant Edmund Joseph Sablan Villagomez (incumbent) 963 7.61% Independent Anthony Tenorio Benavente 925 7.31% Republican Felicidad Taman Ogumoro (incumbent) 820 6.48% Republican Juan Sablan Reyes 802 6.33% Republican David Reyes Maratita 785 6.20% Independent Mariano Deleon Guerrero Fajardo 768 6.07% Republican Jose Pua Saures 762 6.02% Independent Ignacio Villagomez Cabrera 738 5.83% Republican Roy Taisacan Rios 640 5.05% Independent Stanley Estanislao Tudela Mcginnis Torres (incumbent) 629 4.97% Republican Jesus Manibusan Castro 609 4.81% Independent Raymond Basa Lizama 406 3.21% Covenant Brian Ayuyu Torres 362 2.86% Total votes 12,662 100.00%
House of Representative - District 4: Saipan (2 seats)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Covenant Christopher Duenas Leon Guerrero 639 30.47% Republican George Norita Camacho (incumbent) 537 25.61% Independent Jesus Jr. Igisomar Wabol 527 25.13% Republican Sylvestre Ilo Iguel (incumbent) 394 18.79% Total votes 2,097 100.00%
House of Representative - District 5: Saipan (2 seats)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Independent Antonio Reyes Agulto 972 30.12% Independent Lorenzo Iglecias Deleon Guerrero 900 27.89% Republican Ramon Sablan Basa (incumbent) 468 14.50% Independent Daniel Ogo Quitugua 458 14.19% Republican Frederick Peters Deleon Guerrero (incumbent) 429 13.29% Total votes 3,227 100.00%
House of Representative - District 6: Tinian (1 seat)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Independent Trenton Brian Conner (incumbent)[ a] 590 51.98% Republican Edwin Palacios Aldan 545 48.02% Total votes 1,135 100.00% Independent hold
House of Representative - District 7: Rota (1 seat)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Teresita Apatang Santos (incumbent)[ b] 882 58.96% Independent Felix Mundo Santos 614 41.04% Total votes 1,496 100.00% Republican hold
Municipal Council Municipal Council - Saipan & Northern Islands (non-partisan)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Ramon Jose Blas Camacho (incumbent) 5,559 51.10% Nonpartisan Antonia Manibusan Tudela 5,320 48.90% Total votes 10,879 100.00%
Municipal Council - Tinian and Aguiguan (non-partisan)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Antonio San Nicolas Borja 723 21.45% Nonpartisan Reynaldo Mendiola Cing 594 17.62% Nonpartisan Estevan Pangelinan Cabrera (incumbent) 566 16.79% Nonpartisan Patrick A. Manglona (incumbent) 523 15.51% Nonpartisan Joseph San Nicolas Cruz (incumbent) 483 14.33% Nonpartisan Eugenio Henry Lizama Villagomez 482 14.30% Total votes 3,371 100.00%
Municipal Council - Rota[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Gardner Trazan Delos Santos Barcinas 865 20.33% Nonpartisan Glenn Lizama Maratita 862 20.26% Nonpartisan George Ogo Hocog (incumbent) 859 20.19% Nonpartisan Prudencio Atalig Manglona (incumbent) 667 15.68% Nonpartisan Alexander Apatang 517 12.15% Nonpartisan Robert Sikyang Ulloa 484 11.38% Total votes 4,254 100.00%
Board of Education Board of Education - Saipan & Northern Islands (non-partisan)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Janice Marie Ada Tenorio 4,399 30.02% Nonpartisan Marylou Seman Ada 4,014 27.40% Nonpartisan Victorino Sablan Cepeda 3,790 25.87% Nonpartisan Angel Songao Hocog 2,449 16.71% Total votes 14,652 100.00%
Board of Education - Rota (non-partisan)[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Denise R. King 853 61.46% Nonpartisan Dexter Peter Apatang 535 38.54% Total votes 1,388 100.00%
Judges Judge[ 1] For retention Against retention Total Votes % Votes % David Wiseman 9,217 78.42 2,536 21.58 11,753 Perry Inos 9,652 81.62 2,173 18.38 11,825
Referendum Legislative Initiatives[ 1] For Against Total Votes % Votes % Votes 17-2, HD3, HS2 9,248 81.63% 2,081 18.37% 17-12, HD1 10,084 88.38% 1,326 11.62% 17-5 6,876 62.35% 4,152 37.65%
Notes ^ Trenton Conner switched his affiliation from Republican to Independent before the elections ^ Teresita Santos switched her affiliation from Independent to Republican before the elections
References ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Commonwealth Election Commission - 2012 Election Results". Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023 ^ "Kilili's campaign kickoff draws support from mixed crowd". Saipan Tribune . 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2024-04-14 . ^ Rabago, Mark (2014-11-06). "Kilili wins 4th term in another landslide". Saipan Tribune . Retrieved 2024-04-14 .