1982 Guamanian legislative election

Guam legislative election, 1982

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All 21 seats of the Legislature of Guam
Majority party Minority party   Leader Carl T.C. Gutierrez Tommy Tanaka Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat At-large district At-large district Last election 11 seats Seats won 14 7 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 280,427 243,193 Percentage 53.6 46.4
Speaker before election Tommy Tanaka Republican Elected Speaker Carl T.C. Gutierrez Democratic

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The 1982 Guam legislative election was held in Guam on November 2, 1982. The Democratic Party won fourteen of the twenty-one seats in the Legislature.

Results[]

Legislature[]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic Party	280,427	53.6	14
Republican Party	243,193	46.4	7
Total	523,620	100	21	-
Registered voters/turnout		87	–	–
Source: Guam Election Commission. Comparative Analysis Report, Guam - 1983

Primary Election[]

The primary election is scheduled for the first Saturday in September. For the 1982 election, the primary was held on Saturday, September 4, 1982 for both the Democratic Party of Guam and the Republican Party of Guam. The 21 at-large candidates from each party who receive the most votes go on to the general election.

Candidates[]

Democratic[]

Republican[]

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Results[]

Democratic[]

Democratic Party of Guam primary election, 1982^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carl Gutierrez	7,448
	Democratic	Francisco R. Santos	7,387
	Democratic	Franklin Quitugua	7,385
	Democratic	Elizabeth P. Arriola	7,377
	Democratic	Ted S. Nelson	7,334
	Democratic	Joe T. San Agustin	7,196
	Democratic	Joaquin C. Camacho	7,177
	Democratic	Franklin J. Gutierrez	7,122
	Democratic	Joseph T. Duenas	7,105
	Democratic	John P. Aguon	7,071
	Democratic	Gene Ramsey	7,001
	Democratic	Pilar C. Lujan	6,936
	Democratic	John F. Quan	6,824
	Democratic	Alfred F. Sablan	6,731
	Democratic	Benjamin J.F. Cruz	6,573
	Democratic	Edward T. Charfauros	6,546
	Democratic	John S. Taitano	6,535
	Democratic	Don Parkinson	6,198
	Democratic	Antonio C. Yamashita	6,181
	Democratic	Marcia K. Hartsock	5,891
	Democratic	Herman D. Sablan	5,749
	Democratic	Ramon Q. Sudo	5,744
	Democratic	James Rhodes	5,259
	Democratic	Joseph D. Mendiola	4,834
	Democratic	Lloyd L. Umagat	4,708
	Democratic	Jose B. Sarmiento	4,632
	Democratic	Bruce G. Perez	4,401
	Democratic	Sam S. Paik	4,381
	Democratic	Joseph T. Gumataotao	4,366
	Democratic	Maria C.P. Mad	3,973
	Democratic	Vicente P. Crawford	3,494
	Democratic	Ching L. Barro	2,850
	Democratic	Ray Tongson	2,300
	Democratic	Manuel Hechanova	2,057
Turnout			196,766

Republican[]

Republican Party of Guam primary election, 1982^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph F. Ada	8,606
	Republican	Tommy Tanaka	7,927
	Republican	Marilyn D.A. Manibusan	6,814
	Republican	Edward R. Duenas	6,611
	Republican	Antonio R. Unpingco	6,562
	Republican	Alberto C. Lamorena, III	6,510
	Republican	James H. Underwood	6,219
	Republican	Tommy C. Crisostomo	6,184
	Republican	Peter A.D. Ada	6,015
	Republican	Gregorio S. Calvo	5,901
	Republican	Jess Q. Torres	5,690
	Republican	Ben D. Ada	5,628
	Republican	T. Frank Flores	5,492
	Republican	Nancy T. Leon Guerrero	5,262
	Republican	Angel A.R. Sablan	5,141
	Republican	Francis M. Perez	5,023
	Republican	James R. Cruz	4,846
	Republican	George A. Santos	4,811
	Republican	Bert R. Unpingco	4,730
	Republican	Carmen A. Kasperbauer	4,390
	Republican	Joe Dizon	4,309
	Republican	Jose S. Mantanona	4,195
	Republican	Jim Miles	4,182
	Republican	Norbert F. Ungacta	4,160
	Republican	John A. Kinsella	4,093
	Republican	Gil T. Shinohara	4,083
	Republican	Lagrimas F. Aflague	3,844
	Republican	Mark Martinez	3,706
	Republican	Concepcion C. Barrett	3,485
	Republican	Ernesto Cid	2,949
	Republican	Edward J. Cenzon	2,666
	Republican	Luis A. Devera	2,547
	Republican	Mariona B. Santos	2,467
	Republican	Ed Senato	2,457
Turnout			167,505

General election[]

The general election is scheduled for the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November. For the 1982 election, the general election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1982. The 21 at-large candidates who receive the most votes would be certified and then inaugurated as members of the 17th Guam Legislature on January 3, 1983.

Candidates[]

Democratic[]

Republican[]

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Results[]

1982 Guam legislative election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph F. Ada	17,570	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Carl T.C. Gutierrez	15,798	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Tommy Tanaka	15,345	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Don Parkinson	15,151	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Ted S. Nelson	14,792	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Marilyn D.A. Manibusan	14,691	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Elizabeth P. Arriola	14,436	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Joe T. San Agustin	14,354	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Franklin J. Gutierrez	14,307	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Edward "Ed" T. Charfauros	14,205	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Franklin Quitugua	14,060	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Marcia K. Hartsock	13,699	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Francisco R. Santos	13,648	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Edward R. Duenas	13,647	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Gene Ramsey	13,559	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	John P. Aguon	13,536	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	John F. Quan	13,498	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Antonio R. Unpingco	13,151	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Alberto C. Lamorena, III	12,831	n/a	n/a
	Republican	James H. Underwood	12,690	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Pilar C. Lujan	12,603	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Joseph T. Duenas	12,514	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Antonio C. Yamashita	12,476	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Alfred F. Sablan	12,341	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Benjamin J.F. Cruz	12,199	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Joe Dizon	11,961	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Tommy C. Crisostomo	11,286	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Joaquin C. Camacho	11,360	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Jess Q. Torres	11,022	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	John S. Taitano	11,011	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Angel A.R. Sablan	10,973	n/a	n/a
	Democratic	Herman D. Sablan	10,880	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Nancy T. Leon Guerrero	10,334	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Bert R. Unpingco	10,332	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Ben Ada	10,310	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Peter A.D. Ada	10,289	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Gregorio S. Calvo	9,772	n/a	n/a
	Republican	T. Frank Flores	9,746	n/a	n/a
	Republican	James R. Cruz	9,581	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Carmen A. Kasperbauer	9,487	n/a	n/a
	Republican	George A. Santos	9,226	n/a	n/a
	Republican	Francis M. Perez	8,949	n/a	n/a
Majority			280,427
Turnout			523,620
	Democratic gain from Republican

Incoming Senators to the 17th Guam Legislature[]

There were 21 senators elected on November 2, 1982 to serve in the 17th Guam Legislature:

Democratic[]

Incumbents[]

Freshmen[]

Republican[]

Incumbents[]

Freshmen[]

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References[]