2018 Guamanian legislative election

2018 Guamanian legislative election

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All 15 seats of the Legislature of Guam
Turnout	~66% ()
Majority party Minority party   Leader Benjamin Cruz (retired) James Espaldon (retired) Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat At-large district At-large district Seats before 9 6 Seats won 10 5 Seat change 1 1
Speaker before election Benjamin J.F. Cruz Democratic Elected Speaker Tina Muña Barnes Democratic Party of Guam

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Legislative elections were held in Guam on Tuesday, November 6, 2018,^[1] along with the election for the Guam delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. Before the election, the Democratic Party held nine of the fifteen seats in the Legislature while the Republican Party held six seats. The election resulted in a gain of one seat for the Democrats and a loss of one seat for Republicans. Democrats also won the race for Guam's US House Delegate.

Candidates[]

Democratic[]

Declared[]

Declined[]

Republican[]

Declined[]

Primary Election[]

Primary elections in Guam were held on August 25, 2018. The first 15 candidates who win the highest votes for each party will move on to the general election.

Results[]

Democratic primary results[]

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Therese M. Terlaje (incumbent)	17,226
	Democratic	Telena M.C. Nelson (incumbent)	15,982
	Democratic	Joe S. San Agustin (incumbent)	14,919
	Democratic	Regine Biscoe Lee (incumbent)	13,542
	Democratic	Tina Muña Barnes	13,499
	Democratic	Amanda L. Shelton	13,890
	Democratic	Sabina E.F. Perez	10,648
	Democratic	Clynton E. Ridgell	10,354
	Democratic	Celestin C. Babauta	9,953
	Democratic	Kelly Marsh Taitano	9,873
	Democratic	Jose "Pedo" T. Terlaje	9,834
	Democratic	Jermaine Alerta	9,614
	Democratic	Adolpho B. Palacios Sr.	8,937
	Democratic	Jack Eugene Hattig III	8,853
	Democratic	Lasia A. Casil	7,563
	Democratic	William D. Parkinson	7,274
	Democratic	Franklin James Meno	7,182
	Democratic	Maria Lourdes Milligan	7,179
	Democratic	Armando S. Dominguez	5,985
	Democratic	Ned Richard Pablo	5,724
	Democratic	Write-in candidates	120	.15
Turnout			49,249

Eliminated candidates[]

Five Democrats hopefuls were eliminated in the 2018 primaries:

• Armando S. Dominguez
• Maria Lourdes Milligan
• Franklin James Meno
• Ned Richard Pablo
• William M. Parkinson

Republican Party Primary[]

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James C. Moylan	2,436
	Republican	William M. Castro (incumbent)	2,387
	Republican	Mary Camacho Torres (incumbent)	2,200
	Republican	Louise Borja Muna (incumbent)	2,197
	Republican	Amanda Francel Blas	2,119
	Republican	Telo Teresa Taitague	1,959
	Republican	Julius "Caesar" P. Santos	1,952
	Republican	Benito S. Servino	1,890
	Republican	Michelle Hope Taitano	1,830
	Republican	Jose A. San Agustin	1,767
	Republican	Stephen Joseph Guerrero	1,749
	Republican	Roland Ray Blas	1,574
	Republican	Ken Joe M. Ada	1,492
	Republican	Harold John Cruz	1,482
	Republican	Jenei Adame Aguon	1,472
	Republican	Ryan Jerome Calvo	1,442
	Republican	Javier M. Atalig	1,322
	Republican	Jeffrey Carl Wheaton	1,079
	Republican	Alfredo Oalican Antonin Jr.	923
	Republican	Write-in candidates	120	.15
Turnout			49,249

Eliminated candidates[]

Four Republican hopefuls were eliminated in the 2018 primaries:

• Alfredo Antonin
• Javier Atalig
• Jeffrey Wheaton
• Ryan Jerome "RJ" Calvo

General Election[]

Results[]

The members of the legislature are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates elected as the new members of the legislature. The Democratic Party picked up one seat from Republicans, leaving the composition for the next legislature at 10 Democrats and 5 Republicans.^[2] Democrat Michael F.Q. San Nicolas also won the race for Delegate.

2018 Guam legislative election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Therese M. Terlaje (incumbent)	22,450
	Democratic	Telena M.C. Nelson (incumbent)	20,335
	Democratic	Joe S. San Agustin (incumbent)	19,339
	Democratic	Tina Muña Barnes	19,444
	Republican	Mary Camacho Torres (incumbent)	18,716
	Democratic	Amanda L. Shelton	18,453
	Democratic	Regine Biscoe Lee (incumbent)	18,279
	Republican	James C. Moylan	17,603
	Republican	Louise Borja Muna (incumbent)	16,376
	Democratic	Clynton E. Ridgell	15,777
	Democratic	Kelly Marsh Taitano	15,044
	Republican	William M. Castro (incumbent)	14,280
	Democratic	Sabina E.F. Perez	12,297
	Republican	Telo Teresa Taitague	12,263
	Democratic	Jose "Pedo" T. Terlaje	11,840
	Democratic	Celestin C. Babauta	11,768
	Democratic	Adolpho B. Palacios Sr.	11,721
	Democratic	Jermaine Alerta	11,616
	Republican	Stephen Joseph Guerrero	10,658
	Republican	Benito S. Servino	10,502
	Republican	Amanda Francel Blas	10,435
	Democratic	Lasia A. Casil	10,365
	Democratic	Jack Eugene Hattig III	10,141
	Republican	Michele Hope Taitano	9,109
	Republican	Julius Perez Santos	9,069
	Republican	Jose A. San Agustin	7,946
	Republican	Jenei Adame Aguon	7,891
	Republican	Roland Ray Blas	7,546
	Republican	Ken Joe M. Ada	7,364
	Republican	Harold John Cruz	7,124
Majority			3,780
Turnout			118,689
	Democratic gain from Republican

Incoming Senators to the 35th Guam Legislature[]

There were 15 senators elected on November 6, 2018 to serve in the 35th Guam Legislature and were inaugurated on January 7, 2019:

Democratic[]

Incumbents[]

Freshman[]

Republican[]

Incumbents[]

Freshman[]

See also[]

• 2018 Guam gubernatorial election
• 2018 Guam general election

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