Northern Mariana Islands Senate

**Northern Mariana Islands Senate**
Northern Mariana Islands Senate
senate
Type
Type	Upper house of Northern Mariana Islands
History
New session started	19th Legislature (Jan. 2015 - Jan. 2017)
Leadership
President	Jude Hofschneider (R) ; since January 11, 2021
Vice President	(R) ; since January 11, 2021
Majority Leader	Vinnie Sablan (R) ; since January 11, 2021
Minority Leader	(I) ; since February 10, 2016
Seats	9

The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The Senate consists of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (Saipan & the Northern Islands, Tinian & Aguijan, and Rota), each a multi-member constituency with three senators.

In the November 2007 elections, the three senators up for re-election were all re-elected to another four-year term in the 16th and 17th Senate. The Covenant Party, which lost control of the House, entered into coalition with the Democrats and a lone Independent over the Senate's leadership and voting agenda.

The CNMI Senate was controlled in 2016 by a Republican majority under Senate President Franciso Borja.^[1]

Maria Frica Pangelinan was the first woman to serve in the Senate.^[2]

Composition of the Senate[]

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority/plurality)				Total

	Republican	Independent	Democratic	Covenant		Vacant
End of 17th Legislature	4	4	0	1	9	0

Beginning of 18th Legislature	5	4	0	0	9	0
End of 18th Legislature	6	3	0	0	9	0

Beginning of 19th Legislature	7	2	0	0	9	0
End of 19th Legislature	6	3	0	0	9	0

20th Legislature	7	2	0	0	9	0

21st Legislature	6	3	0	0	9	0

22nd Legislature	5	3	1	0	9	0

Latest voting share	56%	33%	11%

Senators of the 21st Commonwealth Legislature[]

District	Name	Party
1 Rota	Victor B. Hocog	Republican
		Independent
	Teresita Santos	Independent
2 Tinian	Jude Hofschneider	Republican
		Republican
		Republican
3 Saipan		Republican
	Vinnie Sablan	Independent
		Democratic

Past composition of the Senate[]

References[]

^ "Borja is new Senate president". 4 January 2016.
^ Calindas, Marconi (2006-03-05). "'Women of power' meet Miss Teen beauties". Saipan Tribune. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2009-07-17.

External links[]

Official website

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[1] "Borja is new Senate president". 4 January 2016.

[st-2] Calindas, Marconi (2006-03-05). "'Women of power' meet Miss Teen beauties". Saipan Tribune. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2009-07-17.

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