Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives

Northern Mariana Islands

This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the Northern Mariana Islands
Governor Ralph Torres Lieutenant Governor Victor Hocog Legislature Senate House of Representatives Political parties Political party strength Elections: 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014 U.S. Congressional elections 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
Politics of the United States Politics portal

The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature.

In the 2007 election cycle, the CNMI House membership was increased from 18 to 20. Representatives serve two-year terms and are elected from seven election districts:

District 1: Saipan (6 seats)
District 2: Saipan (2 seats)
District 3: Saipan & the Northern Islands (6 seats)
District 4: Saipan (2 seats)
District 5: Saipan (2 seats)
District 6: Tinian (1 seat)
District 7: Rota & Aguiguan (1 seat)

In the November 2007 general election, which elected the 16th House, Republicans won a majority (12 seats) and took control of the House in January 2008.

Composition of the House of Representatives

Independent (13)

Republican Party (7)

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority/plurality)			Total

	Republican	Covenant	Independent		Vacant
End of 18th Legislature	4	4	12	20	0

Beginning of 19th Legislature	7	0	13	20	0
End of 19th Legislature	7	0		20	0

Beginning of 20th Legislature	15	0	5	20	0
Latest voting share	7001750000000000000♠75%	5000000000000000000♠0%	7001250000000000000♠25%

Leadership

Office	Representative	Party
Speaker of the House	Joseph Deleon Guerrero	Ind
Vice Speaker	Rafael Demapan	Rep
Floor Leader	George Camacho	Rep

Members

District	Name	Party
1 - Saipan	Roman Benavente	Ind
	Joseph Deleon Guerrero	Ind
	Angel Demapan	Rep
	Joseph Lee Pan Guerrero	Rep
	Edwin Propst	Ind
	Antonio Sablan	Ind
2 - Saipan	Rafael Demapan	Rep
2 - Saipan	John Paul Sablan	Rep
3 - Saipan	Blas Jonathan Attao	Ind
	Anthony Benavente	Ind
	Felicidad Ogumuro	Rep
	Ramon Tebuteb	Ind
	Edmund Villagomez	Ind
	Ralph Yumul	Ind
4 - Saipan	George Camacho	Rep
4 - Saipan	Vinson Sablan	Ind
5 - Saipan	Lorenzo Deleon Guerrero	Ind
5 - Saipan	Francis Taimanao	Ind
6 - Tinian	Edwin Aldan	Ind
7 - Rota	Glenn Maratita	Rep

References

External links

Legislatures of the United States

United States Congress	United States House of Representatives United States Senate

State legislatures	Alabama (H, S) Alaska (H, S) Arizona (H, S) Arkansas (H, S) California (A, S) Colorado (H, S) Connecticut (H, S) Delaware (H, S) Florida (H, S) Georgia (H, S) Hawaii (H, S) Idaho (H, S) Illinois (H, S) Indiana (H, S) Iowa (H, S) Kansas (H, S) Kentucky (H, S) Louisiana (H, S) Maine (H, S) Maryland (H, S) Massachusetts (H, S) Michigan (H, S) Minnesota (H, S) Mississippi (H, S) Missouri (H, S) Montana (H, S) Nebraska Nevada (A, S) New Hampshire (H, S) New Jersey (GA, S) New Mexico (H, S) New York (A, S) North Carolina (H, S) North Dakota (H, S) Ohio (H, S) Oklahoma (H, S) Oregon (H, S) Pennsylvania (H, S) Rhode Island (H, S) South Carolina (H, S) South Dakota (H, S) Tennessee (H, S) Texas (H, S) Utah (H, S) Vermont (H, S) Virginia (H, S) Washington (H, S) West Virginia (H, S) Wisconsin (A, S) Wyoming (H, S)

Other legislatures	District of Columbia American Samoa (H, S) Guam Northern Mariana Islands (H, S) Puerto Rico (H, S) U.S. Virgin Islands

Lower houses of national legislatures

Federal	Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Canada Ethiopia Germany India Malaysia Mexico Nigeria Pakistan Russia Somalia South Sudan Sudan Switzerland United States

Unitary	Afghanistan Algeria Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belarus Belize Bhutan Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chile Colombia Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Czech Republic Dominican Republic Equatorial Guinea France Gabon Grenada Haiti Indonesia Ireland Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Mauritania Morocco Myanmar Namibia Netherlands Oman Palau Paraguay Philippines Poland Romania Rwanda Saint Lucia Slovenia South Africa Spain Swaziland Tajikistan Trinidad and Tobago United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Zimbabwe

Dependent and other territories	American Samoa Bermuda Isle of Man Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico

Non-UN states	Somaliland

Related	Bicameralism Unicameralism List of legislatures by country

National upper houses National bicameral legislatures National unicameral legislatures

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.