Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives
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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
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 | |||||
Beginning of 20th Legislature | 15 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 75% | 0% | 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 |
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 |
Vinson Sablan | Ind | |
5 - Saipan | Lorenzo Deleon Guerrero | Ind |
Francis Taimanao | Ind | |
6 - Tinian | Edwin Aldan | Ind |
7 - Rota | Glenn Maratita | Rep |
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