Английская Википедия:2014 Northern Mariana Islands general election

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General elections were held in the Northern Mariana Islands on 4 November, 2014. Voters elected the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the Delegate to the US Congress, the Senate, the House of Representatives, mayors, municipal councils and the Board of Education. Additionally, a referendum involving changes to the constitution was held.

Incumbent Republican Governor Eloy Inos was re-elected, facing two independent challengers and one Democratic challenger. The next lieutenant governor was elected on the same ticket, with incumbent Jude Hofschneider not running for re-election. As no candidate got a majority, a runoff was held on 21 November, 2014. This election was the first time since 2001 that the Covenant Party, which dissolved in 2013, was not on the ballot and the start of an era of Republican and Independent dominance. It also marked the first time since 1999 that only two political parties would compete in the elections, marking a return to a two-party system similar to that of the United States rather than the multi-party system that has defined the CNMI for nearly 15 years. The Democratic Party would not win a single seat in the legislature until 2020 and would not compete for the governorship until 2022.

Background

The previous election was held in 2009 for a 5-year term, in order to move all elections to even years. Covenant Party candidate Benigno Repeki Fitial was re-elected; his running mate Eloy Inos was elected to his first full term as lieutenant governor. Fitial resigned as governor in February 2013 in the face of impeachment hearings. Inos thus became governor. In September 2013, he took steps to merge the Covenant Party with the territorial Republican Party, and ran for re-election as a Republican.

Gubernatorial election

Eloy Inos, the incumbent republican governor was re-elected. He was challenged by the speaker of the house and 2009 candidate, Heinz Sablan Hofschneider, former governor Juan Babauta (both running as independents), and democratic candidate Edward Masga Deleon Guerrero, former ports authority executive director.

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!colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Candidate !rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Running mate !rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party !colspan="2" | First round !colspan="2" | Second round

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!width="60" | Votes !width="30" | % !width="65" | Votes !width="30" | %

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|style="background:Шаблон:Party color" |
|style="text-align:left;" | Eloy Songao Inos
|style="text-align:left;" | Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres
|style="text-align:left;" | Republican
|6342
|45,96%
|6547
|56,96%
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|style="background:Шаблон:Party color" |
|style="text-align:left;" | Heinz Sablan Hofschneider
|style="text-align:left;" | Ray Naraja Yumul
|style="text-align:left;" | Independent
|4501
|32,62%
|4948
|43,04%
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|style="background:Шаблон:Party color" |
|style="text-align:left;" | Juan Nekai Babauta
|style="text-align:left;" | Juan Sablan Torres
|style="text-align:left;" | Independent
|2414
|17,50%
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|style="background:Шаблон:Party color" |
|style="text-align:left;" | Edward Masga Deleon Guerrero
|style="text-align:left;" | Daniel Ogo Quitugua
|style="text-align:left;" | Democratic
|541
|3,92%
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|colspan="8" style="background:#E9E9E9" |
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!colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Total !13 798 !100% !11 495 !100%

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Delegate to the US House of Representatives

Шаблон:Main Incumbent Delegate Gregorio Sablan was re-elected. He caucuses with the Democratic Party, but ran as an Independent. Sablan was challenged by democrat Andrew Salas, a former territorial representative and Commerce Secretary.

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature

The 2014 elections are for the 19th Legislature

Results Summary

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Parties		House Election Results		Seat Change	Party Strength
		2012	2014	+/−	Strength
style = "background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Independent	12	13	1 Шаблон:Increase	65.00%
style = "background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Republican	4	7	3 Шаблон:Increase	35.00%
style = "background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Covenant (Dissolved)	4	0	4 Шаблон:Decrease	0.00%
style = "background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Democratic	0	0	Шаблон:Steady	0.00%
Totals		20	20	Шаблон:Steady	100.00%

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Parties		Senate Election Results			Seat Change	Party Strength
		2012	2013Шаблон:Efn	2014	+/−	Strength
style = "background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Republican	5	5 (Шаблон:Steady)	7	2 Шаблон:Increase	77.78%
style = "background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Independent	4	3 (1Шаблон:Decrease)	2	1 Шаблон:Decrease	22.22%
style = "background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Democratic	0	0 (Шаблон:Steady)	0	Шаблон:Steady	0.00%
style = "background-color:Шаблон:Party color" |	Covenant (Dissolved)	0	0 (Шаблон:Steady)	0	Шаблон:Steady	0.00%
	Vacant	0	1 (1Шаблон:Increase)	0	1 Шаблон:Decrease	0.00%
Totals		9	9	9	Шаблон:Steady	100.00%

Senate

The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature, consisting of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (Saipan & the Northern Islands, Tinian & Aguijan, and Rota), each a Multi-member district with three senators. Each district had two seats open for the 2014 elections. The third district also hosted a special election for one seat. Шаблон:Election box begin no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box turnout no change Шаблон:End

House of Representative

The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The house has seven districts and five of the seven are Multi-member district.

Mayors

All four mayoral posts were up for election across the Commonwealth.

Referendum

The general elections included three referendum questions, two of which involved legislative initiative amendments to the constitution. The constitutional amendments were to:

• article XV, subsection 1(e) of the constitution to increase the minimum proportion of the Commonwealth general-revenue budget spent on primary and secondary education from 15% to 25%. H.L.I. 18-12.
• amend article XII, section 4 to redefine "persons of Northern Mariana Islands descent" as being someone who has "some degree of Northern Mariana Chamorro or Northern Mariana Carolinan blood", as opposed to the current requirement of at least 25% bloodline. H.L.I. 18-1.

An amendment proposed by legislative initiative shall become effective if approved by a majority of the votes cast. N.M.I. Const. art. XVIII, § 5(b).

The other referendum asked voters whether a Constitutional Convention should be convened to propose amendments to the constitution. H.B. 18-5.

The Constitutional Convention proposal would have required two-thirds of the votes cast to be approved. N.M.I. Const. art. XVIII, § 2(c).

Referendum Questions	For		Against
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Calling a Constitutional Convention (required two-thirds of votes cast)	7,859	66.01%	4,046	33.99%
Constitutional amendment on education spending (required majority of votes cast)	8,082	66.56%	4,060	33.44%
Constitutional amendment on the definition of descent (required majority of votes cast)	6,177	52.34%	5,624	47.66%

External links

• Juan Babauta
• Heinz Hofschneider
• Gregorio Sablan
• Andrew Salas