Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands

Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands
ChairmanJonathan Cabrera
Vice ChairwomanLuella Marciano
SecretaryMelia Johnson
TreasurerShawna Indalecio
Founded1978
Preceded byPopular Party
HeadquartersSaipan, Northern Mariana Islands
IdeologyModern liberalism[1]
Political positionCenter-left[1]
National affiliationDemocratic Party
Colors  Blue
Northern Mariana Islands Governor
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Northern Mariana Islands Lieutenant Governor
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U.S. House of Representatives
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Northern Mariana Islands Senate
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Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives
2 / 20
Northern Mariana Islands Mayors
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Election symbol
Website
nmidems.org

The Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands is a political party in the Northern Mariana Islands. It began as a purely local territorial party and is now officially affiliated with the United States' national Democratic Party.

History

In 1977, the Popular Party changed its name to the Democratic Party. The Popular Party's opponent, the Territorial Party, would change its name to the Republican Party in 1981.[2]

The CNMI has not elected a Democratic Governor since 1993, when Froilan Tenorio was elected. At the legislative elections of November 1, 2003 the party won 1 out of 18 seats. It won an extra seat in the 2005 legislative elections. Its candidate Froilan Tenorio won 18% in the 2005 gubernatorial election. In the November 3, 2007 Commonwealth Legislature elections, the party took only 1 of 20 seats in the House of Representatives.[3][4]

In 2009, for the first time ever, the Democratic Party did not nominate a candidate in the gubernatorial election. They fielded a candidate for Mayor of Saipan (Angelo Villagomez), along with two CNMI House candidates and one CNMI Senate candidate.[5]

In August 2016, the Commonwealth Election Commission recognized the party for the 2016 election year. Three of the 67 political candidates on the NMI are Democrats.[6]

The party organized the 2020 Northern Mariana Islands Democratic caucuses.[7]

In the 2020 elections, four incumbent representatives announced that they would run for re-election as Democrats.[8] The party is running 18 candidates, and supporting 3 independent candidates. Prior to the election, there were zero Democrats in either chamber of the Commonwealth Legislature.[9] The result of the 2020 general election was that the CNMI had experienced a blue wave as the party gained nine Democrats and the three endorsed independents were elected to office.[10] For the first time in a decade, representatives affiliated with the Democratic Party had seats in the legislature. In the special election to replace the late Republican legislator Ivan A. Blanco, Democratic candidate Corina Magofna won the special election, flipping the seat.[11]

In the 2022 gubernatorial election, the party nominated Tina Sablan for governor with Leila Staffler as her running mate.[12] She lost the 1st race, conceded, and endorsed independent candidate Arnold Palacios and his running mate David Apatang.[13] The party lost much of their gains from the previous election in the House, winning 4 seats, half of their previous win. They did gain a seat in the Senate, increasing their number to 2.[14]

Positions

The Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands has defended Article 12 of the CNMI Constitution which restricts land alienation to persons of Northern Marianas descent.[15]

Electoral history

Gubernatorial elections

Election year Candidate Running mate First round Second round Result
Votes % Rank Votes % Rank
1977 Carlos S. Camacho Francisco Ada TBD TBD Increase 1st — Won
1981 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD — Lost
1986 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD — Lost
1989 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD — Lost
1993 Froilan Tenorio Jesus Borja TBD TBD Increase 1st — Won
1997 Froilan Tenorio TBA TBD 27.4 Decrease 2nd — Lost
2001 Jesus Borja Bridget Ichihara 2,117 18.20 Decrease 3rd — Lost
2005 Froilan Cruz "Lang" Tenorio Antonio Aguon Santos 2,440 18.11 Decrease 4th — Lost
2009 Did not contest
2012 Edward Guerrero Danny Quitugua 541 3.92 Steady 4th — Lost
2018 Joseph S. Inos (withdrew) Did not contest
2022 Tina Sablan Leila Haveia Fleming Clark Staffler 4,132 28.01 Increase 3rd — Lost

Delegate elections

Election year Candidate Votes % Rank Result
2008 David Mendiola Cing 307 3.02 Increase 6th Lost
2010 Jesus Borja 1,707 15.07 Increase 4th Lost
2012 Did not contest
2014 Andrew Sablan Salas 4,547 34.72 Increase 2nd Lost
2016 Did not contest
2018 Did not contest
2020 Did not contest
2022 Gregorio Sablan 12,315 100.00 Increase 1st Won
2024 Ed Propst 4,067 33.27 Decrease 2nd Lost

Senate elections

Election Seats +/– Status
Up for election Total
1999
1 / 3
2 / 9
 Increase 1 Minority
2001
0 / 6
1 / 9
 Decrease 1 Minority
2003
1 / 3
2 / 9
 Increase 1 Minority
2005
1 / 6
2 / 9
 Steady 0 Minority
2007
0 / 3
1 / 9
 Decrease 1 Minority
2009
0 / 6
0 / 9
 Decrease 1 Not represented
2012 Did not contest Not represented
2014
0 / 6
0 / 9
 Steady 0 Not represented
2016
0 / 3
0 / 9
 Steady 0 Not represented
2018 Did not contest Not represented
2020
1 / 3
1 / 9
 Increase 1 Minority
2022
1 / 6
2 / 9
 Increase 1 Minority
2024
1 / 3
2 / 9
 Steady 0 Minority

House of Representatives elections

Election

year

Seats +/– Status
1997
5 / 18
 TBD Minority
1999
6 / 18
 Increase 1 Minority
2001
1 / 18
 Decrease 5 Minority
2003
1 / 18
 Steady 0 Minority
2005
2 / 18
 Increase 1 Minority
2007
1 / 20
 Decrease 1 Minority
2009
0 / 20
 Decrease 1 Not represented
2012 Did not contest Steady 0 Not represented
2014
0 / 20
 Steady 0 Not represented
2016
0 / 20
 Steady 0 Not represented
2018
0 / 20
 Steady 0 Not represented
2020
8 / 20
 Increase 8 Majority coalition
2022
4 / 20
 Decrease 4 Majority coalition
2024
2 / 20
 Decrease 2 Majority coalition

References

  1. ^ a b Arnold, N. Scott (2009). Imposing values: an essay on liberalism and regulation. Florence: Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-495-50112-1. Modern liberalism occupies the left-of-center in the traditional political spectrum and is represented by the Democratic Party in the United States.
  2. ^ Porter, Kit (1993). "Starting Northern Marianas College: A Negotiation Perspective" (PDF). Harvard Graduate School of Education.
  3. ^ "Northern Mariana Islands Government 2015, CIA World Factbook". theodora.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  4. ^ The Far East and Australasia 2003. Taylor & Francis Group. 2002. p. 1129. ISBN 9781857431339. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  5. ^ "2010 Northern Marianas Islands Congressional Race". D.C.'s Political Report. D.C. Finegold-Sachs. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  6. ^ Villahermosa, Cherrie Anne E. (August 18, 2016). "Democrats recognized as NMI political party". Marianas Variety. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  7. ^ "Presidential caucus announcement". www.nmidems.org. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  8. ^ Propst, Edwin (June 19, 2020). "Why I'm running as a Democrat and why the CNMI needs a two-party system". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  9. ^ De La Torre, Ferdie (August 7, 2020). "66 candidates, 2 judges, 1 justice for retention". Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  10. ^ De La Torre, Ferdie (November 6, 2020). "Hix assures successful Democratic bets will deliver". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  11. ^ "Magofna Wins Northern Mariana Islands Special Election". October 18, 2021.
  12. ^ Post, Emmanuel T. Erediano | For The Guam Daily (November 5, 2021). "CNMI Dems endorse Sablan for governor". The Guam Daily Post. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  13. ^ Limol, K.-Andrea Evarose (November 10, 2022). "Torres tops gubernatorial race; Sablan endorses Palacios in runoff". Marianas Variety News & Views. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  14. ^ "2022-general-election-results | 2022 | Election". Commonwealth Election Commission. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  15. ^ Dayao, Jun (May 21, 2014). "Democratic Party of NMI defends Article 12". Saipan Tribune. Archived from the original on January 15, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
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