2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election

2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election
	Senate election
← 2001 2005 →
	3 of the 9 seats in the Senate; 5 seats needed for a majority
Covenant	3
Republican	2
Democratic	2
Independents	2
	House election
← 2001 2005 →
	All 18 seats in the House of Representatives; 10 seats needed for a majority
Covenant	9
Republican	7
Democratic	1
Independents	1

The 2003 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Monday, 3 November 2003, electing members to the legislature.^[1] The 2003 elections also marked the first general election that the dissolved Reform Party, which merged back into the Democratic Party in 2002,^[2] would not appear on the ballot.

Background

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature

Results summary

Parties		House Election Results		Seat Change	Party Strength

Parties		2001^[3]	2003^[1]	+/−	Strength
	Covenant	1	9	8	50.00%
	Republican	16	7	9	38.89%
	Independent	0	1	1	5.56%
	Democratic	1	1		5.56%
Totals		18	18		100.00%

Parties		Senate Election Results			Seat Change	Party Strength

Parties		2001^[4]	2002^[2]	2003	+/−	Strength
	Covenant	1	1	3	2	33.33%
	Republican	5	5	2	3	22.22%
	Democratic	2	3	2	1	22.22%
	Independent	0	0	2	2	22.22%
	Reform	1	0	0	0	0.00%
Totals		9	9		100.00%

Senate

Regular elections

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 one seat open for the 2003 elections.

District	Candidate	Votes	%
Rota 1st Senatorial District	Paul Atalig Manglona	719	57.25
Rota 1st Senatorial District	Manases Manglona Barcinas	537	42.75
Tinian 2nd Senatorial District	Henry Hofschneider San Nicolas	615	67.96
Tinian 2nd Senatorial District	David Mendiola Cing	290	32.04
Saipan 3rd Senatorial District	Luis Palacios Crisostimo	2,275	33.30
	Jose Camacho Mafnas	1,787	26.16
	Andrew Sablan Salas	1,348	19.73
	Ramon Santos Deleon Guerrero	1,318	19.29
	Joaquin Terlaje Quitugua	103	1.51
Source:^[5]

Special elections

District	Candidate	Votes	%
Rota 1st Senatorial District	Paterno Songao Hocog	652	51.34
	Juan Masga Ayuyu	448	35.28
	Fermina Manglona Atalig	170	13.39
Tinian 2nd Senatorial District	Joseph Masga Mendiola	555	61.60
Tinian 2nd Senatorial District	Manuel Pangelinan Villagomez	346	38.40
Source:^[5]

House of Representatives

The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The house has six districts, several of which are Multi-member district. All 18 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives were contested in the 2003 election.

District	Candidate	Votes	%
District 1: Saipan	David Mundo Apatang	1,913	10.70
	Timothy Pangelinan Villagomez	1,530	8.56
	Benjamin Benavente Seman	1,279	7.16
	Janet Ulloa Maratita	1,266	7.08
	Martin Borja Ada	1,140	6.38
	Joseph Pinaula Deleon Guerrero	1,010	5.65
	Manuel Agulto Tenorio	969	5.42
	Florencio Bobby Pan Tenorio Deleon Guerrero	953	5.33
	Pedro Pangelinan Castro	918	5.14
	Juan Cepeda Tudela	910	5.09
	James Duenas Cabrera	859	4.81
	Gerald Benavente Salas	778	4.35
	Herman Tudela Palacios	763	4.27
	Antonio Muna Camacho	732	4.10
	Jack Camacho Muna	623	3.49
	Francisco Deleon Guerrero Demapan	596	3.33
	Atanacio Ayuyu Taitingfong	552	3.09
	Pedro Cabrera Sablan	493	2.76
	Isidro Terlaje Ada	396	2.22
	Bernard Sablan Guerrero	195	1.09
District 2: Saipan	Oscar Manglona Babauta	502	35.73
	Jesus San Nicolas Lizama	458	32.60
	Vicente Aldan Ichihara	228	16.23
	Manasses Sablan Borja	217	15.44
District 3: Saipan & Northern Islands	Benigno Repeki Fitial	1,129	9.50
	Heinz Sablan Hofschneider	1,100	9.25
	Jesus Torres Attao	990	8.33
	Arnold Indalecio Palacios	906	7.62
	Ray Naraja Yumul	888	7.47
	Ramon Angailen Tebuteb	788	6.63
	William Sablan Torres	743	6.25
	Stanley Estanislao Tudela Mcginnis Torres	730	6.14
	Francisco Santos Dela Cruz	697	5.86
	Melvin Lawrence Odoshi Faisao	686	5.77
	Charles Palacios Reyes Jr.	601	5.06
	Maximo Lairopi Olopai	521	4.38
	Isidro Atalig Sablan	505	4.25
	Luis Salas Camacho	367	3.09
	Vicente Cabrera Camacho	353	2.97
	Remedio Laniyo Seman	333	2.80
	Antonio Aguon Santos	285	2.40
	Christopher Bares Sablan	264	2.22
District 4: Saipan	Justo Songao Quitugua	901	28.29
	Claudio Kotomar Norita	805	25.27
	Gloria Annette Dela Cruz Cabrera	542	17.02
	Francisco Leon Guerrero Aldan	531	16.67
	Ignacio Villagomez Cabrera	406	12.75
District 5: Tinian	Norman Sablan Palacios	692	100
District 6: Rota	Crispin Manglona Ogo	541	43.95
	Daniel Ogo Quitugua	476	38.67
	Laura Inos Manglona	214	17.38
Source:^[5]

Municipal Council

Municipal Council - 1st Senatorial District: Rota (non-partisan)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Mametto Maratita Ayuyu	926	28.57%
	Nonpartisan	Tom Glenn A. Quitugua	703	21.69%
	Nonpartisan	Alexander Apatang Apatang	649	20.02%
	Nonpartisan	Rafaela Maratita Mesngon	519	16.01%
	Nonpartisan	Jeffrey Lizama Manglona	444	13.70%
Total votes			3,241	100.00%

Municipal Council - 2nd Senatorial District: Tinian and Aguiguan (non-partisan)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Patrick Aquiningoc Manglona	705	33.75%
	Nonpartisan	Edwin Palacios Aldan	692	33.13%
	Nonpartisan	Jude Untalan Hofschneider	692	33.13%
Total votes			2,089	100.00%

Municipal Council - 3rd Senatorial District: Saipan & Northern Islands (non-partisan)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Gregorio Villagomez Deleon Guerrero	4,715	33.77%
	Nonpartisan	Antonia Manibusan Tudela	4,643	33.25%
	Nonpartisan	David Aldan Indalecio	4,604	32.98%
Total votes			14,962	100.00%

Board of education

Board of Education - 1st Senatorial District: Rota (non-partisan)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Marja Lee Czechowicz Taitano	653	57.08%
	Nonpartisan	Juanita Mundo Taisacan	491	42.92%
Total votes			1,144	100.00%

Board of Education - 3rd Senatorial District: Saipan & Northern Islands (non-partisan)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Roman Cepeda Benavente	4,726	40.94%
	Nonpartisan	Egredino Mendiola Jones	3,556	30.80%
	Nonpartisan	Juanita Seman Malone	3,263	28.26%
Total votes			11,545	100.00%

Judges

Judge	For retention		Against retention		Total
Judge	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total
Juan Tudela Lizama	7,247	71.62	2,871	28.38	10,118
Source:^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Flashback November 03, 2000-2003". Saipan Tribune. 2006-11-03. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ ^a ^b Staff, Variety News (2002-06-13). "Tenorio returns to Democratic Party". Marianas Variety News & Views. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
^ "Members of the House of Representatives, 13th Commonwealth Legislature". cnmileg.net. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
^ "Members of the Senate, 13th Commonwealth Legislature". cnmileg.net. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "2003 Election Results". Commonwealth Election Commission. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011.

[:0-1] "Flashback November 03, 2000-2003". Saipan Tribune. 2006-11-03. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

[:1-2] Staff, Variety News (2002-06-13). "Tenorio returns to Democratic Party". Marianas Variety News & Views. Retrieved 2023-12-24.

[3] "Members of the House of Representatives, 13th Commonwealth Legislature". cnmileg.net. Retrieved 2023-12-24.

[4] "Members of the Senate, 13th Commonwealth Legislature". cnmileg.net. Retrieved 2023-12-24.

[results-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "2003 Election Results". Commonwealth Election Commission. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011.

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