Political party strength in Guam

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees won the island's presidential straw poll.

Table

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Year Executive offices Territorial
Legislature
Delegate Presidential straw poll
Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Auditor
1951 Carlton Skinner (D)[a] no such office appointed[b] appointed Popular Party
majority
no such office no such contest[c]
1952
1953 Ford Quint Elvidge (R)[a]
1954
1955
1956
1957 Richard Barrett Lowe (R)[a]
1958
1959
1960 Joseph Flores (R)[a]
1961 Bill Daniel (D)[a]
1962
1963 Manuel Flores Leon
Guerrero
(D)[a]
1964
1965 Territorial Party
majority
1966
1967 D majority
1968
1969 Carlos Camacho (R)
1970
1971 Kurt Moylan (R)
1972
1973 Antonio Borja Won Pat (D)
1974
1975 Ricardo Bordallo (D) Rudy Sablan (D) R majority
1976
1977
1978
1979 Paul McDonald Calvo (R) Joseph Franklin Ada (R)
1980 Jimmy Carter/
Walter Mondale (D) Red XN
1981
1982
1983 Ricardo Bordallo (D) Edward Diego Reyes (D) D majority
1984 Ronald Reagan/
George H. W. Bush (R) Green tickY
1985 Vicente T. Blaz (R)
1986
1987 Joseph Franklin Ada (R) Frank Blas (R)
1988 George H. W. Bush/
Dan Quayle (R) Green tickY
1989
1990
1991
1992 Bill Clinton/
Al Gore (D) Green tickY
1993 Robert A. Underwood (D)
1994
1995 Carl Gutierrez (D) Madeleine Bordallo (D)
1996
1997 R majority
1998
1999 10R, 5D
2000 Doris Flores
Brooks
(R)
George W. Bush/
Dick Cheney (R) Green tickY
2001 8R, 7D
2002
2003 Felix Perez Camacho (R) Kaleo Moylan (R) Douglas Moylan (R) 9D, 6R Madeleine Bordallo (D)
2004
2005 9R, 6D
2006
2007 Michael Cruz (R) Alicia Limtiaco (D) 8R, 7D
7R, 7D
2008 Barack Obama/
Joe Biden (D) Green tickY
8D, 7R
2009 10D, 5R
2010 9D, 6R[d]
2011 Eddie Baza Calvo (R) Ray Tenorio (R) Leonardo Rapadas (R)
2012
2013
2014
2015 Elizabeth
Barrett-Anderson
(R)
2016 Hillary Clinton/
Tim Kaine (D) Red XN
2017
2018 Benjamin Cruz (D)
2019 Lou Leon Guerrero (D) Josh Tenorio (D) Leevin Camacho (NP) 10D, 5R Michael San Nicolas (D)
2020 Joe Biden/
Kamala Harris (D) Green tickY
2021 8D, 7R
2022
2023 Douglas Moylan (R) 9D, 6R James Moylan (R)
2024 [to be determined]
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. ^ a b c d e f Appointed by the President of the United States.
  2. ^ The position was established in 1950 as a statutory position filled by gubernatorial appointment. Action by the United States Congress and the government of Guam changed subjected the office to popular election beginning in 2002.
  3. ^ Presidential straw poll first conducted in 1984.
  4. ^ Republican Tony Ada won a special election in March 2010 following the resignation of Democrat Matt Rector.

See also

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