Elections in Guam
Guam elects on the territorial level a governor and a legislature with the governor elected for a four-year term by the people. The Legislature of Guam has fifteen members elected at large in an open primary for two year terms.
The island also holds both Democratic and Republican presidential caucuses every election year, and conducts a presidential straw poll to coincide with the U.S. general election, even though Guam's votes do not officially count in presidential races.
Guam has a multi-party system, with two strong parties.
Latest elections
2014 general election
Republican Eddie Calvo was re-elected governor with 64% of the vote. Democrats retained control of the island's legislature.
2016 presidential election
Hillary Clinton received nearly 60% of the vote in Guam's Democratic Primary, yielding her nine out of the island's 12 delegates. Donald Trump won all of Guam's nine delegates in the GOP caucus.
Clinton won the straw poll conducted in November. It was the first time since 1984 that Guam's straw poll failed to predict the results of the electoral vote on the mainland.
2016 House election
Madeleine Bordallo was re-elected as Guam's nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
2016 legislative election
Democrats retained control of Guam's legislature.
2018 general election
Democratic Former Senator and Former Bank of Guam President Lou Leon Guerrero was elected as the first female governor with 50% of the vote. Democrats retained control of the island's legislature.
2018 House election
Michael San Nicolas was elected as Guam's nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
2018 legislative election
Democrats retained control of Guam's legislature with 10 seats and Republicans got 5 seats.
2020 general election
Joe Biden received nearly 69% of the vote in Guam's Democratic Primary, yielding him five out of the island's nine delegates. Donald Trump won all of Guam's nine delegates in the GOP caucus.
Biden won the straw poll conducted in November before the states picked up 270 to win.
2020 House election
Michael San Nicolas was re-elected for as Guam's nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
2020 legislative election
Democrats retained control of Guam's legislature with 8 seats and Republicans got 7 seats.
2020 local election
Democrats retained control of village mayors with 10 seats and Republicans got 9 seats.
External links
- Guam Election Commission
- "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures,
State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020