General elections were held in the

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on 10 December 1977. Carlos S. Camacho of the

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was elected

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, defeating Jose C. Tenorio of the Territorial Party. Camacho's running mate Francisco Ada became

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after a win over Olympio T. Borja.Camacho-Ada Win Governorship Race
''Highlights'', 15 December 1977, p2 Democratic Party candidate Edward Pangelinan was elected as the territory's member of the

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, defeating Juan T. Lizama of the Territorial Party. Although it lost the elections for the main posts, the Territorial Party won the legislative election, taking five of the nine seats in the

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and eight of the fourteen seats in the

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, who was elected to the House in Saipan, became the first woman elected to the islands' legislature.

Results

Senate

House of Representatives

Aftermath

The new legislature was sworn in on 9 January 1978

Lorenzo Guerrero Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez (13 November 1900 – 15 April 1981) was a Nicaraguan politician and a close associate of Somoza family. Guerrero was the president of the upper chamber of National Congress of Nicaragua 1949–1950, 1953–1954, 1956- ...

was elected President of the Senate and

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Speaker of the House of Representatives.Marianas Legislature
''Highlights'', 15 January 1978, p3

References

{{Northern Mariana Islands elections Elections in the Northern Mariana Islands 1977 Northern Mariana Islands elections