Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco (born August 7, 1963) is a former

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for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. She was sworn in on June 21, 2010, and served until March 10, 2017. She was previously

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, serving from January 3, 2007, to June 21, 2010. Limtiaco also ran as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Guam in the 2018 gubernatorial election as the running mate of senator Frank Aguon Jr, in the Democratic gubernatorial primaries.

Early life

Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco was born August 7, 1963. She attended

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where she earned a BBA and

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where she earned a juris doctor. She and her husband Vincent have one daughter. While in law school, she was a judicial extern for the

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. She then worked as a partner in various law firms, as an assistant attorney general in the Attorney General's Office and as an adjunct faculty member at

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and

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Election

2006 Election

In a three-way race, Limtiaco received 15,163 votes (43%) second winner is future Guam judge Vernon P.G. Perez (11,559), and was defeated incumbent AG

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(8,118) in the 2006 primary election. In November election, Limtiaco won this race received 21,628 votes (57%) defeating by Vernon Perez (14,444) in the 2006 general election. While Attorney General, she joined 22 Democrats and 1 Republican in supporting the creation of the

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U.S. Attorney

In 2010, Delegate

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recommended Limtiaco to President

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for the position of U.S Attorney. She was sworn in on June 21, 2010. She recommended that her deputy Phil Tydingco succeed her as Guam AG, but Governor

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appointed John Weisenberger. She replaced

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appointee

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who had served since 2003.

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Early life

Election

2006 Election

U.S. Attorney

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