The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature The Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature is the territorial legislature of the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The legislative branch of the territory is bicameral, consisting of a 20-member lower House of Repres ...

. The Senate consists of nine senators representing three senatorial districts (

Saipan Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States in the western Pa ...

& the Northern Islands,

Tinian Tinian ( or ; old Japanese name: 天仁安島, ''Tenian-shima'') is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Together with uninhabited neighboring Aguiguan, it forms Tinian Municipality, one of th ...

Aguijan Aguiguan (also Aguigan and Aguihan, based on the Spanish rendition of the native name, Aguijan, which is still used) is a small bean-shaped coralline island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain in the Pacific Ocean. It is situated south-west of ...

, and Rota), each a multi-member constituency with three senators.

Maria Frica Pangelinan Maria "Frica" Tudela Pangelinan (born December 5, 1948) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician. She is the first female senator to serve in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate. She graduated from the University of Guam in 1981 with a BBA. Wh ...

was the first woman to serve in the Senate.

Vacancies

In the event of a vacancy that occurs less than two years before the end of the Senator's term, the

Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands The following is a list of persons who served as governor of Northern Mariana Islands. The term of office is 4 years. The longest-serving governors in CNMI history are Pedro Tenorio, who served 12 years in office from 1982 to 1990 and from 1998 ...

appoints the runner-up of the most recent election. Should that individual decline, the next highest vote getting, unsuccessful candidate become the prospective appointee. Should all the previous candidate's decline, the Governor would then choose an eligible citizen for consideration. In the event a vacancy occurs more than two years before the next scheduled election, a special election is held.

Senators of the 22nd Commonwealth Legislature

Below are the Senators serving in the 22nd Commonwealth Legislature.

Past composition of the Senate

In the November 2007 elections, the three senators up for re-election were all re-elected to another four-year term in the 16th and 17th Senate. The Covenant Party, which lost control of the

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, entered into

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with the Democrats and a lone

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over the Senate's leadership and voting agenda. The CNMI Senate was controlled in 2016 by a Republican majority under

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Francisco Borja.

References

External links

* Politics of the Northern Mariana Islands Political organizations based in the Northern Mariana Islands Territorial upper houses in the United States

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Vacancies

Senators of the 22nd Commonwealth Legislature

Past composition of the Senate

See also

References

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