General elections were held in the

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on 3 November 2007, concurrently with a double referendum. The

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won a majority of seats in the

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, and both referendums were approved.

Background

The two referendums were on proposed amendments to the constitution. One would amend Chapter XV, article 2, section a to establish a new Higher Education Commission to license post-secondary educational institutions. The other would amend Chapter III, article 4 to require a second round in the elections for governor and lieutenant governor if no candidate received over 50% in the first round.Northern Mariana Islands, 3 November 2007: Second round of gubernatorial elections
Direct Democracy

Results

Legislature

Senate

House

Referendums

Establishing a new Higher Education Commission

Two-round elections for Governor

References

External links

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{{United States general elections, 2007 2007 elections in Oceania 2007 Northern Mariana Islands elections 2007 referendums Referendums in the Northern Mariana Islands