The 2012 Congressional election in the Northern Mariana Islands was held on November 6, 2012 to elect the territory's sole

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to the

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. Representatives and non-voting Delegates are elected for two-year terms. Delegate

Gregorio Sablan Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (born January 19, 1955) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and former election commissioner. Elected in 2008, Sablan became the first delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Commonw ...

, an independent who caucuses with the

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, has held the seat since its creation in 2008. Sablan won re-election in the 2008 four-person race with 43%, or 4,896 of the 11,325 total votes cast. He is the first non-voting delegate to represent the

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in the U.S. House of Representatives. Sablan launched his re-election campaign for a third term on August 24, 2011. Republican Party leaders in the Northern Mariana Islands, including Governor

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, had reportedly encouraged John Gonzales to run against Sablan in the race. Gonzales, a former Covenant Party member and the

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of the Northern Mariana Islands public library system, previously finished in 3rd place in the 2008 United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Candidates

*Declared **

(Independent), incumbent Delegate **Dr. Ignacia Tudela "Acha" Demapan (Republican), Elementary School Principal *Declined ** John Gonzales (R), 2008 Independent Candidate for Delegate

General election results

Incumbent Del. Gregorio "Kilili" Sablan won a landslide re-election, earning more than 7,000 votes more than his Republican challenger, Dr. Ignacia "Acha" Demapan, the largest vote margin of any political candidate in Northern Mariana Islands history.

References

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Candidates

General election results

See also

References