The 2020 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Tuesday, 3 November, 2020,[1] corresponding with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the nationwide
2020 United States House of Representatives elections and the
2020 United States general elections. This election oversaw the return of the
CNMI Democratic Party as a major force in CNMI politics for the first time in a decade.[2] 2020 also saw the first time a party was able to challenge the
CNMI Republican Party since the
Covenant Party was dissolved in 2013. Four incumbent representatives that were elected as
independents announced that they would run for re-election as Democrats while another independent aligns with the party.[3][4] Prior to the 2020 election, the Democrats had not won a legislative seat since their last wins in the
2007 general elections. The result of the 2020 general election was that the CNMI had experienced a
blue wave, with the Democrats controlling nearly half the house and adding a member to the senate. The Republicans lost the
trifecta it held since the
2016 Northern Mariana Islands general election and the single-party system it held since 2013. Voter turnout was at 72.05%, lower than the previous general elections election years of 2018, which was 77.4%, and 2014, which was 76.7%.[5]
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Incumbent Delegate
Gregorio Sablan, an independent who caucuses with the
Democratic Party, ran uncontested for re-election. Sablan, first elected in
2008, had held the seat since its creation in 2009. Delegate
Gregorio Sablan was re-elected.[2] The
Northern Mariana Islands' non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives are elected for a two-year term.
CNMI Delegate to the US House of Representatives[2]
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