2020 United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands

The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, to elect the territory's Delegate to the United States House of Representatives in the 117th United States Congress. The Delegate, who is elected to a two-year term, represents the Northern Mariana Islands' at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

2020 United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands

November 3, 2020

Nominee Gregorio Sablan Party Independent Popular vote 11,258 Percentage 100%

Delegate before election Gregorio Sablan Independent Elected Delegate Gregorio Sablan Independent

The election coincided with the larger 2020 United States House of Representatives elections and the 2020 Northern Mariana Islands general election.

Incumbent Rep. Gregorio Sablan, an independent who caucuses with the Democratic Party, was unopposed in seeking re-election.[1]

Race background

Gregorio "Kilili" Sablan was first elected in 2008, becoming the first delegate to the United States House of Representatives in the history of the Northern Mariana Islands.[1] He has held the seat since its creation. More recently, Sablan also ran unopposed in 2016 election.[1] In 2018, Sablan defeated Republican Angel Demapan with approximately 64% of the vote in the November election.[2]

Rep. Gregorio Sablan filed to run for re-election on August 3, 2020, at the Commonwealth Election Commission office on Saipan.[2] He was the only candidate to contest the 2020 race.[1]

Candidates

Independent

• Gregorio Sablan, incumbent Delegate for Northern Mariana Islands' at-large congressional district since January 2009

General election

Sablan, who ran unopposed, won the November 2020 election.[3]

Northern Mariana Islands' at-large district, 2020[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gregorio Sablan (incumbent)	11,258	100.0%	+36.23%
Total votes			11,258	100.0%	N/A
	Independent hold

References

1. De La Torre, Ferdie (2020-08-13). "Kilili: One-party system has led to cronyism, corruption". Saipan Tribune. Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
2. "Kilili to seek reelection". Marianas Variety. 2020-08-04. Archived from the original on 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
3. "2020 General Election Results". Commonwealth Election Commission. Retrieved November 3, 2020.