Democratic Party (Northern Mariana Islands)

The CNMI Democratic Party is a political party in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is now officially affiliated with the United States' national Democratic Party.

CNMI Democratic Party
ChairpersonNola K. Hix[1]
Vice ChairpersonDaniel Q. Quitugua[1]
SecretaryLuella I. Marciano[1]
TreasurerEvan DLG Yamagishi[1]
Founded1978
HeadquartersSaipan, Northern Mariana Islands
IdeologyLiberalism
Progressivism
Social liberalism
Political positionCenter-left
National affiliationDemocratic Party
Colors  Blue
Senate
1 / 9
House of Representatives
8 / 20
Website
nmidems.org

History

The CNMI has not elected a Democratic Governor since 1993, when Froilan Tenorio was elected. At the legislative elections of November 1, 2003 the party won 1 out of 18 seats. It won an extra seat in the 2005 legislative elections. Its candidate Froilan Tenorio won 18% in the 2005 gubernatorial election. In the November 3, 2007 Commonwealth Legislature elections, the party took only 1 of 20 seats in the House of Representatives.[2][3]

There are currently no Democrats elected to office in the Northern Mariana Islands.

In 2009, for the first time ever, the Democratic Party did not nominate a candidate in the gubernatorial election. They fielded a candidate for Mayor of Saipan (Angelo Villagomez), along with two CNMI House candidates and one CNMI Senate candidate.[4]

In August 2016, the Commonwealth Election Commission recognized the party for the 2016 election year. Three of the 67 political candidates on the NMI are Democrats.[1]

As of March 2020, the CNMI Democratic Party does not have any seats in the CMNI Senate[5] or the House of Representatives.[6]

The party organized the 2020 Northern Mariana Islands Democratic caucuses.[7]

In the 2020 elections, four incumbent representatives announced that they would run for re-election as Democrats.[8] The party is running 18 candidates, and supporting 3 independent candidates.[9] The result of the 2020 general election indicates that of the 18 candidates, nine Democrats and the three endorsed independents were elected to office.[10]

Positions

The CNMI Democratic Party has defended Article 12 of the CNMI Constitution which restricts land alienation to persons of Northern Marianas descent.[11]

References
  1. Villahermosa, Cherrie Anne E. (August 18, 2016). "Democrats recognized as NMI political party". Marianas Variety. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  2. "Northern Mariana Islands Government 2015, CIA World Factbook". theodora.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  3. The Far East and Australasia 2003. Taylor & Francis Group. 2002. p. 1129. ISBN 9781857431339. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  4. "2010 Northern Marianas Islands Congressional Race". D.C.'s Political Report. D.C. Finegold-Sachs. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  5. "Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature". www.cnmileg.gov.mp. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  6. "Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature". www.cnmileg.gov.mp. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  7. "Presidential caucus announcement". www.nmidems.org. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  8. Propst, Edwin (June 19, 2020). "Why I'm running as a Democrat and why the CNMI needs a two-party system". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  9. De La Torre, Ferdie (August 7, 2020). "66 candidates, 2 judges, 1 justice for retention". Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  10. De La Torre, Ferdie (November 6, 2020). "Hix assures successful Democratic bets will deliver". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  11. Dayao, Jun (May 21, 2014). "Democratic Party of NMI defends Article 12". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved April 21, 2016.


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