2004 Guam general election

General elections were held in Guam on November 2, 2004 in order to elect all 15 members of the legislature, the federal delegate, mayors of 14 cities, vice mayors of three cities, the public auditor, the Consolidated Commission on Utilities, two judges of the Superior Court, running for retention and the Guam Public Education Policy Board. Voters also voted on the President of the United States although the territory sent no representatives to the electoral college. There was also a referendum on allowing gambling, which was rejected by voters.

Background

In the United States territory of Guam, elections to the Legislature and multi-member boards are run via open primary (This following the outlawing of the previous blanket primary similar to Louisiana).

Both the Public Auditor and Consolidated Commission on Utilities are required to be nonpartisan and as such candidates are not allowed to state affiliations or list them on the ballot.

In the case of the Auditor, affiliating with a party is grounds for disqualification.

Campaign

A total of 30 candidates ran for 15 seats in the Legislature, with both the Democratic and Republican parties nominating a full slate.

The Guam Bar Association conducted an internal survey to determine feelings towards the two judges running for retention. Both were given strong marks of approval by the less than 100 members.

During the run-up, "Proposition A", the gaming/gambling legalization measure received significant coverage. A group called "Citizens for Economic Diversity" proposed it.

Legislative candidates

Democratic candidates

• Frank B. Aguon Jr. (I)
• John B. Benavente
• Mark C. Charfaurous
• Benjamin J. F. Cruz
• Harold J. Cruz
• Teresita Garrido Cruz
• F. Randall Cundiffe (I)
• Luis P. Duenas
• John E. Farnum
• Judith P. Guthertz
• Romeo M. Hernandez
• Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero (I)
• Sedfrey M. Linsangan
• Tina Muna Barnes (I)
• Theodore "Ted" S. Nelson
• Adolpho B. Palacios Sr.
• Speaker Vicente C. Pangelinan (I)
• Don Parkinson
• Daniel T. Perez
• John "JQ" M. Quinata (I)
• Rory J. Respicio (I)
• Antoinette D. Sanford (I)
• Judith T.P. Won Pat
• Mark Campos Charfaurous

Republican candidates

• Joanne M. Salas Brown (I)
• Vincent Cristobal Camacho
• Michael W. "Mike" Cruz
• Bertha Mesa Duenas
• Edward J. Baza Calvo
• Christopher M. Duenas
• Sylvia M. Flores
• Mark Forbes
• Victor Anthony Gaza
• Lawrence F. Kasperbauer
• Robert "Bob" Klitzkie
• Jerone T. Landstrom
• Jesse "Jess" Anderson Lujan
• Noel Silan
• Ray Tenorio
• Antonio "Tony" R. Unpingco

Declined

• Dr. Carmen Fernandez (D)

Results

President of the United States

Despite not having any electoral votes, Guam approved of George W. Bush by 64% over John Kerry. Ralph Nader and Michael Badnarik both received less than one percent.

2004 United States presidential election in Guam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		George W. Bush Dick Cheney		64.08%
		John Kerry John Edwards		35.13
		Ralph Nader Peter Camejo		0.58%
		Michael Badnarik Richard Campagna		0.2%
Total votes				100.0%
	hold

Delegate

Guam Delegate results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Madeleine Bordallo (incumbent)		97.38
		Write-ins		2.62
Total votes				100

Legislature

In the election to the legislature, the top fifteen vote-getters are elected, and the remaining candidates aren't. A recount was held due to the closeness of the vote counts of the critical 15th/16th candidates. As a result, Joanne Brown (Republican), an incumbent, pushed then Speaker Ben Pangelinan into 16th place with a two-vote lead.

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Republican Party	228,177	51.82	9
Democratic Party	211,904	48.13	6
Write-ins	232	0.05	–
Total	440,313	100	15
Source: Guam election

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2004 Guam legislative election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Ray Tenorio (incumbent)		4.92
		Edward J.B. Calvo
		Michael W. Cruz, M.D.
		Benjamin J.F. Cruz
		Frank B. Aguon Jr. (incumbent)
		Judith T.P. Won Pat
		Robert "Bob" Klitzkie (incumbent)
		Antonio "Tony" R. Unpingco
		Lawrence F. Kasperbauer (incumbent)
		Jesse Anderson Lujan (incumbent)
		Adolpho B. Palacios Sr.
		Mark Forbes (incumbent)
		Rory J. Respicio (incumbent)
		Lou Leon Guerrero (incumbent)
		Joanne M.S. Brown (incumbent)
		Vicente "Ben" C. Pangelinan
		Tina Muña Barnes (incumbent)
		Noel M. Silan
		Jerome T. Landstorm, M.D.
		Judith P. Guthertz
		Mark C. Charfaurous
		John M. "JQ" Quinata (incumbent)
		Vincent C. Camacho
		Antoinette M. Sanford (incumbent)
		Theodore "Ted" S. Nelson
		Randall F. Cunliffe
		Vicente Anthony Gaza
		Bertha M. Duenas
		Christopher M. Duenas
		Teresita Garrido Cruz
Turnout			118,689
	gain from

Auditor

Public Auditor results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Doris Flores-Brooks (incumbent)		98.80
		Write-ins		1.20
Total votes				100

Utilities Commission

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2018 Consolidated Commission on Utilities results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Write-ins		0.45
Total votes				100

Judicial retention

Both judges standing for retention kept their seats by large majorities.

Education board

Elections for the Guam Education Policy Board suffered for a shortage of candidates: Only in the district of Luchan were there more running then returned (4, including write-in, for two seats). In the other two 2 seat districts, the second had to be filled by write-in, and in the 3 seat Lagu district, NO candidates were on the ballot, resulting in a 100% write-in return.

Mayors

Ten Republican mayors were elected against four Democratic mayors and all three vice mayors. The vice mayor of Barrigada, June Blas was elected without opposition.

Referendum

Shall proposal A, an initiative to establish the Guam Casino Gaming Control Commission Act be adopted by the voters of Guam?

Choice	Votes	%
For	13,311	38.54
Against	21,223	61.46
Invalid/blank votes		–
Total	34,534	100
Registered voters/turnout	54,940
Source: Direct Democracy