Northern Mariana Islands' at-large congressional district

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The Northern Mariana Islands' at-large congressional district encompasses the entire U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The Commonwealth does not have a voting member of Congress, but does elect a delegate who can participate in debates with the United States House of Representatives. On November 4, 2008, the first delegate was elected to the 111th United States Congress which began on January 3, 2009.

Establishment and history

From 1978 to 2009, in accordance with the Commonwealth's Constitution, the Northern Mariana Islands elected a Resident Representative in Washington, D.C. who was not considered an official member of Congress.^[1] They served two-year terms until 1990, when the terms were increased to four years.

Pursuant to Pub. L. Template:Trim/public/Template:Trim?link-type=html Template:Trim–Template:Trim (text) Template:Trim/public/Template:Trim?link-type=pdf&.pdf (PDF), the Northern Mariana Islands first elected a non-voting delegate to Congress in 2008, replacing the Resident Representative. Among nine candidates, independent candidate Gregorio Sablan won the election with 24% of the votes, and incumbent Resident Representative Pedro Agulto Tenorio (Republican) came in second with 21%. Sablan won re-election six times as an independent, but announced in 2021 that he would run as a Democrat for the 2022 election.^[2]

List of Resident Representatives

Resident Representatives of the Northern Mariana Islands^[1]
Resident Representative	Party	Time in office
Edward DLG Pangelinan	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	1978–1984
Edward DLG Pangelinan	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	1978–1984
Froilan Cruz Tenorio	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	1984–1990
Juan Nekai Babauta	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	1990–2002
Pedro Agulto Tenorio	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	2002–2009

List of delegates representing the district

Delegates from the Northern Mariana Islands
Delegate	Party	Term	Congress	Electoral history
District established January 3, 2009
Sablan smiling in front of an American flag Gregorio Sablan (Saipan)	Template:Party shading/Independent \| Independent	January 3, 2009 – October 24, 2021	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Retired.^[3]
	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	October 25, 2021 – January 3, 2025	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:Kimberlyn King-Hinds official portrait.jpg Kimberlyn King-Hinds (Tinian)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 2025 – present	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 2024.