Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives
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The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature.
In the 2007 election cycle, the CNMI House membership was increased from 18 to 20. Representatives serve two-year terms and are elected from seven election districts:
- District 1: Saipan (6 seats)
- District 2: Saipan (2 seats)
- District 3: Saipan & the Northern Islands (6 seats)
- District 4: Saipan (2 seats)
- District 5: Saipan (2 seats)
- District 6: Tinian (1 seat)
- District 7: Rota & Aguiguan (1 seat)
The Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is chosen by the House from among its members.[1]
Composition of the House of Representatives
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority/plurality)
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| Republican | Independent | Democratic | Covenant | Vacant | |||
| End of 18th Legislature | 4 | colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Independent| 12 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | |
| 19th Legislature | 7 | colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Independent| 13 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 20th Legislature | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 21st Legislature | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Begin 22nd Legislature | 9Template:Efn | 1 | Template:Party shading/Independent rowspan=3| 2 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" rowspan=2| 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| July 23, 2021 | 8 | 19 | 1 | ||||
| October 16, 2021 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| 9Template:Efn | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 23rd Legislature | 3 | 1 | Template:Party shading/Independent| 12 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 24th Legislature | 2 | 4 | Template:Party shading/Independent| 12 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
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Leadership
For the 24th Commonwealth Legislature, Villagomez was reelected as speaker, a position in which he has served since 2021. Diego Camacho, one of the chamber's two Democratic members, was elected vice-speaker and Marissa Flores was elected floor leader.[2] In February 2025, the five-member minority bloc informer Speaker Villagomez that they named Roy Ada as the new minority leader.[3]
| Office | Representative | Party |
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| Speaker of the House | Edmund Villagomez | Template:Party shading/Independent | Independent |
| Vice Speaker | Diego Camacho | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic |
| Floor Leader | Marissa Flores | Template:Party shading/Independent | Independent |
| Minority Leader | Roy Ada | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican |
Members of the 24th Legislature
In the 2020 general election for the 22nd Legislature, the Republican Party won nine seats, a resurgent Democratic Party won eight seats, and three seats were won by independents. Two of those independents, Edmund Joseph Sablan Villagomez and Donald Manalang Manglona, are aligned with the Democratic Party while Joseph Flores is aligned with the Republican Party.[4] On July 23, 2021, the death of Republican 3rd district representative Ivan Blanco created a vacancy, to be filled in an October 16 special election.[5] Democrat Corina Magofna won the special election, flipping the seat.[6] In the 2022 elections for the 23rd Legislature, independents made significant gains, reducing the number of Democrats and Republicans in the House. However, 12 of the 13 independents formed a coalition government with the 4 Democrats.[7] In the 2024 general election, the INDEMS retained their majority, but the minority bloc grew to five members.[3]
Past composition of the House of Representatives
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See also
References
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- ↑ N.M.I. Const. art. II, § 14(b).
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- ↑ Commonwealth Election Commission, "Proclamation - Special Election for the Third Election District (Precint 3)," August 19, 2021
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Notes
External links
- Official website Template:Webarchive
- The 16th Legislature, Saipan Tribune, 2008-01-14 Template:Webarchive
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