2000 Guamanian general election

General elections were held in Guam in November 2000 in order to elect the Legislature, Guam's delegate to the United States House of Representatives, the Public Auditor (for the first time) and village mayor and vice-mayors.[1]

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Campaign

A total of 33 candidates contested the 15 seats in the Legislature (including 13 incumbents), two ran for the Delegate position and five for the Public Auditor.[1]

In the Legislature elections, 32 candidates were from the Democratic or Republican parties, with one running as an independent.[1]

Results

Legislature

Tom Ada received the most votes, and three women were elected.[1]

Public Auditor

Doris Flores Brooks was elected with 51% of the vote.[1]

Delegate
General Election Results for Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert A. Underwood 34,179 74.2
Republican Manuel Q. Cruz 10,763 2.4
n/a Write-ins 1,111 2.4
Total votes 46,053 100

References
  1. Donald R Shuster (2004) Elections on Guam, 1970–2002 Pacific Studies, Vol. 27, Nos. 1/2
  2. Shuster
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