2001 Northern Mariana Islands general election

2001 Northern Mariana Islands general election

3 November 2001

Gubernatorial election

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Candidate Juan Babauta Benigno Fitial Party Republican Covenant Running mate Diego Benavente Rita Inos Popular vote 5,194 2,963 Percentage 44.61% 25.45%   Candidate Jesus Borja Froilan Tenorio Party Democratic Reform Running mate Bridget Ichihara Dave C. Sablan Popular vote 2,117 1,368 Percentage 18.20% 11.75%

Governor before election Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio Republican Elected Governor Juan Babauta Republican

Senate election

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6 of the 9 seats in the Senate 5 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats Republican 5 Democratic 2 Reform 1 Covenant 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

House election

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All 18 seats in the House of Representatives 10 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats Republican 16 Covenant 1 Democratic 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Mayoral elections

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3 Mayors

Party Seats Republican 2 Democratic 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Constitution and law United States Constitution Northern Mariana Islands Constitution Law of the Northern Mariana Islands
Executive Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands Arnold Palacios (Independent) Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands David M. Apatang (Independent)
Legislature Northern Mariana Islands Senate President Edith DeLeon Guerrero (Democratic) Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives Speaker Edmund Villagomez (Independent)
Elections Northern Mariana Islands General Elections: 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 U.S. Congressional Elections: 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
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Federal delegation United States House Delegate Gregorio Sablan (Democratic)
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The 2001 Northern Mariana Islands general election was held on Saturday, 3 November 2001, electing the governor and members to the legislature. The 2001 elections marked the last general election that the dissolved Reform Party, which merged back into the Democratic Party in 2002,^[1] would appear on the ballot. Despite the economic hardships experienced under Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio's Administration, the apparent strength the 1999 general elections signaled that the Democratic Party and its splinter Reform Party had, and the newly formed Covenant Party which was formed as a splinter party from the ruling Republican Party, Republican candidate Juan Nekai Babauta won with a landslide in the four-way race. Benigno Repeki Fitial's newly formed Covenant Party landed a distant yet sizable second place. Jesus Borja of the Democratic Party won a distant third and Froilan Tenorio of the Reform Party placed fourth.^[2]