2018 Guamanian legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Guam on Tuesday, November 6, 2018,^[1] along with the election for the Guam delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. Before the election, the Democratic Party held nine of the fifteen seats in the Legislature while the Republican Party held six seats. The election resulted in a gain of one seat for the Democrats and a loss of one seat for Republicans. Democrats also won the race for Guam's US House Delegate.

2018 Guamanian legislative election

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All 15 seats of the Legislature of Guam
Turnout	~66% ()
Majority party Minority party   Leader Benjamin Cruz (retired) James Espaldon (retired) Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat At-large district At-large district Seats before 9 6 Seats won 10 5 Seat change 1 1
Speaker before election Benjamin J.F. Cruz Democratic Elected Speaker Tina Muña Barnes Democratic

Primary elections in Guam were held on August 25, 2018. The first 15 candidates who win the highest votes for each party will move on to the general election.

Five Democrats hopefuls were eliminated in the 2018 primaries:

• Armando S. Dominguez
• Maria Lourdes Milligan
• Franklin James Meno
• Ned Richard Pablo
• William M. Parkinson

Four Republican hopefuls were eliminated in the 2018 primaries:

• Alfredo Antonin
• Javier Atalig
• Jeffrey Wheaton
• Ryan Jerome "RJ" Calvo

The members of the legislature are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates elected as the new members of the legislature. The Democratic Party picked up one seat from Republicans, leaving the composition for the next legislature at 10 Democrats and 5 Republicans.^[2] Democrat Michael F.Q. San Nicolas also won the race for Delegate.

There were 15 senators elected on November 6, 2018 to serve in the 35th Guam Legislature and were inaugurated on January 7, 2019:

• 2018 Guam gubernatorial election
• 2018 Guam general election