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The top three finalists in the races receives a cash prize from the Government of Samoa. [7] The sport used to be male-only, but in 2013, there was an all-women crew. [5] The first woman to become a fautasi skipper was Zita Martel in 2001. [8] Entrants from Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and Hawaii have participated. [9] [10]
Vaimasenu'u Zita Sefo-Martel (born 15 July 1961) is a Samoan women's rights activist, fautasi skipper, [2] [3] [4] and archer who has represented Samoa at the Pacific Games. She is also an honorary consul of France. [5]
General elections were held in American Samoa on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Voters elected a governor, lieutenant governor, faipule (members) of the House of Representatives, and the American Samoan delegate to the United States Congress. The gubernatorial election required a run-off on November 19 as no candidate received a majority of the ...
Jason Palmer, the little-known Democratic presidential hopeful who notched a surprising primary win in American Samoa, suspended his campaign Wednesday.
American Samoa Taeoa Amisone Ito Tinae Perese Tolua Eliu La'au: September 7, 1979 South Pacific Games: Suva, Fiji [1] 4 × 400 m relay: 3:37.6 h American Samoa Jackson Leovao Mauga Iofi Pita Faavae Sinapati Uiagalelei: August 18, 1997 South Pacific Mini Games: Tafuna, American Samoa [1]
In American Samoa, gubernatorial candidates run on a non-partisan basis and as a slate together with their lieutenant governor candidate. In the 2020 election, the previous lieutenant governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga was elected governor, and the former attorney general , Salo Ale , was elected lieutenant governor with more than 60 percent of the vote.
In November 2014, Amata Coleman Radewagen defeated 10-term incumbent Democratic Rep. Eni Faleomavaega in a crowded race for the seat. [1] She won re-election to a fourth term in 2020 . [ 2 ] The incumbent delegate, Rep. Amata Coleman Radewagen , a Republican who had held the seat since 2015, filed for re-election to a fifth term. [ 3 ]
Apr. 14—In a letter to the U.S. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries in September, American Samoa's Gov. Lemanu Mauga wrote that "fishing prohibitions not only weaken U.S. fisheries but also ...