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Guam has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by a non-voting delegate since 1972. [1] Its first delegate, Antonio Borja Won Pat , had been serving as the Washington Representative lobbying for a delegate since 1965, elected for four-year terms in 1964 and 1968. [ 2 ]
During a March 25, 2010, House Armed Services Committee hearing [37] about the U.S. military installation in Guam, Johnson said to Admiral Robert F. Willard, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize", to which Willard replied, "We don't anticipate that."
The United States Constitution grants congressional voting representation to the states and Washington, D.C., of which Guam is not one. Guam is a federal territory ultimately under the complete authority of Congress. The lack of voting representation in Congress for residents of Guam has been an issue since the foundation of the federal district.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Guam was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Guam's at-large congressional district.
James "Jim" Camacho Moylan (born July 18, 1962) is an American politician serving as the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for Guam. He became a member of the Guam Legislature in 2019 and was elected to the U.S House of Representatives in the 2022 United States midterm elections .
Incumbent Democratic Delegate Madeleine Bordallo, who has represented the district since 2003, lost her primary election to Michael San Nicolas, a senator of the Guam Legislature since 2013. San Nicolas was challenged by Republican former public auditor Doris Flores-Brooks for Guam's lone-seat in the United States House of Representatives.
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He was challenged by former U.S. Rep. Robert A. Underwood (Guam delegate from 1993 to 2003), a Democrat, and Republican Wil Castro. As no one got a majority of the vote, San Nicolas and Underwood faced off in a runoff within two weeks. The Guam Election Commission set the runoff election for Tuesday, November 17, 2020. [1]