Ada-Calvo team wins Guam's gubernatorial race
Limtiaco defeats Moylan in congressional race; Republicans retain majority
By Pacific Island Times News Staff
The Republican Party's gubernatorial team of Tony Ada and Edward Calvo won Tuesday’s close race, beating the Democratic team of Therese Terlaje and her running mate, Sabina Perez, by securing 51 percent of the vote.
The Ada-Calvo team, which ran a well-oiled campaign machine with the full backing of former Republican governors, garnered 15,945 votes, compared with Terlaje-Perez’s 14,925.
The Guam Elections Commission recorded a 53.11 percent voter turnout.
In the congressional race, the incumbent Republican James Moylan lost his bid for a third term to his Democratic challenger Alicia Limtiaco, former attorney general. She received 15,645 voters, beating Moylan’s 14,983.
In a five-way race for attorney general, former chief prosecutor Phil Tydingco beat the incumbent Douglas Moylan by more than 1,500 votes.
In the race for the 39th Guam Legislature, the Republicans retain a one-seat majority.
Chris Barnnet, an incumbent Democrat, was the top vote-getter, followed by Amanda Shelton, a former senator.
Besides Shelton, two other former senators, Telena Nelson and Clynt Ridgell, both Democrats, are returning to the session hall.
Newcomers include Hoa Nguyen. Dona Muna Quinata, Tina Muna Barnes’ sister, and Kalene Perez.
Returning incumbents besides Barnett are Sabrina Matatane, Jesse Lujan, Chris Duenas, Wil Parkinson, Telo Taitague, Vincent Borja, Shelly Calvo and Shawn Gumataotao.
New seats opened when seven incumbents, Frank Blas Jr., Tony Ada, Joe San Agustin, Therese Terlaje, Sabina Perez, and Tina Muna Barnes, joined the gubernatorial race.
