Limtiaco officially enters Guam's congressional race

Alicia Limtiaco

By Pacific Island Times News Staff

Former U.S. Attorney Alicia Garrido Limtiaco has officially entered Guam's congressional race, launching a campaign focused on "securing federal funding and ensuring those actions translate into measurable, meaningful results" and have a visible impact on the local community.

Limtiaco is the only candidate seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for Guam’s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.

“Every delegate who has represented Guam has done so with integrity and 

commitment to our people,” she said. “They secured funding for hospitals, public safety, infrastructure and essential services. Collectively, their efforts and years of hard work helped shape Guam into what it is today.”

Guam's delegate seat was held by a Democrat for more than 30 years before the Republican Party broke the trend in 2022, following the election of James Moylan, who is seeking reelection this year.

Mary C. Torres is challenging Moylan in the Aug. 1 Republican primary.

Guam sends a single non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives, a position that shapes the territory's engagement with federal law, funding and policy. The delegate's authority is structurally distinct from that of a full voting member of Congress, with specific statutory and constitutional constraints defining both what the position can and cannot accomplish.

Limtiaco said congressional representation is measured by outcomes, by whom those outcomes reach, and by what actually reaches households.

“If families can’t see it, access it, and rely on it, then it isn’t delivering meaningful results," she added.

Among the recurring issues for a delegate to address in Congress include federal programs for seniors, persons with disabilities and children in low-income households and veterans.

Guam's inclusion in the Supplemental Security Income program and the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is the holy grail for every delegate.  

Limtiaco served as U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands from 2010 to 2017. Before that, she served as Guam's attorney general from 2007 to 2010. In 2017, she ran an unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor as Frank Aguon's running mate.

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Limtiaco said her campaign will focus on strengthening how Guam’s priorities are carried through the federal process by maintaining engagement at each step

stage, prioritizing high-impact outcomes, and ensuring accountability from authorization to execution. 

She then pointed to a recent example to illustrate the stakes of that gap: the absence of a coordinated digital and cybersecurity initiative for Guam in the current federal authorization and funding pathways.

“Every effort to bring resources to our island matters, especially given the limited number of opportunities we have,” she said. "Securing funding is the first

step."

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