2026 general election
What’s on the ballot in the Northern Mariana Islands
Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The governor and the delegate to Congress are elected territory-wide, so every voter in the Northern Mariana Islands chooses between the same candidates. There is no primary. Every candidate qualified by filing a nominating petition with at least 200 voter signatures by August 5; a party may also certify its nominee.
- Governor
- On ballot
- Delegate to Congress
- On ballot
- Primary
- None held
Who’s on the ballot
Each candidate’s stated positions, their record, and the published arguments for and against them, in ballot order.
Governor
Blas Jonathan "BJ" Attao · Ralph DLG Torres · Lawrence F. Camacho
Delegate to Congress
Kimberlyn King-Hinds · Galvin Sablan Deleon Guerrero
The delegate represents Northern Mariana Islands in the U.S. House of Representatives for a two-year term. A delegate can introduce bills and vote in committee, but cannot cast a final vote on the House floor.
How the winner is decided
- Governor and lieutenant governor are elected together as one ticket, and the ticket needs more than half the votes cast. If no ticket gets it, the top two meet in a runoff fourteen days after the Commission certifies the result — so the date is not fixed in advance.CNMI Constitution art. III § 4, as amended by House Legislative Initiative 15-16
- The delegate is elected by plurality: whoever gets the most votes wins, and there is no runoff.48 U.S.C. § 1752
Voting in the Northern Mariana Islands
- The registration deadline was September 4. It has passed.Commonwealth Election Commission — 2026 Candidates' Pamphlet
- Early voting on Saipan, Tinian and Rota: October 27 to November 2.Commonwealth Election Commission — 2026 Candidates' Pamphlet
- The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot by mail or electronically is October 9.Commonwealth Election Commission — 2026 Candidates' Pamphlet
- The Commission has not published 2026 polling hours; check with it before you go.Commonwealth Election Commission
Confirm this with the official source
Your ballot is determined by your election authority, not by us. Verify your registration, precinct, and sample ballot at Commonwealth Election Commission.
Also on the ballot, not covered here
We research the territory-wide races. These contests are on the same ballot; the Commonwealth Election Commission has the candidate lists.
- Attorney General: three candidates, nonpartisan.Commonwealth Election Commission — 2026 certified candidates
- Justice Alexandro Cruz Castro of the Supreme Court is listed; the form of the question has not been published on a sample ballot.Commonwealth Election Commission — 2026 certified candidates
- Senate seats for Rota, Tinian & Aguiguan, and Saipan, and House seats in seven districts.Commonwealth Election Commission — 2026 certified candidates
- Mayors of Rota, Tinian & Aguiguan, Saipan, and the Northern Islands, and municipal councils for Rota, Tinian & Aguiguan, and Saipan.Commonwealth Election Commission — 2026 certified candidates
- Board of Education, Saipan.Commonwealth Election Commission — 2026 certified candidates
- An executive order directs the Commission to ask whether to hold a constitutional convention; it needs two-thirds approval. No sample ballot has been published to confirm it is printed.Marianas Variety — executive order puts constitutional convention question before voters
Results
- Results will be posted on the Commission's 2026 General Election results page. Those elected take office on January 11, 2027.Commonwealth Election Commission — 2026 General Election results