James Moylan was elected as the first Republican U.S. Congressional delegate from Guam in nearly 30 years on Tuesday in the first midterm contest decided.
James Moylan, a senator in the island’s legislature, defeated Democrat Judith Won Pat by 1,648 votes out of 32,502 votes cast, according to the Pacific Daily News. The results are partial and unofficial.since 1993 and only the second since 1972, when the seat was created, the newspaper reported.James Moylan was the first Republican Congressional delegate elected from Guam since 1993.
While Moylan won’t have voting power, the Democratic-leaning U.S. territory’s result could be a sign of midterm results to come that are expected to favor conservatives.A man waits outside the Luzerne County Board of Elections on Nov. 8, 2022. Voting has started in Pennsylvania and voters are lining up to return mail-in ballots.Democrats, however, will keep control of the legislature on the island with nine seats to six seats.
Democratic Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero also beat Republican Felix Camacho, who served as governor of the territory from 2003 to 2011.
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