The Green Papers: American Samoa 2007 Off Year Election |
American Samoa
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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Political parties are not officially utilized in elections in American Samoa. |
Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: Two consecutive terms. Territorial Governor | |||||
Democratic | Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono Acting Goveror: 2003 (remaining officially Lieutenant Governor after the death of Governor Tauese Sunia on 26 March 2003). First elected to a full term: 2004. Lt. Governor Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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The current Administration informally identifies itself with the US Democrats. The major opponents to the Sunia/Tulafono ticket in both 1996 and 2000 and to the Tulafono/Sunia ticket in 2004 identified themselves as "Independent" although they have ties to the US Republican Party. | |||||
Delegate to the House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2008. Elections in American Samoa are officially non-partisan. | |||||
{map} | Democratic | Territorial Delegate Eni F.H. Faleomavaega First elected: 1988; re-elected 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004; 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |