| The Green Papers: American Samoa 2008 General Election |
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American Samoa
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Gubernatoral Runoff (if necessary): Tuesday 18 November 2008 |
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Political parties are not officially utilized in elections in American Samoa. Should no candidate receive 50% of the vote in the Tuesday 4 November General Election, the two top vote-getters will participate in a Runoff to be held on Tuesday 18 November 2008. |
| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. 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 |
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| Democratic | Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono Running mate for Lt. Governor: Lt. Governor Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia |
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| Nonpartisan | Afoa Leulumoega Lutu Running mate for Lt. Governor: Velega Savali |
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| Nonpartisan | Utu Abe Malae Running mate for Lt. Governor: Nua Ma'ilo Saoluaga |
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Announce he would not be a candidate cira 11 June 2008. |
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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. | |||||
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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 |
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| No Party Affiliation | FualA'Au Rosie Tago Lancaster FEC H8AS00052: $1,600 |
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| Nonpartisan; (Republican) | Aumua Amata (Amata Coleman Radewagen) Coleman FEC H4AS00036: $52,516 |
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| Nonpartisan; (Democratic) | Territorial Delegate Eni F.H. Faleomavaega FEC H0AS00018: $56,245 |
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| 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. |