The Green Papers: American Samoa 2024 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ General Election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
✓ General Election Gubernatorial Runoff: Tuesday 19 November 2024
Monday 9 September 2024 - Filing Deadline .
Tuesday 5 November 2024 - General Election . Polling hours reportedly 6:00a-6:00p SST (1700-0500 UTC).
Tuesday 19 November 2024 - General Election Gubernatorial Runoff . Polling hours reportedly 6:00a-6:00p SST (1700-0500 UTC).
 
Capital:Fagatogo (formerly "Pago Pago")
 

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American Samoa State and Local Government

American Samoa 2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


Political parties are not officially utilized in elections in American Samoa.

American Samoa law calls for a run-off, held between the top two vote getters, if no one gets 51% of the vote in the General Election. The runoff is held 14 days after the General Election and is called by the Election Commissioner.


Official candidates from the American Samoa Election Office (Facebook).

5 November 2024: General Election returns from the American Samoa Election Office (Facebook). Certified 12 November 2024.

19 November 2024: General Election runoff results from a media source.

 
           

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: Two consecutive terms. Territorial Governor

Seat up for regular election (Democratic) Governor  Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Lieutenant Governor, former Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo "Salo" Va'alele Ale
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected (Independent) 5,846 59.83% Pula Nikolao Pula
5 November 2024: Received 4,284 votes 42.36%. Advances to 19 November 2024 run-off
  Candidate (Democratic) 3,925 40.17% Governor  Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga
5 November 2024: Received 3,660 votes 36.19%. Advances to 19 November 2024 run-off
          Vaitautolu Fa'afetai Talia I'aulualo - apparently not a candidate
5 November 2024: Received 2,169 votes 21.45%. Does not advance to 19 November 2024 run-off.
Total 9,771 100.00%  
 5 November 2024: Pula Nikolao Pula 4,284 42.36%; Governor Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga 3,660 36.19%, Vaitautolu Fa'afetai Talia I'aulualo 2,169 21.45%. Since no one received a majority of the vote, a 19 November run-off is held between the top two vote getters: Pula and Mauga.

Delegate to the House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024. Elections in American Samoa are officially non-partisan.

Seat up for regular election Republican Territorial Delegate  Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (4)
  Elected (Republican) 7,394 74.78% Territorial Delegate  Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
FEC H4AS00036; 16 Oct 24; Tot $56,350; Dsb $41,119
  Candidate (Democratic) 1,840 18.61% Louise Lealai "Luisa" Kuaea
FEC H4AS01018; 30 Sep 24; Tot $25,540; Dsb $27,210
  Candidate (No Party Affiliation) 469 4.74% Fualaau Rosie Tago Lancaster
FEC H8AS00052
  Candidate (No Party Affiliation) 185 1.87% Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman
FEC H4AS00093
Total 9,888 100.00%  
 

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.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 2 candidates
  Republican: 1 incumbent, 1 candidate
Independents
  (blank): 1 incumbent, 6 candidates
  Independent: 1 candidate
  No Party Affiliation: 2 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  American Samoa Election Office Facebook
  American Samoa Government Election Office
Democratic
  American Samoa Democratic Party
  American Samoa Democratic Party.
  Democratic Party of American Samoa; P.O. Box 1281; Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799; 684-252-7219
Republican
  Republican Party of American Samoa
  Republican Party of American Samoa; P.O. Box 3564; Pago Pago, AS 96799; (684) 699-9609
Media & others
  KVZK-TV
  Manuatele.NET - Manu'a - American Samoa
  Politics1.com - American Samoa
  Samoa News
  Samoa Observer

 


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