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Kilili to declare re-election bid tonight
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Posted on Aug 23 2011
Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan, the CNMI’s first non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, will be declaring his second re-election bid tonight.
Sablan, who is serving his second two-year term, is the first to declare his candidacy for the November 2012 delegate election. He is expected to run again as an independent.
The $200-per-plate fundraiser will be held tonight at the Pacific Islands Club in San Antonio from 6pm to 8pm.
Sablan’s candidacy has been drawing support not only from independents but also from members of the Republican, Democratic, and Covenant Parties.
Sablan first ran as the CNMI’s first non-voting delegate to U.S. Congress on Nov. 4, 2008, months after the signing of a U.S. law that placed CNMI immigration under federal control. That law, U.S. Public Law 110-229, also allowed for the holding of a first election for a CNMI non-voting delegate to Congress.
In the 2008 election, Sablan beat eight other candidates. He was first sworn into office in January 2009.
In the 2010 four-way race, Sablan won by a wide margin. His first re-election bid gave him 4,896 or 43 percent of the 11,325 votes counted. He was inaugurated for a second two-year term in January this year.
Sablan has championed education, health, and other policy issues affecting the CNMI. His office has also worked closely with different federal agencies that have jurisdictions over or affect the CNMI, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
