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Kim-Tenorio up for retention this November
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Posted on Jan 24 2018
Teresa K. Kim-Tenorio
Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa K. Kim-Tenorio is up for retention election at the Nov. 6, 2018, general election.
Kim-Tenorio, who is a judge for the CNMI Drug Court, was nominated to the bench on Oct. 3, 2013, and was confirmed on Dec. 20, 2013. Her six-year term as a judge expires in December 2019.
Commonwealth Election Commission executive director Julita Villagomez said yesterday that Kim-Tenorio has until Aug. 8, 2018, to inform CEC in a letter whether she will continue with her post or not.
Aug. 8 is the last day for submission of nominating petitions and candidacy.
Under the CNMI Constitution, the question whether justices or judges will be retained shall be put to a vote at a general election immediately before the end of that justice’s or judge’s initial term of office.
Kim-Tenorio has yet to announce if she is interested in submitting to the retention election.
Kim-Tenorio earned her bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1997. In May 2001, she graduated from the New England School of Law with her juris doctor degree. She served as the legal counsel for the late governor Eloy S. Inos and for the lieutenant governor and the CNMI Legislature.
In March 2016, U.S. Courts for the Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas appointed her to serve as a designated judge in the U.S. District Court for the NMI.
At the November 2017 election, Associate Judge Joseph Norita Camacho received an overwhelming vote of confidence for his retention on the bench.
In 2003, Juan T. Lizama became the first judge in the CNMI to be retained on the bench.
