The Governor and Lieutenant Governor run and are elected as one ticket; a ticket needs more than half of the votes cast, otherwise the top two tickets meet in a runoff. The Delegate is elected at large by a plurality of the votes cast, so there is no runoff. Polls open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 3. Early voting on Saipan, Tinian and Rota runs October 27 to November 2. The Northern Mariana Islands ballot also carries an Attorney General race, Supreme Court retention, Senate, House, mayors, municipal councils and the Board of Education; this guide covers the governor and delegate races.
Sources: CNMI Constitution, Article III, as quoted in press reports (the official code could not be read on 10/11/2026); 48 U.S.C. 1752 law.cornell.edu; Commonwealth Election Commission, votecnmi.gov.mp/polling-places.php and the 2026 General Election Important Dates.
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Blas Jonathan "BJ" Attao
Blas Jonathan "BJ" Attao is an Independent member of the CNMI House of Representatives for Election District 3, per the Legislature's member page. Per the Pacific Island Times, he began public service in 2004 and has served as House Speaker and Vice Speaker. His running mate, Edmund Villagomez, is the current House Speaker, per the Legislature's members directory. No campaign website was found as of October 11, 2026.
Ralph DLG Torres
Ralph Torres is a former governor of the CNMI, who became governor in December 2015 and served until January 2023, per Isla Public Media. He was elected lieutenant governor in 2014, per the same report. His running mate, Benjamin Jones Jr., is principal of Kagman High School, per Isla Public Media. No campaign website was found as of October 11, 2026.
Lawrence Camacho
Lawrence Camacho is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel with 27 years of service who was Commissioner of the CNMI Public School System when his ticket launched in May 2026, per Isla Public Media. He spent five years as dean of student affairs at the University of Guam before returning to lead the school system, per the same report. His running mate, Edith Deleon Guerrero, is a former senator and former CNMI Labor Secretary, per Isla Public Media. No campaign website was found as of October 11, 2026.

Kimberlyn King-Hinds
Kimberlyn King-Hinds is the CNMI's delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, the first woman to hold the seat, per her official House biography. She holds a J.D. from the University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law and practiced law for more than a decade in Hawaii and the CNMI, per the House biography. The same page says she chaired the Commonwealth Ports Authority and the Northern Marianas College Board of Regents. No campaign website was found as of October 11, 2026.

Galvin Sablan Deleon Guerrero
Top priorities
Per the campaign site.
Galvin Deleon Guerrero is president of Northern Marianas College, per the campaign site. Per the same site he has spent three decades in education, including as a vice principal, principal and director at Mount Carmel School and as director of institutional effectiveness at the college, and has served on the CNMI State Board of Education and the college's Board of Regents. He holds an Education Doctorate from the University of Southern California, per the campaign site.
Governor and lieutenant governor run as one ticket. A ticket needs more than half of the votes cast; otherwise the top two tickets meet in a runoff, per the CNMI Constitution. The delegate is elected at large by the most votes cast, so there is no runoff, per 48 U.S.C. 1752.
Names, tickets and parties follow the Commonwealth Election Commission's candidate list (votecnmi.gov.mp) as of October 11, 2026. Biographies and priorities come from each campaign's own site or an official biography, cited in each profile; where none was found, the profile says so. Official sources are the final word on who appears on your ballot.
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