CNMI Politics is a public-record and analysis site covering elections, government, budgets, courts, agencies and public accountability across the Northern Mariana Islands.
certified candidate entries / tickets on the current CEC list
Election Day
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026
CNMI Politics uses the Commission’s certified listing as the controlling roster. A separate older CEC page still shows 78; this site does not use it.
The Sept. 12 Bar Association forum addressed independence, conflicts, charging standards, contracts, consumer protection and public trust.
Questioned costs are not automatically proof of theft; they can reflect unsupported spending, inadequate records, noncompliance or other audit exceptions. The scale still warrants close public accounting.
With the governor and lieutenant governor off-island, Senate President Karl King-Nabors said he became acting governor; the next day he terminated the DPS commissioner.
Joaquin DLG Torres, Jonathan Robert Glass Jr. and Michael N. Evangelista discussed charging standards, conflicts, contracts, public trust and office management at the Sept. 12 Bar Association forum.
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Compare the AG candidatesCourt opinions, certified election records, audits, statutes and agency documents receive priority.
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