News Flash: Calvo wins gubernatorial election
REPUBLICAN gubernatorial candidate Sen. Eddie Calvo took the lead in the cliffhanger Guam Nov. 2 general elections as of 2 a.m. today with 184 votes over Democratic Partys former Governor Carl T. C. Gutierrez.
Calvo and his running mate Sen. Ray Tenorio got a total of 8,557 from 19 out of 58 precincts canvassed during the hour.
œThis campaign has had highs and lows. Tonight is certainly a high. I believe in this movement and our supporters. Guams people have spoken; its time to see who they want to lead the island as Governor and Lt. Governor. I will accept the will of the people, and Im excited to find out who that is, said Calvo.
Gutierrez and Sen. Frank Aguon, Jr.s team got 8,373 votes.
The Gutierrez-Aguon campaign took the lead when the votes were first counted at the University of Guams fieldhouse past 11 a.m. Tuesday.
They maintained their lead when the succeeding 12 precincts were counted with 1,821 votes versus the Calto-Tenorios 1,685.
But the two lost the momentum when votes from the GOPs strongholds were counted.
In the senatorial election, nine Democrats made it to the top 15 and the rest are Republicans as of 2 a.m. today.
The 15 who made it as of that hour are: Tom Ada, (D) 9,621; Judi Won Pat (D), 9,496; Tina Muna Barnes, (D) 9,418; Vicente œBen Pangelinan, (D) 9,293; Aline Yamashita ®, 8,271; Dennis Rodriguez, (D) 8,187; Rory Respecio, (D), 8,170; Frank Blas Jr., ®, 8,108; Adolpho Palacios, (D), 7,951; Judi Guthertz, (D), 7,701; Mana Silva Taijeron, ®, 7,548; Benjamin J. Cruz, (D) 7,355; Chris Duenas, ®, 7,000, and; Ray Haddock, ®, 6923.
The lead gave the Republican camp the impetus to show their spirit as they surged to their feet and cheered their candidates on and breathe a collective sigh of relief.
œThe latte stone is already at Adelup and the galaide is on its way, one GOP supporter said referring to their partys logo of a sailing galaide.
But the 30 percent undecided vote is expected to play a large part in swaying the votes.
When the numbers came in, Tenorio said he felt œfantastic, and that the campaign was a hard-fought and very tight race.
He said in the end both competing gubernatorial teams will unite for the people of Guam.
Tenorio said in the end, he believes that both teams will come together for Guam.
High turnout
Guam Election Commission board member John Terlaje estimated 80 percent of the more than 52,000 registered voters showed up at the polls.
Officials said this is a very excellent indication that people take very seriously their right to vote and to elect the officials whom they reckon would represent their interests best.
The general elections were generally peaceful in most polling places.
There was one incident though when an election irregularity was reported.
GEC Executive Director John Blas went to the Tamuning Elementary School yesterday afternoon to make sure the precinct officials were following the process of making sure the absentee ballots were really marked off and are out of the way.
œThose ballots would be treated as if the person was really there to vote. The judge or official would call out the absentee voters name and really remove the affidavit on the envelope and really place the ballot in the ballot boxes.
Thats a huge process, he said.
œThe processing of the absentee ballots is the first order of business.
Article source: http://mvguam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15144:cliffhanger-election&catid=1:guam-local-news&Itemid=61
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