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2016 Guamanian legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Guam on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, along with the election for the Guam delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. The Democratic Party won nine of the fifteen seats in the Legislature and maintained control of Guam's delegate seat. The fifteen elected members of the 34th Guam Legislature were inaugurated on January 2, 2017.

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic Party	218,767	55.95%	9
Republican Party	171,768	43.92%	6
Write-in votes	471	0.12	–	–
Total	391,006	100	15	0
Registered voters/turnout	51,713	67	–	–
Source: [1]

The members are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates are elected as the new members of the legislature. As there were many candidates running, primaries were set on August 27, 2016 for both the Democratic and Republican parties. The first fifteen candidates who win the highest votes go on to the General election.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	9,381
	Democratic	9,381
	Democratic	9,149
	Democratic	8,221
	Democratic	7,985
	Democratic	7,736
	Democratic	7,270
	Democratic	7,217
	Democratic	7,022
	Democratic	6,869
	Democratic	6,526
	Democratic	6,281
	Democratic	6,278
	Democratic	6,014
	Democratic	5,562
	Democratic	4,462
	Democratic	3,649

Two Democratic hopefuls were eliminated in the 2016 primaries:

Victor Gaza
Armando Dominguez

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	5,315
	Republican	5,266
	Republican	5,248
	Republican	5,185
	Republican	5,036
	Republican	4,996
	Republican	4,796
	Republican	4,543
	Republican	3,970
	Republican	3,875
	Republican	3,806
	Republican	3,795
	Republican	3,748
	Republican	3,478
	Republican	3,387
	Republican	2,680
	Republican	2,150

Two Republican hopefuls were eliminated in the 2016 primaries:

Barry Mead
Ellery Paz

Following the primaries, there were 26 candidates vying for the 15 seats in the Legislature of Guam. The members are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates elected as the new members of the legislature.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	21,070	5.39
	Democratic	19,686	5.03
	Democratic	19,681	5.03
	Democratic	17,600	4.50
	Democratic	16,922	4.33
	Republican	15,599	3.99
	Republican	14,998	3.84
	Democratic	14,864	3.80
	Republican	14,792	3.78
	Democratic	14,436	3.69
	Republican	13,666	3.50
	Republican	13,634	3.49
	Democratic	13,053	3.34
	Republican	12,982	3.32
	Democratic	12,532
	Democratic	12,510
	Democratic	12,325
	Republican	12,023
	Republican	12,005
	Democratic	11,942
	Democratic	11,920
	Republican	10,934
	Democratic	10,667
	Democratic	9,559
	Republican	9,533
	Republican	9,451
	Republican	9,332
	Republican	8,668
	Republican	7,069
	Republican	7,063
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	Democratic gain from Republican

There were 15 senators elected on November 8, 2016 to serve in the 34th Guam Legislature and were inaugurated on January 2, 2017:

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