Ray Tenorio | |
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Lieutenant Governor of Guam | |
Assumed office January 3, 2011 |
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Governor | Eddie Baza Calvo |
Preceded by | Michael Cruz |
Personal details | |
Born |
Raymond Stanley Tenorio February 8, 1965 Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Naoko Shimizu |
Children | 5 |
Education |
Guam Community College University of Guam (BA, MPA) |
Raymond Stanley "Ray" Tenorio (born February 8, 1965) is a Guamanian Republican politician and former police officer. Tenorio served as a Senator in the Legislature of Guam from January 2003 until January 2011. He took office as the 9th Lieutenant Governor of Guam on January 3, 2011, having won the gubernatorial election in November 2010 with current Governor Eddie Calvo.
Tenorio was born Raymond Waddey Jr. on February 8, 1965 in Orlando, Florida. He was raised in Orlando by his birth father until he was sent to live in a foster home. His mother, Helen V. Eubank (or Helen Tenorio) (1944–2016), located him at a foster home in Tennessee. She took Ray with her to Guam when he was approximately ten years old. Eubank then adopted the surname of her new husband, Tenorio, after they arrived in Guam. Ray's stepfather, Romeo Mantanona Tenorio, a police officer, enrolled Ray in middle school under the name Ray Tenorio. In 2010, Tenorio explained that from that point he used Tenorio as his surname, and he did not realize that his legal surname was still Waddey until he applied for a U.S. passport to visit Japan twenty years after middle school. In 1997, Ray had his surname legally changed from Waddey to Tenorio. Tenorio and his first wife, Evangeline Marcus, have five children - LaDonna, Nicole, Raymond Jr., Rome Scott and Richard. The couple divorced in February 1996. Tenorio is currently married to his second wife, Naoko G. Shimizu. They reside in Yigo, Guam. Tenorio is an avid World of Warcraft player with a character in the guild Biscuit Front.