Republican Party of Guam
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Republican Party of Guam
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| Chairperson | Michael "Mike" Benito |
| Executive Director | Joe Duenas |
| Treasurer | Evelyn Casil |
| National Committeeman | David Sablan |
| National Committeewoman | Margaret McDonald Glover Metcalfe |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Preceded by | Territorial Party |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 2846, Hagåtña, Guam 96932 |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Fiscal conservatism Social conservatism |
| Political position | Center-right |
| National affiliation | Republican Party |
| Colors | Red |
| Territorial Legislature |
6 / 15
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| Villages held by Republican Mayors |
12 / 19
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The Republican Party of Guam, commonly referred to as Guam GOP (abbreviation for Guam Grand Old Party), is a political party in Guam affiliated with the United States Republican Party.
In the 2012 General Election, Republican Party candidates won 6 out of 15 seats in the Guam Legislature.
The Republican Party currently controls the governorship of Guam with Eddie Baza Calvo as governor. The party focuses on tax refunds for the working class, education, job growth, and improving the military.
The Republican Party of Guam stems from the old Territorial Party of Guam, which existed from 1956 through 1968. The Territorial Party was established in 1956 by discontented former Popular Party members, including Frank D. Perez, Pedro Leon Guerrero, Edward T. Calvo, Cynthia Torres, B. J. Bordallo, Vicente Reyes, Felix Carbullido, and Antonio Duenas. The Territorial Party had only one successful election, in 1964, when it won a majority in the Guam Legislature with 13 thirteen of the 21 twenty-one seats.
This changed during the 1966 election, when the Territorials lost all twenty-one seats to the Democrats. The Territorials' demise came after they blocked a popular urban renewal plan, which was supported by the Democrats, as the Territorials backed private investment. The Territorial Party dissolved soon after.
On November 21, 1966, a few weeks after the general election of that year, former Governor Joseph Flores, along with former Territorial senators Carlos Garcia Camacho, Kurt S. Moylan, and Vicente C. Reyes, officially formed the Republican Party of Guam. Other Territorials soon became active, including Senators G. Ricardo Salas and Frank D. Perez. The new Republicans were careful not to portray their new party as a criticism of the Territorial Party, whose members they hoped to attract.
At the young age of forty-four, Carlos Camacho succeeded Governor Manuel F.L. Guerrero as Governor of Guam, with Kurt Moylan appointed as lieutenant governor. Camacho's term as appointed governor lasted only eighteen months, due to the Elective Governor Act that was signed into law by the US Congress in 1968, allowing for Guam's citizens to choose their governor. The act took effect in 1970, when Guam's first election was held. Camacho's term was best remembered for his Christmas 1969 visit to the troops from Guam who were fighting in Vietnam.
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