American Samoa's at-large congressional district explained

State:American Samoa
District Number:AL
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Member Type:Delegate
Representative:Amata Coleman Radewagen
Party:Republican
Residence:Pago Pago
English Area:77
Population:44,620
Population Year:2020
Median Income:15,851
Percent White:1.2
Percent Black:0.0
Percent Asian:2.9
Percent Native American:0.0
Percent Hispanic:0.2
Percent Other Race:92.9

American Samoa's at-large congressional district encompasses the entire U.S. territorial region of American Samoa. The territory does not have a voting member of Congress but does elect a delegate who can participate in debates and vote in committees of which they are a member. Amata Coleman Radewagen is the current delegate of the islands.

From 1970 to 1978, American Samoa elected an unofficial delegate-at-large in four-year terms to lobby for formal admission to the House of Representatives; they were A. U. Fuimaono from 1971 to 1975, A. P. Lutali from 1975 to 1979 (simultaneously serving in the American Samoa Senate from 1977), and Fofō Sunia from 1979 to 1981 (when the delegate was formally recognized by Congress).

List of delegates representing the district

DelegatePartyTermCong
ress
Electoral history
District established October 31, 1978
Vacantnowrap October 31, 1978 –
January 3, 1981
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Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia
Democraticnowrap January 3, 1981 –
September 6, 1988
Elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Resigned.
Vacantnowrap September 6, 1988 –
January 3, 1989
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Eni Faleomavaega
Democraticnowrap January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 2015
Elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Lost re-election.
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Amata Coleman Radewagen
Republicannowrap January 3, 2015 –
present
Elected in 2014.[1]
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

2022

References

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Notes and References

  1. News: American Samoa delegate loses seat . Cama . Timothy . November 5, 2014 . August 30, 2019 . en.