Edith DeLeon Guerrero explained

Edith DeLeon Guerrero
Office:President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate
Term Start:January 9, 2023
Predecessor:Jude Hofschneider
State Senate1:Northern Mariana Islands
District1:3rd
Term Start1:January 11, 2021
Predecessor1:Sixto Igisomar
Party:Democratic
Relatives:Larry De Leon Guerrero (father)

Edith E. DeLeon Guerrero is an American politician serving as a member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate for the 3rd district. Elected in November 2020, she assumed office on January 11, 2021.[1]

Life and career

In 2000, Governor Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio appointed her to the Marianas Public Land Trust.[2] She was reappointed in 2004 by Governor Juan Babauta and served until 2006.[3] In 2006, she became the director of the CNMI Workforce Investment Agency. She was a life insurance agent for ten years before serving as the director of the Workforce Investment Agency.[4]

In 2013, Governor Eloy Inos merged the Workforce Investment Agency and the Department of Labor. On October 3, 2013, Inos nominated DeLeon Guerrero, then Director of the Workforce Investment Agency, to serve as the Secretary of Labor.[5] She was sworn in on December 26, 2013.[6] Guerrero then served as secretary of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Labor until 2017.[7]

Her father, Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero, was the 13th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands.[8]

CNMI Senate

In the 2020 general election, Guerrero defeated Republican incumbent Sixto K. Igisomar to become the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in Saipan since 2003.[7] On January 10, 2023, DeLeon Guerrero became the first woman to serve as President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate. She took over the position from Jude Hofschneider.[9] On February 12, 2024, Guerrero stated she would be leaving the Democratic Party at the end of her term.[10]

After exploring a run for Delegate in the 2024 election,[11] DeLeon Guerero chose to run for reelection to the Senate as an independent.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edith Deleon Guerrero . 2022-09-17 . Ballotpedia . en.
  2. Kapileo. Ramona I. (Senate Journal Clerk). Messages from the Governor. Journal of the CNMI Senate. 12. 12. July 20, 2000. 3. January 31, 2023. CNMI.
  3. Kapileo. Ramona I. (Senate Journal Clerk). Messages from the Governor. Journal of the CNMI Senate. 14. 4. July 20, 2000. 3. January 31, 2023. CNMI.
  4. Cruz. Geraldine T (Clerk of the Senate).. Ninth Day, Second Regular (Emergency) Session. CNMI Senate Journal. 17. 22. 16–17. October 6, 2010. January 31, 2023. CNMI Senate.
  5. News: EAGI panel sets public hearing on judge, Labor secretary nominees. December 9, 2013. January 29, 2023. Saipan Tribune.
  6. News: New CNMI Labor secretary sworn in. Staff. December 26, 2013. January 29, 2023. Saipan Tribune.
  7. News: Erediano . Emmanuel T. . November 4, 2020 . NMI Democrats win 8 House seats, Saipan Senate race . 2022-09-17 . Pacific Island Times . en.
  8. News: October 14, 2006. Guerrero laid to rest. Agnes E.. Donato. January 29, 2023. Saipan Tribune. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405191445/http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=62022&cat=1 . 2012-04-05 .
  9. News: Bautista Esmores. Kimberly. Deleon Guerrero makes history as first female Senate president. January 9, 2023. January 9, 2023. Saipan Tribune.
  10. Web site: Torre . Ferdie De La . DeLeon Guerrero: Delegate bid is an option . Saipan Tribune . 2024-02-13 . 2024-02-25.
  11. Web site: Six candidates flexing muscles for CNMI congressional delegate seat . Bryan . Manabat . Pacific Times . 2024-02-23 . 2024-02-25.
  12. News: I never moved to the dark side. Emmanuel T.. Erediano. May 14, 2024. Marianas Variety. May 14, 2024. said the Senate president, who is seeking re-election in November as an independent..