| Manny Castro | |
| State Senate: | Northern Mariana Islands |
| District: | 3rd |
| Term Start: | January 2025 |
| Succeeding: | Edith DeLeon Guerrero |
| State House1: | Northern Mariana Islands |
| District1: | 2nd |
| Term Start1: | January 9, 2023 |
| Preceded1: | Tina Sablan |
| Succeeded1: | Daniel I. Aquino (elect) |
| Birth Place: | Saipan |
| Party: | Democratic (since 2024) Independent (before 2024) |
| Children: | Two |
| Spouse: | Kelsey Lizama |
| Alma Mater: | Eastern Oregon University |
Manny Gregory Tenorio Castro is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and Senator-elect for the 3rd district. He is currently a member for the 2nd district of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives.[1]
Manny Gregory Tenorio Castro was raised in Fina Sisu, a village in Saipan, before going to high school in Oregon. Castro earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Business Administration from Eastern Oregon University.[2] He returned to the Northern Mariana Islands to work at Northern Marianas College. He rose to become the director of enrollment services.[3]
In 2022, Precinct 2 incumbent Tina Sablan announced she would forgo reelection to to run for governor.[4] [5] Castro ran for the opening. Castro and his running mate, incumbent John Paul Sablan, were elected to represent Precinct #2.[6] He was appointed the chairman of the House Education Committee for the 23rd Commonwealth Legislature.[7] While a member of the House, Castro was appointed to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education’s Legislative Advisory Committee.[8]
In the 2024 general election, Castro was the Democratic nominee for the third district of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate against independent candidate and incumbent Senate President Edith DeLeon Guerrero. Castro defeated DeLeon Guerrero receiving 5,178 votes to Deleon Guerrero's 4,210 votes.[9] He was succeeded in Precinct 2 by Daniel Iwashita Aquino Jr, the former head of the Commonwealth Bureau of Military Affairs, who was elected alongside incumbent Paul Sablan.[10]