| State: | Northern Mariana Islands |
| District Number: | AL |
| Image Name: | Northern Mariana Islands-CIA WFB Map.png |
| Image Width: | 250 |
| Member Type: | Delegate |
| Representative: | Gregorio Sablan |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Saipan |
| English Area: | 179 |
| Population: | 53,883 |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Percent White: | 0.0 |
| Percent Black: | 0.0 |
| Percent Asian: | 22.1 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.0 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 0.0 |
| Percent Other Race: | 77.9 |
The Northern Mariana Islands's at-large congressional district encompasses the entire U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The territory does not have a voting member of Congress, but does elect a delegate who can participate in debates with the United States House of Representatives. On November 4, 2008, the first delegate was elected to the 111th United States Congress which began on January 3, 2009.
From 1978 to 2009, in accordance with the territory's Constitution, the Northern Mariana Islands elected a Resident Representative in Washington, D.C. who was not considered an official member of Congress. They served two-year terms until 1990, when the terms were increased to four years.
Pursuant to, the Northern Mariana Islands first elected a non-voting delegate to Congress in 2008, replacing the Resident Representative. Among nine candidates, independent candidate Gregorio Sablan won the election with 24% of the votes, and incumbent Resident Representative Pedro Agulto Tenorio (Republican) came in second with 21%. Sablan won re-election six times as an independent, but announced in 2021 that he would run as a Democrat for the 2022 election.
| Party | Time in office | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward DLG Pangelinan | Democratic | 1978–1984 | ||
| Republican | ||||
| Froilan Cruz Tenorio | Democratic | 1984-1990 | ||
| Juan Nekai Babauta | Republican | 1990-2002 | ||
| Pedro Agulto Tenorio | Republican | 2002-2009 |
| Delegate | Party | Term | Congress | Electoral history | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established January 3, 2009 | ||||||
Gregorio Sablan (Saipan) | Independent | nowrap | January 3, 2009 – October 24, 2021 | Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Retiring at end of term. | ||
| Democratic | nowrap | October 25, 2021 – present | ||||