Telena Cruz Nelson

Telena Cruz Nelson

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Democratic Party

Prior offices

Guam Senate

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 27, 2022

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Telena Cruz Nelson (Democratic Party) was a member of the Guam Senate. She left office on January 2, 2023.

Cruz Nelson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Guam's At-Large Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 27, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: United States House of Representatives election in Guam, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Guam At-large District

James Moylan defeated Judith Won Pat in the general election for U.S. House Guam At-large District on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Moylan (R)	52.1	17,260
		Judith Won Pat (D)	47.2	15,636
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	220

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,116
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Guam At-large District

Judith Won Pat defeated Telena Cruz Nelson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Guam At-large District on August 27, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Judith Won Pat	55.4	9,882
	Submit photo	Telena Cruz Nelson	44.2	7,878
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	67

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,827
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Guam At-large District

James Moylan advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Guam At-large District on August 27, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Moylan	99.7	2,632
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	9

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,641
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2020

See also: Guam Legislature elections, 2020

General election

General election for Guam Senate (15 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Guam Senate on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Therese Terlaje (D)	6.4	18,993
✔		James Moylan (R)	5.8	17,228
✔	Submit photo	Telena Cruz Nelson (D)	5.2	15,195
✔	Submit photo	Joe San Agustin (D)	5.1	15,121
✔	Submit photo	Mary Camacho Torres (R)	5.1	14,892
✔		Vicente Ada (R)	4.7	13,848
✔		Amanda Shelton (D)	4.6	13,571
✔	Submit photo	Telo Taitague (R)	4.6	13,468
✔		Frank Blas Jr. (R)	4.5	13,225
✔	Submit photo	Tina Muña Barnes (D)	4.0	11,850
✔	Submit photo	Clynton Ridgell (D)	3.9	11,530
✔		Christopher Duenas (R)	3.8	11,246
✔		Joanne Brown (R)	3.5	10,226
✔	Submit photo	Sabina Flores Perez (D)	3.4	9,976
✔	Submit photo	Jose Terlaje (D)	3.3	9,774
	Submit photo	Kelly Marsh (D)	3.1	9,283
	Submit photo	John Ananich II (D)	3.1	9,092
		Vincent Borja (R)	3.0	8,746
	Submit photo	Fred Bordallo Jr. (D)	3.0	8,713
	Submit photo	Frank Leon Guerrero (D)	2.8	8,356
	Submit photo	Joaquin Leon Guerrero (R)	2.6	7,805
	Submit photo	Joseph Cruz (R)	2.4	7,119
	Submit photo	Sandra Seau (R)	2.2	6,525
	Submit photo	Michelle Armenta (R)	2.1	6,239
	Submit photo	Franklin Meno (D)	1.8	5,313
	Submit photo	Christopher Carillo (D)	1.6	4,842
	Submit photo	David Duenas (D)	1.6	4,746
	Submit photo	Dominic Hernandez (R)	1.4	4,158
	Submit photo	Don Edquilane (R)	1.1	3,185
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	479

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 294,744
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Telena Cruz Nelson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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Current members of the Guam Senate

Leadership

Senators

At-large

Vicente Ada (R)

Joe Agustin (D)

Darrel Barnett (D)

Frank Blas (R)

Vincent Borja (R)

Shelly Calvo (R)

Christopher Duenas (R)

Eulogio Gumataotao (R)

Jesse Lujan (R)

Tina Muña Barnes (D)

William Parkinson (D)

Sabina Perez (D)

Sabrina Salas Matanane (R)

Telo Taitague (R)

Therese Terlaje (D)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (6)

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Guam's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

James Moylan (R)

Representatives

Republican Party (1)