{"id":423204,"date":"2024-11-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=423204"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Above-all-I-m-feeling-grateful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Above-all-I-m-feeling-grateful\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Above all I’m feeling grateful\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Independent candidate for CNMI delegate to U.S. Congress James \u201cJim\u201d Rayphand, shared his gratitude for all those who supported him. In a conversation with the media yesterday morning, Rayphand, standing with his supporters just outside the Precinct 1C voting site, in Koblerville, shared that as his campaign near its end he feels genuinely grateful \u201cAbove all I\u2019m feeling grateful. grateful for all the support we\u2019ve gotten, surprisingly a good amount of support for such a small campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rayphand shared that he had placed his vote early this past Saturday, and at that time, with the voting ongoing he shared, \u201cThat\u2019s really it I\u2019m grateful and thankful to everybody who supported, everybody that ran. You know I think we have to be grateful to all the candidates for stepping up. So, whoever wins we plan to support them.\u201d<\/p>\n

He shared that even though it was his first time running for a political seat there was generally throughout the race, no overly large challenges. \u201c I\u2019d say no, man, it\u2019s a pretty easy process all together, and really a lot of friendly good vibes all around. As far as the process I didn\u2019t see anything… everything was fine with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should he win he shared, \u201cWhatever support we get that\u2019s good enough for me, but honestly I\u2019ll be glad with the campaign aside and get to work. I\u2019m really excited about the work of the delegate. Campaigning is not my thing I think you guys may have noticed this I\u2019m really a quiet campaigner. I\u2019ve never been really a look-at-me type of person, but I\u2019m really looking forward to the work of the delegate the office work.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked what made him run for the position, he shared \u201cI didn\u2019t really feel like the other candidates were representative of me. They are all fine and good people in their own right they just don\u2019t represent me. I think I approach issues differently. I think I\u2019ve had different experiences I just didn\u2019t feel like they represented me, and I\u2019m thinking there\u2019s a lot more people like me who may feel the same. But again, I want to make it clear I don\u2019t want to disparage any of the candidates. I tried to make this clear all along. It\u2019s been a friendly campaign, I just feel like I bring a different perspective, different experience. \u201c<\/p>\n

He shared that throughout the campaign, he had shown the community what he genuinely believes, completely unscripted. \u201cI really stepped into all of these things without a script, just with what I generally believe and what a general group of people believe.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the number of votes cast, CEC said a total of 266 was cast in Precinct 1B-1, 294 at Precinct 1B-2 as of 3pm and 259 at Precinct 1C as of 3:49pm. As of 4:06pm, 291 were cast at Precinct 1A.<\/p>\n

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Candidate for CNMI delegate James \u201cJim\u201d Rayphand and several supporters show the No. 4 sign and show their love bright and early yesterday morning at the Precinct 1C voting site in Koblerville.<\/p>\n

-CHRYSTAL MARINO
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