The Democratic Party will hold a political rally on Saturday to kick off the candidates’ campaign for the Nov. 6 midterm elections, the party’s president Carlos Camacho announced yesterday.<\/p>\n
The Republican Party is meeting today to schedule the date of their candidates’ kickoff rally, according to Frank Camacho, the Republican chairman.<\/p>\n
“Each candidate has his and her own platform which they will be presenting at the pocket meeting,” Frank Camacho said.<\/p>\n
The Democrats’ kickoff rally will be held at Koblerville basketball court, starting at 6:00 pm, Carlos Camacho said.<\/p>\n
“We will have the party’s officers and candidates,” Camacho said.<\/p>\n
He said the party will release its platform next week.<\/p>\n
“It’s a 10-page long platform which discusses various issues ranging from education to CNMI-US relations,” Carlos Camacho said.<\/p>\n
The nominating petitions of all the candidates \u2014 except for two who were seeking a seat at the Board of Education for Rota \u2014 were certified by the Board of Elections last week.<\/p>\n
The Republican Party, which dominates the incumbent Legislature, has 21 candidates for the political positions.<\/p>\n
The Democratic Party has 13 candidates including the ones running for the senatorial seats of Rota and Tinian.<\/p>\n
Carlos Camacho said the Democratic Party decided not to field a candidate for Saipan senatorial seat because “we believe that two candidates for that position are adequate enough.”<\/p>\n
“We don’t want to confuse the people,” Carlos Camacho.<\/p>\n
Racing for Saipan senatorial seat are incumbent Sen. Juan P. Tenorio and Reform Party’s Ray Guerrero.<\/p>\n
“In future elections, we may have a complete slate. Right now, we’re satisfied with the 10 candidates that we have for the House of Representatives and we will push for their successful election,” Carlos Camacho said.<\/p>\n
In deciding not to field candidates for some available slots, Carlos Camacho said “we are more concerned about quality rather than quantity.”<\/p>\n
He said the Democratic Party’s candidates for the House of Representatives were chosen by the people on the precinct level and not by the party.<\/p>\n
“We did not try to fill in slots; we tried to select the best candidates. The ones selected at the precinct level are the ones that the people want,” Carlos Camacho said. (MCM)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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