Residents in the Northern Marianas go to the polls today in a general election.
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They will choose a House of Representatives, a Senate, a delegate to the US House of Representatives as well as judges, municipal councils and education board members.
Our correspondent said the local Republican Party is facing a serious challenge from the recently revived NMI Democratic Party.
68 candidates are contesting 39 seats.
Delegate Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan is running unopposed for his seventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, many people have voted early, including the governor Ralph DLG Torres.
The sale of alcohol is banned today.