American Samoa's at-large congressional district

American Samoa's at-large congressional district encompasses the entire U.S. territorial region of American Samoa. The territory does not have a voting member of Congress but does elect a delegate who can participate in debates and vote in committees of which they are a member. Amata Coleman Radewagen is the current delegate of the islands.

American Samoa's at-large congressional district
Delegate
  Amata Coleman Radewagen
R–Pago Pago
Area77 sq mi (200 km2)
Population (2010)55,519
Median household
income		15,851
Ethnicity

From 1970 to 1978, American Samoa elected an unofficial delegate-at-large in four-year terms to lobby for formal admission to the House of Representatives; they were A. U. Fuimaono from 1971 to 1975, A. P. Lutali from 1975 to 1979 (simultaneously serving in the American Samoa Senate from 1977), and Fofō Sunia from 1979 to 1981 (when the delegate was formally recognized by Congress).

List of delegates representing the district
Delegate Party Term Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District created October 31, 1978
Vacant October 31, 1978 –
January 3, 1981		 95th
96th

Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia		 Democratic January 3, 1981 –
September 6, 1988		 97th
98th
99th
100th		 Elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Resigned.
Vacant September 6, 1988 –
January 3, 1989		 100th

Eni Faleomavaega		 Democratic January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 2015		 101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th		 Elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Lost re-election.[1]

Amata Coleman Radewagen		 Republican January 3, 2015 –
present		 114th
115th
116th
117th
118th		 Elected in 2014.[1]
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.

Recent election results

2012
Election results, American Samoa's At-large Congressional District, November 6, 2012[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (incumbent) 7,221 55.20
Republican Amata Coleman Radewagen 4,420 33.80
Democratic Kereti Mata'utia Jr. 438 3.30
Independent Rosie F. Tago Lancaster 697 5.30
Total votes 13,076 100
Democratic hold

2014
Election results, American Samoa's At-large Congressional District, November 4, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Amata Coleman Radewagen 4,306 42.00
Democratic Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (incumbent) 3,157 30.80
Democratic Togiola Tulafono 1,130 11.00
Democratic Mapu S. Jamias 652 6.40
Independent Rosie Fuala'au Tago Lancaster 268 2.60
Democratic Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman 229 2.20
Independent Tuika Tuika 201 2.00
Democratic Tu'au Kereti Mata'Utia Jr 160 1.60
Democratic Mark Ude 143 1.40
Total votes 10,246 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

2016
American Samoa Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 8, 2016[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Amata Coleman Radewagen (inc.) 8,924 75.4
Democratic Salu Hunkin-Finau 1,581 13.4
Democratic Mapu Jamias 978 8.3
Democratic Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman 181 1.50
Independent Timothy Jones 171 1.40
Total votes 11,835 100
Republican hold

2018
American Samoa Delegate election results, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Amata Coleman Radewagen (inc.) 7,194 83.28%
Independent Tuika Tuika 785 9.09%
Democratic Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman 659 7.63%
Total votes 8,638 100%
Republican hold

2020
American Samoa Delegate election results, 2020[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Amata Coleman Radewagen (inc.) 9,880 83.5%
Democratic Oreta Crichton 1,704 14.4%
Democratic Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman 249 2.1%
Total votes 11,833 100%
Republican hold

References
  1. Cama, Timothy (November 5, 2014). "American Samoa delegate loses seat". Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  2. Official Results of the General Election 2014 Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine American Samoa Election Office
  3. Official Results of the General Election 2014 Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine American Samoa Election Office
  4. "Election Statistics: 1920 to Present | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives".
  5. Sagapolutele, Fili (November 4, 2020). "Aumua Amata overwhelmingly wins a 4th consecutive 2-year term". Samoa News. Pago Pago, American Samoa. Retrieved November 4, 2020.


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