President Donald Trump has celebrated a Republican victory in Guam, congratulating Tony Ada after the territory’s governorship shifted to the Republican Party and suggesting the result could offer an early indication of broader electoral trends.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump described Guam as a place traditionally considered strongly Democratic and welcomed the Republican victory in the governor’s race. He also pointed to Republicans securing a majority in the territorial Senate.
“Wow, hopefully that’s an indication for things to come!” Trump wrote, congratulating Ada.
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Republican candidate Ada and his running mate, E.J. Calvo, defeated the Democratic ticket of Therese Terlaje and Sabina Perez, according to the final unofficial tally released by the Guam Election Commission.
Ada and Calvo received 15,945 votes, or 51.45%, compared with 14,925 votes, or 48.15%, for the Democratic ticket. The Republican victory ended eight years of Democratic control under outgoing Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, who was barred from seeking another term because of term limits.
The election also gave Republicans a narrow majority in Guam’s 15-member Legislature, with eight seats against seven for Democrats. The territory has a unicameral legislature, rather than a state Senate as Trump described it. The results were not uniformly favorable to Republicans. Democrat Alicia Limtiaco defeated Republican incumbent James Moylan in the race for Guam’s nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, according to unofficial results.
The outcome also marked a Democratic gain in the congressional delegate contest, underscoring the mixed results for the two parties in the territory. Guam’s delegate can participate in House committee work but cannot vote on final passage of legislation on the House floor.
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Trump’s characterization of Guam as traditionally Democratic also requires some historical context. Republicans controlled the governorship from 2003 to 2019 before Democrat Leon Guerrero took office in 2019.
Republican activist Scott Presler also celebrated the gubernatorial result on X, calling it a Republican flip and urging supporters to keep the momentum going.
The Guam results came as voters across the United States headed to the polls in the November 3 midterm elections, with control of Congress at stake. Trump framed Ada’s victory as an encouraging development for Republicans, though a territorial election result alone does not establish a broader national political trend.