33 Facts About Carl Gutierrez

Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez was born on October 15,1941 and is an American politician who was the sixth governor of Guam, serving two four-year terms with Lieutenant Governor Madeleine Bordallo from January 2,1995, to January 6,2003.

Governor Carl Gutierrez has remained active in public life for a period spanning four decades.

Carl Gutierrez was again defeated in the 2014 gubernatorial election, in which his running mate was Gary Gumataotao.

When Carl Gutierrez was a boy his father and his mother had a difficult time raising such a large family.

Carl Gutierrez attended Agana Heights Elementary School and George Washington High School.

Carl Gutierrez graduated from South San Francisco High School in California in 1960.

Carl Gutierrez enlisted in the US Air Force on the day he graduated from high school.

Carl Gutierrez spent nearly eight years as a government of Guam data processing manager.

Carl Gutierrez was selected by his colleagues to serve as Chairman of the Committee on Housing and Urban Development in the first of his nine terms as senator.

In 1977, by authorization of Federal Law and Local Law, Carl Gutierrez was elected to the First Constitutional Convention and was elected by his colleagues to preside as president.

In 1978, Carl Gutierrez ran for the office of governor as an independent, with Dr Joseph Dizon, a Republican, as his running mate.

Carl Gutierrez served as advisor to Palau's Constitutional Convention in 1979 and was later made an honorary citizen of Palau by legislation.

Carl Gutierrez co-sponsored legislation creating the APIL, association of Pacific Island legislatures.

Carl Gutierrez was elected to three terms as their president.

In 1980, Carl Gutierrez won a seat back and returned to the Legislature in 1981.

Carl Gutierrez successfully unseated an incumbent Republican Senator in his district.

In 1986, Gutierrez ran for Governor against incumbent Governor Ricardo J Bordallo, the party icon who had encouraged Gutierrez to get into politics in the first place.

Carl Gutierrez returned to the Legislature in 1989 and served three successive terms.

Carl Gutierrez wrote or co-sponsored 270 Public Laws during his 18 years as senator.

Carl Gutierrez was recognized by the governments of Japan and the Republic of Korea.

In 1998, Governor Carl Gutierrez ran for reelection with Lieutenant Governor Madeleine Z Bordallo.

The Carl Gutierrez-Bordallo carried the 1998 Democratic primary with 16,838 votes, compared with only 9,788 for Ada-Leon Guerrero and 6,295 for Santos-Terlaje.

Carl Gutierrez has never been found guilty of any crime, winning all cases that went to trial.

Carl Gutierrez ran with Senator and former Superior Court of Guam Chief Justice Benjamin Cruz to be the Democratic Party candidate for governor in 2006.

In November, 2006, Governor Carl Gutierrez was awarded the Gusi Peace Prize for political achievement in the Republic of the Philippines by president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Carl Gutierrez was bestowed an Honorary Doctor of Law by the University of Guam.

Carl Gutierrez ran for governor again in the 2010 Guam election with Senator Frank Blas Aguon Jr.

Carl Gutierrez would go on to sue to challenge the recount.

In early April 2012, former Governor Carl Gutierrez Guiterrez announced that he would not run for congress representing Guam.

On June 2,2014, a number of supporters picked up a packet nominating former governor Carl Gutierrez to run with attorney Gary Gumataotao for governor and lieutenant governor.

At a packed meeting of the Central Executive Committee meeting of the Democratic Party of Guam, Governor Carl Gutierrez announced his intention to run with Gumataotao for governor.

Carl Gutierrez officially announced his bid to be the Governor of Guam, after losing the past 2 elections against the Republican Calvo-Tenorio administration.

Carl Gutierrez selected former Guam Police Department chief Fred Bordallo as his running mate for the upcoming Democratic primaries.