1. Madeleine Mary Zeien Bordallo is an American-Guamanian politician who served as the delegate to the US House of Representatives for from January 3,2003, to January 3,2019.
15 Facts About Madeleine Bordallo
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Madeleine Bordallo is the first woman ever to serve as Guam's Delegate, the first female lieutenant governor of Guam, the first female candidate for governor of Guam, and the first female Democrat elected to the Legislature of Guam.
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Madeleine Bordallo Mary Zeien was born on May 31,1933, in Graceville, Minnesota, to a family of educators who moved to Guam after her father took a job with the Guam Department of Education.
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Madeleine Bordallo attended St Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana, and the College of St Catherine in St Paul, Minnesota, where she studied music.
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Madeleine Bordallo was married to Ricardo Madeleine Bordallo, who served as Governor of Guam from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1987.
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Madeleine Bordallo was the first female Democrat to be elected to the Guam Legislature, and she served five terms as a senator from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1987 to 1995.
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Madeleine Bordallo was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Guam in 1990, following the death of her husband.
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Ping Duenas ran as Madeleine Bordallo's running mate for lieutenant governor in the 1990 gubernatorial election.
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Madeleine Bordallo was the first woman in Guam's history to hold this position.
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In 2002, Madeleine Bordallo reached her term limit and, as Delegate Robert Underwood vacated his seat and attempted to run for governor, she campaigned for and was elected as a Democrat to the House, serving from January 2003 to January 2019.
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Madeleine Bordallo was the first woman to represent Guam in Congress.
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Madeleine Bordallo was one of six non-voting delegates to the House of Representatives.
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Madeleine Bordallo objected to amendments the United States Senate made to the Omnibus Territories Act of 2013.
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Madeleine Bordallo received 19,765 votes to his 12,995 votes.
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Madeleine Bordallo defeated Artero in the primary election on August 30,2014.