1. Ricardo Jerome "Ricky" Bordallo was an American politician and businessman, who served two terms as the second and fourth governor of Guam with Lieutenant Governor Rudy Sablan from 1975 to 1979, and with Lieutenant Governor Edward Diego Reyes from 1983 to 1987.
Ricardo Bordallo was born on December 11,1927 in Hagatna, Guam.
Ricardo Bordallo was the son of Baltazar Jeronimo "BJ" Bordallo, a businessman, and Josefina Torres Pangelinan.
BJ Ricardo Bordallo was a popular politician from the 1930s to 1950s.
Ricardo Bordallo was the first child of a family including his brother Paul Joseph Bordallo, who was a former senator.
Ricardo Bordallo attended the University of San Francisco before returning to Guam and becoming a successful businessman and car dealer.
Ricardo Bordallo established "Ricky's Auto Company" in the mid 1950s which became Toyota's first American car dealer.
Ricardo Bordallo was married to Madeleine Zeien Ricardo Bordallo in 1953; together they have one daughter Deborah, and one grandchild, Nicole Nelson.
Ricardo Bordallo's widow was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1990, and served as Lieutenant Governor of Guam from 1995 to 2003, and as the island's Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from 2003 until losing renomination in the 2018 election.
Ricardo Bordallo was first elected to the Guam Legislature in 1956 as a member of the Popular Party.
Ricardo Bordallo served in the territorial legislature from 1957 to 1970 and twice served as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Guam.
Ricardo Bordallo first ran for governor in the 1970 election, which was the first election in which the people of Guam were allowed to elect their governor.
Ricardo Bordallo ran with Senator Richard "Dick" Taitano against two other former gubernatorial teams: Former governor Manuel Guerrero and his running mate Dr Antonio C Yamashita, as well as attorney and former speaker Joaquin C "Kin" Arriola and retired judge and former senator Vicente Bamba.
Ricardo Bordallo-Taitano came in first in the primary election by a close margin over Guerrero-Yamashita and then won the run-off election.
Ricardo Bordallo sponsored many civil cultural events including the Guam Symphony and a program for instructing children in the Suzuki method of violin.
Ricardo Bordallo ran for governor for a second time in 1974, this time with Rudolph "Rudy" Guerrero Sablan.
Calvo ran as a write-in candidate in the general election, drawing support from Camacho-Moylan, and Ricardo Bordallo-Sablan won by less than 600 of the 22,000-plus votes.
Ricardo Bordallo was characterized as highly charismatic but highly controversial.
In 1978, Bordallo ran for re-election with a former University of Guam president Dr Pedro C Sanchez as his running mate for lieutenant governor.
Ricardo Bordallo won the Democratic primary and defeated the Sablan-Leon Guerrero campaign with more votes.
However, Ricardo Bordallo lost to the Republican Calvo-Ada team in the gubernatorial general election.
Ricardo Bordallo ran for a third time political arena in 1982 with a political unknown, Air Force Colonel Eddie Reyes, as his running mate.
Ricardo Bordallo beat out Democrats Carl Gutierrez and John P Aguon for the Democratic nomination and won office yet again.
Ricardo Bordallo addressed Guam's education problems with his 1983 "Blueprint for Excellence" and worked on the accreditation status of the University of Guam.
Ricardo Bordallo went to Washington, DC, on January 20,1985, with congressman Ben Blaz at the Officers Club, and Andrews Air Force Base.
In February 1987, Ricardo Bordallo was convicted on ten counts of corruption and was sentenced to nine years in prison and fined more than $100,000.
Ricardo Bordallo was accused of receiving over $100,000 worth of bribes and extortion in connection with favors he performed in office for campaign contributions.
Ricardo Bordallo died of massive brain damage at 4:28 PM at Naval Hospital, aged 62.
Ricardo Bordallo was buried at Pigo Cemetery in western Hagatna.