27th Guam Legislature

The 27th Guam Legislature was a meeting of the Guam Legislature. It convened in Hagatna, Guam on January 6, 2003 and ended on January 3, 2005, during the 1st and 2nd years of Felix P. Camacho's 1st Gubernatorial Term.

In the 2002 Guamanian general election, the Democratic Party of Guam won a nine-to-six (9-6) majority of seats in the Guam Legislature.^[1]

Leadership

Legislative

• Speaker: Vicente C. Pangelinan
• Vice Speaker: Frank B. Aguon Jr.
• Legislative Secretary: Tina Muña Barnes

Majority (Democratic)

• Majority Leader: Lou Leon Guerrero
• Assistant Majority Leader: Antoinette "Toni" Sanford
• Majority Whip: Dr. Carmen Fernandez
• Assistant Majority Whip: John M. "JQ" Quinata

Minority (Republican)

• Minority Leader: Mark Forbes
• Assistant Minority Leader: Joanne M. Salas Brown
• Minority Whip: Lawrence F. Kasperbauer
• Assistant Minority Whip: Jesse Anderson Lujan

Party summary

Affiliation	Party (shading indicates majority caucus)		Total	Vacant
	Democratic	Republican
End of previous legislature	7	8	15	0
Begin	9	6	15	0
Latest Voting share	60.0%	40.0%
Beginning of the next legislature	6	9	15	0

Membership

The following is a list of senators in the current Guam Legislature.^[2]

Representative	Party		Assumed office
Vicente C. "Ben" Pangelinan		Democratic	1993
Frank B. Aguon, Jr.			1997
Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero			2001
Rory J. Respicio			2003
Tina Rose Muna Barnes			2003
Carmen Fernandez			2003
Antoinette "Toni" Sanford			2003
John M. Quinata			2003
F. Randall Cunliffe			2003
Mark Forbes		Republican	1995
Joanne M. Salas Brown			1995
Lawrence "Larry" Kasperbauer			1997
Ray Tenorio			2003
Jesse A. Lujan			2003
Robert "Bob" Klitzkie			2003