Guam elects first female governor, a pickup for Democrats

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Voters in Guam elected the U.S. territory’s first female governor Tuesday and also flipped the seat from Republican to Democrat.

Lou Leon Guerrero and her running mate Josh Tenorio took 50.7 percent of the vote from 67 precincts, according to Kuam News, beating Republican duo Ray Tenorio and Tony Ada, who had 26 percent of votes. Write-in votes took 22 percent of the vote.

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