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Nearly $2.7M raised, $2.2M spent by candidates in big election races this year
A photo compilation of 2026 election campaign signs, featuring the Democrat gubernatorial team of Sen. Therese Terlaje and running mate, Sen. Sabina Flores Perez, top, and another featuring the Republican gubernatorial team of Vice Speaker Tony Ada with his running mate, EJ Calvo, and their wives, both posted along Marine Corps Drive in Yigo, as seen on Nov. 2, 2026.
The Republican Ada-Calvo campaign outspent the Democrat Terlaje-Perez campaign by 43-1 in the race for Adelup this year, while Republican incumbent Del. James Moylan outspent Democrat nominee for delegate Alicia Limtiaco by a factor of 7-1.
Campaign fundraising and spending numbers are reflected in financial reports filed with the Guam Election Commission as of Oct. 23, just over a week out from the Nov. 3 General Election.
Candidates for Adelup, attorney general, and Guam’s delegate to Congress collectively raised $2.67 million and spent $2.16 million in the hopes of winning this year’s General Election, based on GEC and Federal Election Commission filings.
That total doesn’t include this year’s biggest spenders, who won’t be on the ballot Tuesday.
The Tenorio-Muña-Barnes campaign raised and spent $1.08 million in the hopes of securing the Democratic nomination for governor and lieutenant governor. They lost the August Primary Election despite outspending every other gubernatorial team.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Vice Speaker Tony Ada and running mate EJ Calvo raised $842,950 and spent $774,045.95 as of Oct. 23.
That makes them the biggest spenders headed into Tuesday’s General Election, based on a review of GEC filings.
Democrat gubernatorial candidate Sen. Therese Terlaje and running mate Sen. Sabina Perez raised far less, $109,380.92, and spent just $17,914.04 as of Oct. 23.
Ada-Calvo raised nearly eight times as Terlaje-Perez, and Republicans spent over 43 times more than the Democrat team.
The actual campaign finance report for the Republican team, which lists every donor and expenditure for the team, was at least twice as thick as the report for the Democrats.
A single campaign expenditure listed on the Ada-Calvo ledger, $34,110 for a fundraising event at the Dusit Thani Guam Resort, was nearly double the entire expenditure reported by the Terlaje-Perez campaign as of Oct. 23.
Ada-Calvo outspent the Blas-Okada campaign by a factor of 3-1 to win the August primary, Pacific Daily News reported.
Terlaje-Perez bested Tenorio-Muña-Barnes despite the latter team spending more by a factor 156-1.
The spread in the Congressional race was more modest.
Republican incumbent Del. Moylan reported raising $249,126.79 and spending $192,116.53 as of Oct. 14, according to Federal Election Commission records.
That makes Moylan the second-biggest spender headed into this year’s General Election, with the Republican Moylan outspending even the Terlaje-Perez gubernatorial team nearly 11-1.
Democrat challenger Limtiaco reported raising $49,831.03 as of Oct. 14 and spent $27,280.71.
Moylan outraised and outspent Limtiaco, who was unopposed in this year’s Democratic primary, by a factor of 7-1.
The biggest spender in the race for the attorney general’s seat was attorney Thomas J. Fisher, who reported spending $82,893.22 as of Oct. 23.
Notably, Fisher’s campaign finance reports list multiple contributions from only one person: Thomas J. Fisher.
Fisher, who self-funded his past races for the Guam Legislature, spent nearly four times as much as the next biggest spender in the AG race, former chief prosecutor Phillip Tydingco.
Here’s how much all the AG candidates raised and spent:
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Why the need to outspend in that lopsided a ratio? No real message. Just a con. Voters beware.
Sure the Republican candidates, Corporate Donors, and Party PACs donated these millions to help the people of Guam. Im sure big business wants the new Administration to laser focus on improving the safety net
For the voters who want change, you'll get your nickle and dimes, all the monies been spent telling you how bad things are, there is nothing left to make your life better. But plenty money for business, because their money will trickle down to you . Keep waiting
WASTED MONEY SPENT ON NOTHING… tHAT COULD OF HELPED SO MANY FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING…
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