2024 American Samoan general election
General elections were held in American Samoa on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Voters elected a governor, lieutenant governor, faipule of the House of Representatives, and the American Samoan delegate to the United States Congress. The gubernatorial election required a run-off on November 19 as no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round. Pula Nikolao Pula was elected governor and Pulu Ae Ae Jr. as lieutenant governor. They defeated the incumbent governor and lieutenant governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga and Eleasalo Ale by a margin of nearly 20 percentage points in the runoff. Both are affiliated with the Republican Party.
Delegate election
Republican incumbent Amata Coleman Radewagen was reelected, winning nearly 75% of the vote. Radewagen faced challenges by Democrats Luisa Kuaea and Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman, as well as independent candidate Fualaau Rosie Tago Lancaster.Gubernatorial election
Lemanu Peleti Mauga was elected governor in the 2020 general election with 60.3% of the vote. On April 10, 2024, Mauga and incumbent Lieutenant Governor Eleasalo Ale announced their campaign for reelection under the slogan "E Lavatia le Alofa". Prior to Magua's announcement, Paramount Chief Mauga Tasi Asuega was advocating for the governor's reelection. Pula T. I. Nikolao Pula, former director of the Office of Insular Affairs, announced his candidacy on March 4, 2024. Pula announced High Chief Pulu Ae Ae Jr., a former faipule for Maʻopūtasi County, as his running mate. Also on the ballot are Vaitautolu l’aulualo and his running mate Mary Taufetee, who are campaigning with the slogan "United for Change."On November 5, Pula won a plurality of votes, 42.4%, in the three-way governor's race. However, American Samoa requires a winner to earn more than 50% of the votes cast. A runoff election between Pula and Mauga was held on November 19. Pula ultimately emerged victorious and defeated the incubment governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga, receiving nearly 60% of the total votes.