Madeleine Bordallo

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Madeleine Bordallo

|image = Madeleine Bordallo official portrait.jpg

|office = Delegate to the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Guam's at-large district

|term_start = January 3, 2003

|term_end = January 3, 2019

|predecessor = Robert A. Underwood

|successor = Michael San Nicolas

|office1 = 6th Lieutenant Governor of Guam

|governor1 = Carl Gutierrez

|term_start1 = January 2, 1995

|term_end1 = January 3, 2003

|predecessor1 = Frank Blas

|successor1 = Kaleo Moylan

|office2 = Member of the Guam Legislature

|term_start2 = January 1987

|term_end2 = January 1995

|term_start3 = January 1981

|term_end3 = January 1983

|office4 = First Lady of Guam

|governor4 = Ricardo Bordallo

|term_label4 = In role

|term_start4 = January 3, 1983

|term_end4 = January 5, 1987

|predecessor4 = Rosa Herrero Baza

|successor4 = Rosanna Santos Ada

|governor5 = Ricardo Bordallo

|term_label5 = In role

|term_start5 = January 6, 1975

|term_end5 = January 1, 1979

|predecessor5 = Lourdes Perez Camacho

|successor5 = Rosa Herrero Baza

|birth_name = Madeleine Mary Zeien

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|5|31}}

|birth_place = Graceville, Minnesota, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|spouse = {{marriage|Ricardo Bordallo|1953|January 31, 1990|end=died}}

|children = 1

|education = St. Mary's College, Indiana
St. Catherine University

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Madeleine Mary Zeien Bordallo ({{IPAc-en|b|ər|ˈ|d|æ|l|j|oʊ}}; born May 31, 1933) is an American-Guamanian politician who served as the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for {{ushr|GU|AL}} from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2019.

She is the first woman ever to serve as Guam's Delegate, the first female lieutenant governor of Guam (from 1995 to 2003), the first female candidate for governor of Guam (in 1990), and the first female Democrat elected to the Legislature of Guam. Her 1990 campaign also made her the first non-Chamorro gubernatorial candidate in Guam.{{cite news|title=Woman's Governorship Quest Overshadows Abortion Fight on Guam|agency=Associated Press|date=September 1, 1990}} As the wife of Ricardo Bordallo, she was also the First Lady of Guam from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1987.

Biography

Madeleine Mary Zeien was born on May 31, 1933, in Graceville, Minnesota, to a family of educators who moved to Guam after her father took a job with the Guam Department of Education. She attended St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana, and the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she studied music. In the 1950s and 1960s, Bordallo was a television presenter for KUAM-TV, the NBC affiliate that was the first television station on Guam.{{cite web|last=Simon-McWilliams|first=Ethel|editor-last=Green|editor-first=Karen Reed|title=Glimpses into Pacific Lives: Some Outstanding Women(Revised)|pages=178–180|year=1987|publisher=Education Resources Information Center|location=Washington, DC|access-date=December 17, 2021|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED280923.pdf}}

Bordallo was married to Ricardo Bordallo, who served as Governor of Guam from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1987. While serving as first lady, she worked to emphasize the arts in the classroom and to increase awareness of the local Chamorro culture. Bordallo's husband, the former governor, committed suicide in 1990, when his appeals were unsuccessful and convictions of witness tampering and conspiracy to obstruct justice would require incarceration in federal prison. Bordallo was the first female Democrat to be elected to the Guam Legislature, and she served five terms as a senator from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1987 to 1995. During the 1988 U.S. presidential election, Bordallo was a member of Guam's uncommitted delegation to the 1988 Democratic National Convention.{{cite news|title=Guam To Send Uncommitted Delegation to Democratic Presidential Convention|date=April 24, 1988|location=Agana, Guam|work=The Associated Press}}

Image:Madeleine Bordallo and Carl T.C. Gutierrez.jpg]]

Bordallo was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Guam in 1990, following the death of her husband. Ping Duenas ran as Bordallo's running mate for lieutenant governor in the 1990 gubernatorial election.{{cite news |first=Therese |last=Hart |title=Last respects for Senator Ping Duenas |url=http://www.mvguam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8566:last-respects-for-senator-ping-duenas-&catid=1:guam-local-news&Itemid=2 |work=Marianas Variety |date=September 18, 2009 |access-date=September 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714141130/http://www.mvguam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8566:last-respects-for-senator-ping-duenas-&catid=1:guam-local-news&Itemid=2 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |first=Bernice|last=Santiago |title='Guam lost a good friend' |url=http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009909020303|work=Pacific Daily News |date=September 2, 2009 |access-date=September 28, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

In 1994, she ran alongside Carl Gutierrez on the Democratic ticket and was elected lieutenant governor, serving from 1995 to 2003. She was the first woman in Guam's history to hold this position. As lieutenant governor, she worked to promote tourism, environmentalism, and island beautification.

In 2002, Bordallo reached her term limit and, as Delegate Robert Underwood vacated his seat and attempted to run for governor, she campaigned for and was elected as a Democrat to the House, serving from January 2003 to January 2019. She was the first woman to represent Guam in Congress. She was one of six non-voting delegates to the House of Representatives. While in Congress, she devoted herself to economic issues and helped to pass legislation that aided small businesses on Guam. She also was involved in military and environmental issues.

In April 2008, Bordallo apologized after an investigative report by the Pacific Daily News revealed that she and Senator Jesse Lujan both claimed to have degrees on their official biographies and resumes when they had not graduated from college.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51797844/bordallo-degree/ |title=Bordallo didn't earn degree |author=Steve Limtiaco |work=Pacific Daily News |pages=1, 4 |via=Newspapers.com |date=April 12, 2008 }}

In August 2018, Bordallo lost her bid for renomination for another term as delegate in the Democratic primary to territorial senator Michael San Nicolas.{{cite news|title=Bordallo to exit Congress after election loss |url=https://www.postguam.com/news/local/bordallo-to-exit-congress-after-election-loss/article_8b4ed99a-a8d8-11e8-af3d-9fb9a8d2645f.html}}

U.S. House of Representatives

=Committee assignments (2017–2019)=

=Caucus memberships (2017–2019)=

Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (Vice Chair){{cite web|title=Members|url=https://capac-chu.house.gov/members|publisher=Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus|access-date=May 17, 2018}}
Congressional China Caucus (Co-Chair)
United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus{{cite web|title=Our Members|url=https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives International Conservation Caucus|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155201/https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|archive-date=August 1, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
Long Range Strike Caucus
United States-Philippines Friendship Caucus
Wounded to Work Caucus
U.S.-Japan Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://usjapancaucus-castro.house.gov/members| publisher=U.S. – Japan Caucus|access-date=1 December 2018}}
House Baltic Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|publisher=House Baltic Caucus|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221222500/http://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|url-status=dead}}
Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://www.ng911institute.org/about-the-congressional-nextgen-9-1-1-caucus|publisher=Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus|access-date=May 28, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142643/http://www.ng911institute.org/about-the-congressional-nextgen-9-1-1-caucus|url-status=dead}}

=Legislation=

Bordallo objected to amendments the United States Senate made to the Omnibus Territories Act of 2013. Originally, the bill would have included the provisions to create a fund in the U.S. treasury to pay reparation claims to "living Guam residents who were raped, injured, interned, or subjected to forced labor or marches, or internment resulting from, or incident to, such occupation and subsequent liberation; and (2) survivors of compensable residents who died in war."{{cite web|title=S. 1237 – Summary|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1237|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=June 19, 2014}} This provision, however, was removed from the bill. Bordallo was "extremely disappointed" by this change and said that she was "committed to continuing our fight for war claims for our manamko despite all the obstacles the conservative Republicans continue to raise." The changes were made so that the bill could pass by unanimous consent.{{cite news|last1=Kerrigan|first1=Kevin|title=VIDEO: Bordallo "Extremely Disappointed" War Claims Stripped From Senate Omnibus Territories Act|url=http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46247:video-bordallo-qextremely-disappointedq-war-claims-stripped-from-senate-omnibus-territories-act&catid=45:guam-news&Itemid=156|access-date=June 19, 2014|publisher=Pacific News Center|date=June 19, 2014}}

=Elections=

In January 2012, Republican Guam Senator Frank Blas Jr. announced he would challenge Bordallo in the upcoming November election for her delegate seat.Kelman, Brett, "Blas running for delegate seat," Pacific Daily News, January 5, 2012, http://www.guampdn.com/article/20120105/NEWS01/201050301/Blas-running-delegate-seat?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|title=Guam Senator Blas To Challenge Delegate Bordallo |url=http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2012/January/01-18-04.htm |work=Pacific Daily News |publisher=Pacific Islands Reports |date=January 18, 2012 |access-date=February 27, 2012}} Bordallo defeated Blas in the November general election. She received 19,765 votes (58%) to his 12,995 votes (38%){{cite web |url=http://gec.guam.gov/2012/12/03/official-2012-general-election-results/ |title=Official 2012 General Election Results |access-date=December 24, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230094843/http://gec.guam.gov/2012/12/03/official-2012-general-election-results/ |archive-date=December 30, 2016}}

In May 2012, Yale graduate and former White House intern Karlo Dizon, Democrat, also announced his bid as delegate to Congress.{{cite news|title=Dizon to face Bordallo: Candidate says he'll focus on economy |url=http://www.guampdn.com/article/20120515/NEWS01/205150301/Dizon-face-Bordallo-Candidate-says-he-ll-focus-economy |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130903044610/http://www.guampdn.com/article/20120515/NEWS01/205150301/Dizon-face-Bordallo-Candidate-says-he-ll-focus-economy |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 3, 2013 |work=Pacific Daily News |date=May 15, 2012 |access-date=May 19, 2012 }} Bordallo defeated Dizon in the primary election, with 73% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://gec.guam.gov/2012/09/04/certified-2012-primary-election-results/|title=Certified 2012 Primary Election Results|access-date=December 24, 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225082416/http://gec.guam.gov/2012/09/04/certified-2012-primary-election-results/ |archive-date=December 25, 2016}}

In 2014, she ran for delegate alongside Matthew Pascual Artero in the Democratic primary election. Bordallo defeated Artero in the primary election on August 30, 2014. Republican candidate Margaret McDonald Metcalfe announced that she would challenge Bordallo in the 2014 November election for her delegate seat.

In 2016, she was re-elected by the smallest margin, 53% to 47%, since she was first elected when she faced former Governor of Guam Felix Perez Camacho.

In the 2018 elections, Bordallo lost the Democratic primary to territorial Senator Michael San Nicolas for the delegate seat in the U.S. House of Representatives by 3.4%.{{cite news|title=Bordallo to exit Congress after election loss|url=https://www.postguam.com/news/local/bordallo-to-exit-congress-after-election-loss/article_8b4ed99a-a8d8-11e8-af3d-9fb9a8d2645f.html}}