Amata Coleman Radewagen
Amata Coleman Radewagen | |
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Aumua Amata | |
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from American Samoa's at-large district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Eni Faleomavaega |
Republican National Committeewoman from American Samoa | |
Assumed office 2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Amata Catherine Coleman December 29, 1947 Pago Pago, American Samoa, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Fred Radewagen |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Peter Tali Coleman (father) Nora Stewart Coleman (mother) |
Education | University of Guam (BS) |
Signature | |
Website | House website |
Amata Catherine Coleman Radewagen
By winning 75.4% of the vote in her 2016 re-election, Aumua Amata attained the highest number of votes in American Samoa history.[5] She won reelection with 83.3 percent of the votes in a three-way race in 2018.[6]
She has been the scheduling director for the United States House of Representatives majority leadership for eight years. Radewagen has been the most senior member of the Republican National Committee since 2012. She was a member of both the executive committee for the 2016–17 presidential transition and the executive committee for the 2017 Republican National Committee Chairman's Transition Committee.[5]
Early life and education
Radewagen is the daughter of
She is married to Fred Radewagen, and they have three children (Erika, Mark, and Kirsten[4]) and two grandchildren.[7][10]
Radewagen holds the orator (talking chief) title of Aumua from the capital of Pago Pago—her hometown and where she is a registered voter.[7][4]
From 1984 to 1997, Amata was the chief diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Pacific Report.[4]
Political career
Aumua Amata has been an executive assistant to the first Delegate-at-Large from American Samoa.[10]
From 1997 to 1999, Radewagen served on the staff of United States Representative
Radewagen was appointed in 2001, by President George W. Bush, as a Commissioner on the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI); she chaired the Community Security Committee.[7][12] Radewagen was the only Pacific Islander on the 15-member commission.[7]
Since 1994, Radewagen has participated in every federal election.
In 2019, she was reappointed by
United States House of Representatives
2014 election
Radewagen ran for American Samoa's at-large congressional district in the 2014 elections. She defeated the Democratic incumbent Delegate Eni Faleomavaega, 42% to 31%; former Democratic governor Togiola Tulafono finished third at 11% in the nine-way contest.[17][18]
2016 election
Radewagen was re-elected in 2016, receiving the highest number of votes in American Samoa history for any elective office, winning 75.4% of the vote cast.[19][20][21]
Tenure
Radewagen assumed office on January 3, 2015. Upon taking office, she became the
Radewagen has a bipartisan track record. She was ranked the 28th and 14th most bipartisan Representative in the
Committee assignments
- Committee on Natural Resources
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs
- Committee on Small Business (Vice Ranking Member)
- Subcommittee on Health and Technology(chair)
- Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Caucus memberships
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Amata Coleman Radewagen (inc.) | 6,637 | 100 | |
Total votes | 6,637 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Amata Coleman Radewagen (inc.) | 9,880 | 83.5% | |
Democratic | Oreta Crichton | 1,704 | 14.4% | |
Democratic | Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman | 249 | 2.1% | |
Total votes | 11,833 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Amata Coleman Radewagen (inc.) | 7,194 | 83.28% | |
Independent
|
Tuika Tuika | 785 | 9.09% | |
Democratic | Meleagi Suitonu–Chapman | 659 | 7.63% | |
Total votes | 8,638 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Amata Coleman Radewagen (inc.) | 8,924 | 75.4 | |
Democratic | Salu Hunkin-Finau | 1,581 | 13.4 | |
Democratic | Mapu Jamias | 978 | 8.3 | |
Democratic | Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman | 181 | 1.50 | |
Independent
|
Timothy Jones | 171 | 1.40 | |
Total votes | 11,835 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Amata Coleman Radewagen | 4,306 | 42.0% | |
Democratic | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (Incumbent)
|
3,157 | 30.8% | |
Democratic | Togiola Tulafono | 1,130 | 11.0% | |
Democratic | Mapu S. Jamias | 652 | 6.4% | |
Independent
|
Rosie Fuala'au Tago Lancaster | 286 | 2.6% | |
Independent
|
Meleagi Suitonu-Chapman | 229 | 2.2% | |
Independent
|
Tuika Tuika | 201 | 2.0% | |
Democratic | Tu'au Kereti Mata'Utia Jr | 160 | 1.6% | |
Independent
|
Mark Ude | 143 | 1.4% | |
Total votes | 10,246 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (Incumbent)
|
7,221 | 55.2% | |
Constitution | Amata Coleman Radewagen | 4,420 | 33.8% | |
Independent
|
Rosie Fuala'au Tago Lancaster | 697 | 5.3% | |
Democratic | Kereti Mata’utia, Jr | 438 | 3.3% | |
Independent
|
Fatumalala Leulua’iali’i A. Al-Sheri | 300 | 2.3% | |
Total votes | 13,076 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (Incumbent)
|
6,182 | 56.4% | |
Republican | Amata Coleman Radewagen | 4,422 | 40.3% | |
Independent
|
Tuika Tuika | 356 | 3.3% | |
Total votes | 10,960 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (Incumbent)
|
7,499 | 60.4% | |
Republican | Amata Coleman Radewagen | 4,350 | 35.0% | |
Independent
|
Rosie Fuala'au Tago Lancaster | 570 | 4.6% | |
Total votes | 12,419 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (Incumbent)
|
5,195 | 47.1% | |
Republican | Amata Coleman Radewagen | 4,493 | 40.7% | |
Independent
|
Ae Ae Muavaefaatasi, Jr. | 1,345 | 12.2% | |
Total votes | 11,033 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (Incumbent)
|
6,656 | 54.9% | |
Republican | Amata Coleman Radewagen | 5,472 | 45.1% | |
Total votes | 12,128 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (Incumbent)
|
4,294 | 41.3% | |
Independent
|
Fagafaga D. Langkilde | 3,332 | 32.1% | |
Republican | Amata Coleman Radewagen | 2,767 | 26.6% | |
Total votes | 10,393 | 100.00% | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (Incumbent)
|
4,959 | 54.8% | |
Independent
|
Fagafaga D. Langkilde | 4,083 | 45.2% | |
Total votes | 9,042 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (Incumbent)
|
8,138 | 80.8% | |
Independent
|
Seigafolava Robert Pene | 1,273 | 12.7% | |
Independent
|
Amata Coleman Radewagen | 651 | 6.5% | |
Total votes | 10,062 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (Incumbent)
|
6,517 | 63.5% | |
Republican | Amata Coleman Radewagen | 2,116 | 20.6% | |
Independent
|
Fal'ivae Apelu Galea'i | 1,299 | 12.7% | |
Independent
|
Tuika Tuika | 324 | 3.2% | |
Total votes | 10,256 | 100.00% |
Other activity
Radewagen has been involved in helping build democratic institutions internationally.[7] As a trainer since 1992, she has participated in missions to Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, and Morocco for the International Republican Institute and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, among other activities.[7][4] She began advocating on behalf of breast cancer awareness after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993.[4]
She is a founding member of the American Samoa Society and a life member of the
See also
- List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress
- Women in the United States House of Representatives
- Republican Party of American Samoa
References
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- ^ a b "Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen". University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020.
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- ^ a b "Nora S. Coleman, 85". Saipan Tribune. May 15, 2015. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "RADEWAGEN, Amata Coleman". Office of the Historian. United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
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- ^ a b c "RADEWAGEN, Aumua Amata Coleman". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- ^ "National Committeewoman". gop.com. Republican National Committee. 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
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- Project Vote Smart. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ Gizzi, John (February 9, 2015). "American Samoa's Radewagen Can Make a Difference in Committees". Marianas Variety. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
- ^ "Biography | US Representative Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen". Radewagen.house.gov. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ^ Cama, Timothy (November 5, 2014) – "American Samoa Delegate Loses Seat". The Hill. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ^ Official Results of the General Election 2014 Archived December 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine American Samoa Election Office. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ^ Sagapolutele, Fiji (November 9, 2016). "Incumbent Aumua Amata heading back to Washington D.C." Samoa News. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ Election 2016 RESULTS_CONGRESS.pdf
- ^ "Biography". December 11, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- The Lugar Center, March 7, 2016, retrieved July 9, 2018
- ^ "The Lugar Center - McCourt School Bipartisan Index" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: The Lugar Center. April 24, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ "Aumua Amata tops bipartisan index". Pago Pago, American Samoa: Talanei. May 21, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ "Members". Congressional Western Caucus. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
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External links
- U.S. Representative Aumua Amata official U.S. House website