Ricardo Jerome "Ricky" Bordallo (born on December 11, 1927, in Hagatna, Guam – January 31, 1990), U.S. Democratic Party politician, He served as Governor of Guam from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1987.
He was the son of B. J. Bordallo, a popular politician from the 1930s to 1950s. He attended the University of San Francisco, before returning to Guam and becoming a successful businessman and car dealer. Among other positions, he was the proprieto...
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Ricardo Jerome "Ricky" Bordallo (born on December 11, 1927, in Hagatna, Guam – January 31, 1990), U.S. Democratic Party politician, He served as Governor of Guam from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1987.
He was the son of B. J. Bordallo, a popular politician from the 1930s to 1950s. He attended the University of San Francisco, before returning to Guam and becoming a successful businessman and car dealer. Among other positions, he was the proprietor of "Ricky's Suburban Club," a refined restaurant and bar in Tamuning, Guam.
Bordallo was first elected to the Guam Legislature in 1956 as a member of the Popular Party (predecessor to the Democratic Party of Guam). Bordallo served in the territorial legislature from 1956 to 1970, and twice served as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Guam. As a senator, he introduced the law that first created an unofficial Guam delegate to the U.S. Congress.
Bordallo first ran for governor in the 1970 election, which was the first election in which the...
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