Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (/ɡrɪˈɡɔːrioʊ kɪˈliːli kəˈmɑːtʃoʊ səˈblɑːn/ grih-GOR-ee-oh kih-LEE-lee kə-MAH-choh sə-BLAHN;[1] born January 19, 1955) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and former election commissioner.

Elected in 2008, Sablan became the first delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

[7][8] On January 18, 2024, after serving 16 years as the CNMI's delegate to the United States House of Representatives, Sablan announced he would not seek re-election, going on to endorse the floor leader of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives and fellow Democrat, Ed Propst for the 2024 election.

[16] Sablan served two terms in the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature from 1982 until 1986[12] as a Democrat.

The new position received the power to serve in congressional committees, to introduce bills, and to vote on proposed legislation in committee, but still had limited powers on the House floor, lacking the right to vote on legislation on the House floor.

Sitting Resident Representative Pedro A. Tenorio, a Republican, announced his candidacy for the new office.

David Cing, a former member of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, received the nomination of the Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands, which was not officially affiliated with the national Democratic Party.

He also supports federal funding for a United States Coast Guard station in the CNMI, although one already exists in neighboring Guam.

[23] Sablan won the November 2018 election, which was delayed for a week due to the impact of Typhoon Yutu, with 64.6% of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Angel Demapan.

[4] Several dignitaries from the Northern Mariana Islands attended Sablan's swearing-in-ceremony by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, including Edward Pangelinan, the first CNMI Resident Representative in Washington, and the outgoing CNMI Resident Representative in Washington, Pete Tenorio, whom Sablan defeated in the 2008 election.

The latter bill would also allow CNMI students to pay "in-state tuition" at any public college or university in the United States.

[33] As delegate, Sablan has sought and often secured earmarks, energy grants, and other federal funding for projects in the CNMI.

The ARRA did not include the CNMI in a 13.86% across-the-board increase in food stamp benefits nationally, but Sablan successfully lobbied Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to reprogram $1.459 million to give the Northern Marianas the same 13.86% increase as the rest of the country.

[34] According to a report released by AOL News in July 2010, by the end of June 2010 (nine months into the U.S. government's fiscal year), Sablan had spent more money from his Members Representational Allowances on food than any other congressman with $23,457.