The government of American Samoa consists of a locally elected governor, lieutenant governor and the American Samoa Fono, which consists of an 18-member Senate and a 21-member House of Representatives.

[2] Candidates for the offices run together on a joint ticket.

[3] The first woman to run for election was Arieta Enesi Mulitauaopele in 1977.

[3] The current lieutenant governor is Pula Ae Ae, who has been in office since 2025.

Italics indicate next-in-line of succession for states and territories without a directly elected lieutenant governor or whose lieutenant governor office is vacant: