Rudolph Guerrero Sablan (November 13, 1931 – July 24, 1995) was a Guamanian politician and member of the Democratic Party of Guam.

[1][3] Sablan was hired by a Navy Public Works Center after college before being drafted in the United States Army in 1956.

[1][3] He attend basic training in Hawaii and remained there to serve as an intelligence analyst and area studies specialist with the 14th Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Battalion.

[4] On the Republican side, a rival team, Senator Paul McDonald Calvo with running mate Tony Palomo, challenged Governor Camacho for the GOP nomination.

[4] Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ricardo Bordallo chose Rudy Sablan as his running mate for Lt.

[4][2] The Republican split worked to the Democrat's advantage, allowing Bordallo to defeat Governor Camacho in the November gubernatorial election.

However, Bordallo and Sablan frequent, public spats and disagreements on policy issues plagued the Bordallo-Sablan administration throughout their four-year term.

[4] Ricardo Bordallo ultimately lost his re-election bid to Republican Paul McDonald Calvo in November 1978.

[4] However, the Sablan-Guerrero lost a rematch in Democratic primary to Ricardo Bordallo and his new running mate, Edward Diego Reyes.

[4] Bordallo, in a second political rematch from 1978, then beat Governor Paul McDonald Calvo in the November 1982 general election.

[2][4] Governor Ricky Bordallo appointed Sablan as a member of Commission on Self-Determination, which oversaw the future relationship between Guam and the United States, from 1983 until 1987.

[1] In 1994 and 1995, Gutierrez appointed Sablan as part of a team who represented Guam at the Base Reuse and Realignment Commission hearings in San Francisco, California.