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Northern Mariana Islands in the gubernatorial election. Borja was sworn in as the 4th lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands on January 10, 1994.
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September 14, 1948, to parents, Antonia Sablan Camacho and Ricardo Tudela Borja. He married his wife, the former Mary Anne Mangloña Pangelinan, in July 1972. The couple have six children - Dora, Leticia, Jesse, Richard, Amanda and Emmanuel.
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615:Democratic
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426:References
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261:Biography
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