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Amata Coleman Radewagen
American Samoan politician (born 1947)
Amata Catherine Coleman Radewagen[1] (ə-MAH-tə RAD-ə-WAG-ən; born December 29, 1947), commonly called Aumua Amata (ow-MOO-ə), is an American Samoan politician who is the current delegate for the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa.
Radewagen, a Republican, was elected on November 4, 2014, after defeating Democratic incumbent Eni Faleomavaega; she was the first-ever Republican delegate since the office had been created in 1970 and began her tenure on January 3, 2015.[2] She also serves as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of American Samoa.
Amata is the first woman to represent American Samoa in the U.S. Congress.[3][4]
By winning 75.4% of the vote in her 2016 re-election, Aumua Amata attained the highest number of votes in American Samoa history.[5] She won reelection with 83.3 percent of the votes in a three-way race