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Adolpho Borja Palacios is a senator in the Guam Legislature and a current candidate for the 31st Guam Legislature. First elected to the Guam Legislature in 2004, he has served in the and the 28th, 29th and 30th Guam Legislature. He is the Chairman of two legislative committees, including the Committee on Public Safety, Law Enforcement and Senior Citizens and the Committee on Labor, Public Structure, Public Libraries and Technology.

Childhood
Adolpho Palacios was born on February 21, 1941 in Chalan Pago, Guam.

Professional Life
Adolpho Palacios started his professional life humbly, as a construction laborer during Guam's recovery from Typhoon Karen in 1962-1963. After the recovery, he became a stevedore at the Commercial Port of Guam in 1963. During that same year, he married his first wife, Inocencia Roberto Iglesias Palacios.

In 1969, Adolpho Palacios became a Police Officer with the Guam Police. By 1976, he had graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice. In 1981, he earned a Master of Public Administration Degree from the University of Guam. In 1986, he designed and directed the 1986 Guam Police Department Pay Range Re-assignment Project, which resulted in $1 million in pay increases in the Department. That same year, he designed and founded Palacios Security, a private security company. He retired as a Police Captain in 1989.

Adolpho Palacios was hired as Chief Marshall for the Superior Court of Guam in 1989 and remained in that position until 1991. In 1995, Adolpho Palacios established a public safety retail store, The Cop Shop. In that same year, Adolpho Palacios' first wife passed away. They had six children together.

Family Life
Adolpho Palacios was married to his late wife Inocencia Roberto Iglesias Palacios for 33 years (January 5, 1963 to November 10, 1995). Together, they had six children: Barbara Palacios Cepeda, Anthony J. Palacios, Catherine I. Palacios, Janice Palacios Bunn, Marie Palacios Reyes, and Adolpho Borja Palacios, Jr.

Adolpho Palacios married his current wife, Odessa Manley Acfalle Palacios on February 14, 1997. Together, they have three children: Gary, Marian, and Teddy Palacios.

Political Career
Adolpho Palacios was first elected to the Guam Legislature in 2004. He has maintained perfect attendance at all legislative sessions in the 28th, 29th and 30th Guam Legislatures. He has authored and introduced over 35 bills as of April 2010, of which 18 have become public law. In addition to the Chairmanship of two Committees, the Committee on Public Safety, Law Enforcement, and Senior Citizens and the Committee on Labor, the Public Structure, Public Libraries, and Technology, he is Vice Chairman of the Committee on Economic Development, Health and Human Services, and the Judiciary and the Committee on Utilities, Transportation, Public Works, and Veterans Affairs, and a member of the Committee on Rules and the Committee on Education.