Blas and his first wife, Lydia Blas, who died in 1970, had two children, Frank Blas Jr., a politician, and Lynette.[1] In 1971, Blas married his second wife, Tina. Frank and Tina Blas had three children: Paul Andre, Yvette Ignette, and Y'buena Antoinette.[1]
Career
Blas initially worked in the private sector for the Mobil Petroleum Company of Guam from 1965 until 1969.[2]
He then became the Director of the Department of Commerce of Guam from 1969 to 1972.[2] Blas was elected to Legislature of Guam and served as a Senator in 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 18th Guam Legislatures from 1974 until 1984.[1][2]
In 1976, Senator Frank Blas authored Public Law 13-202, which provided for the establishment of the Guam Constitutional Convention.[3]
In 1982, Republican Senator Kurt Moylan teamed with running mate, Senator Frank Blas, to challenge incumbent Republican Governor Paul McDonald Calvo in the primary election.[4] However, Governor Calvo and his new running mate, Peter F. Perez Jr., easily beat the Moylan-Blas ticket in the Republican primary by 12 percent of the vote.[4] Governor Calvo ultimately lost to Democrat Ricardo Bordallo in the November 1982 general election.[4]
On November 4, 1986, Joseph Franklin Ada and his chosen running mate, Frank Blas, were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Guam.[5] Ada defeated incumbent Governor Ricardo Bordallo by 2,581 votes (7.6%).[5] Blas served as Lt. Governor under Ada for two consecutive terms from January 1987 until January 1995.[1] Frank Blas described his main role as Lt. Governor as working as a liaison between the Ada administration and lawmakers in the Legislature in a 1990 interview.[1]
Governor Joseph Ada was term limited in 1994 and could not seek a third term. Blas declared his candidacy for Governor and chose Simon Sanchez as his running mate.[1] However, Blas and Sanchez lost the 1994 Republican gubernatorial primary election to Tommy Tanaka and his running mate, Doris Brooks.[1] Tanaka was later defeated in 1994 gubernatorial election by Democrat Carl Gutierrez and his running mate for Lt. Governor, Madeleine Bordallo.
