 The election was contested, but the case was decided in favor of Gutierrez.In 2003, Tanaka pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony as part of a political corruption probe by the Guam U.S. Attorney's Office in which Tanaka was accused of endorsing previously-rival Democratic candidate Gutierrez in 1997 in exchange for his construction firm receiving a large government contract to build school bus shelters a few months later.Judge William Alsup sentenced Tanaka to two years of supervised release, including six months of house arrest.