2014 United States Virgin Islands general election explained

The United States Virgin Islands general election was held on 4 November 2014. Voters chose the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, all fifteen seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, and the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands.

Gubernatorial

See main article: United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election, 2014. Governor John deJongh was term-limited and could not seek a third term in office in 2014. Kenneth Mapp went on to win the election after a run off, defeating Donna Christian-Christensen in a landslide with almost 64% of the vote.[1]

Territorial Legislature

See main article: Legislature of the Virgin Islands. All fifteen seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands were contested.

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives

Election Name:2014 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands, at-large district
Country:United States Virgin Islands
Type:Gubernatorial
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2012 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands
Previous Year:2012
Next Election:2016 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands
Next Year:2016
Election Date:November 4, 2014
Candidate1:Stacey Plaskett
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:21,224
Percentage1:90.7%
Candidate2:Vince Danet
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:1,964
Percentage2:8.4%
Delegate at-large
Before Election:Donna Christian-Christensen
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands' at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the election of the Virgin Islands' governor.

The non-voting delegate is elected for a two-year term. Donna Christian-Christensen, who represented the district from 1997 to 2015, did not run for re-election. She instead ran for governor.[2] Stacey Plaskett went on to win the general election with 90% of the vote.[3]

Democratic primary

Primary elections were held on August 2, 2014.

General election

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Detail.
  2. Web site: Del. Donna Christensen Running for Governor in Virgin Islands . atr.rollcall.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140311235903/http://atr.rollcall.com/house-delegate-donna-christensento-run-for-governor/ . 2014-03-11.
  3. Web site: Stacey Plaskett wins race for delegate to Congress - News - Virgin Islands Daily News . 2015-01-18 . https://archive.today/20141108013343/http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/stacey-plaskett-wins-race-for-delegate-to-congress-1.1783296 . 2014-11-08 . dead .
  4. Web site: Two Democrats Running for Virgin Islands' Delegate Seat . Roll Call . March 11, 2014 . March 11, 2014.
  5. Web site: Shawn-Michael Malone Running for V.I. Delegate to Congress. 8 May 2014.