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.
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]
See main article: Legislature of the Virgin Islands. All fifteen seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands were contested.
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]
Primary elections were held on August 2, 2014.