United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election, 2014

November 4 and November 18, 2014



Nominee	Kenneth Mapp	Donna Christian-Christensen
Party	Independent	Democratic
Running mate	Osbert Potter	Basil Ottley, Jr.
Popular vote	12,108 general 15,268 runoff	10,173 general 8,573 runoff
Percentage	46.61% general 63.89% runoff	39.16% general 35.87% runoff

Governor before election

John de Jongh
Democratic

Elected Governor

Kenneth Mapp
Independent

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The 2014 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. Incumbent Democratic Governor John de Jongh is term-limited and cannot run for re-election to a third term in office. Since no candidate received a majority in the general election, as required by the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, a runoff was held between Donna Christian-Christensen and Kenneth Mapp, the two top vote receivers.^[1] Mapp went on to win the run off in a landslide victory, with almost 64% of the vote.^[2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Won Primary

Donna Christian-Christensen, Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives^[3]

Running mate: Basil Ottley, Jr., former Virgin Islands Senator

Defeated in Primary

Adlah Donastorg Jr., former Virgin Islands Senator and candidate for Governor in 2006 and 2010^[4]

Running mate: Angel A. "Gito" Torres

Gregory Francis, Lieutenant Governor^[4]

Running mate: Patrick Sprauve

Gerard Luz James, former Lieutenant Governor and candidate for Governor in 2002 and 2010^[4]

Running mate: Winston Braithwaite

Marvin Pickering, former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cruzan Rum^[4]

Running mate: Calford Martin

Moleto Smith, former Deputy and Interim/Acting Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Human Services^[5]

Running mate: Hubert Frederick, business executive and former Deputy Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Health^[5]

Results

Democratic primary results^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donna Christian-Christensen	3,016	35.18
	Democratic	Adlah Donastorg Jr.	2,083	24.3
	Democratic	Gregory Francis	1,064	12.41
	Democratic	Marvin Pickering	912	10.64
	Democratic	Gerard Luz James	835	9.74
	Democratic	Moleto Smith	650	7.58
	Democratic	Write-ins	13	0.15
Total votes			8,573	100

Independent candidates

Kenneth Mapp, former Lieutenant Governor and candidate for Governor in 2006 and 2010^[4]

Running mate: Osbert Potter, former Virgin Islands Senator, former Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs and former television show host ("Behind the Headlines" on WTJX-TV).^[7]

Soraya Diase Coffelt, former Territorial Court Judge^[8]
Mona Barnes, first female State Command Sergeant Major of the Virgin Islands^[4]

Running mate: Wendy Coram

Sheila Alvin Scallion

Running mate: Robert Quinn

Results

Election results, U.S. Virgin Islands Gubernatorial Election, November 4, 2014.^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kenneth Mapp	12,108	46.61
	Democratic	Donna Christian-Christensen	10,173	39.16
	Independent	Soraya Diase Coffelt	1,837	7.07
	Independent	Mona Barnes	1,693	6.52
	Independent	Sheila A. Scullion	83	.32
	Independent	Write In	81	.31
Total votes			25,975	100

Election results, U.S. Virgin Islands Gubernatorial Election Run Off, November 18, 2014. ^[10]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	Kenneth Mapp	15,268	63.89
Democratic	Donna Christian-Christensen	8,573	35.87
Independent	Write In	58	.24

References

↑ FIONA STOKES (Daily News Staff). "Ballot set for runoff election Neither Christensen nor Mapp tickets expected to reach threshold after ballot-counting from General Election". virginislandsdailynews.com.
↑ "Kenneth Mapp Elected Governor Of The United States Virgin Islands". viconsortium.com.
↑ "Del. Donna Christensen Running for Governor in Virgin Islands". At the Races.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Virgin Islands 2014 General Election". thegreenpapers.com.
1 2 Mills, Horace (2014-07-29). "Smith takes election campaign to the BVI". BVI News. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
↑ "USVI Primary". vivote.gov. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
↑ "Osbert Potter To Host TV News Show". St. Thomas Source. 1999-01-03. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
↑ Kossler, Bill (2013-08-12). "Moleto Smith Declares Candidacy for Governor". St. Croix Source. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
↑ "USVI Election". vivote.gov. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
↑ "USVI RUN OFF ELECTION". vivote.gov. Retrieved November 18, 2014.

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