2014 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election

See also: 2014 United States gubernatorial elections

The 2014 U.S. 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 was term-limited and was unable 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]

2014 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election

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Registered	51,326
Turnout	25,975 (runoff: 23,899)
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 46.6% general 63.9% runoff 39.2% general 35.9% runoff
Governor before election John de Jongh Democratic Elected Governor Kenneth Mapp Independent

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
	N/A	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
	Write In	Write In	81	.31
Total votes			25,975	100

Election results, U.S. Virgin Islands Gubernatorial Election Run Off, November 18, 2014. ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kenneth Mapp	15,268	63.89
	Democratic	Donna Christian-Christensen	8,573	35.87
	Write In	Write In	58	.24
Total votes			23,899	100

References

1. 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. Archived from the original on 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
2. "Kenneth Mapp Elected Governor Of The United States Virgin Islands". viconsortium.com.
3. "Del. Donna Christensen Running for Governor in Virgin Islands". At the Races.
4. "Virgin Islands 2014 General Election". thegreenpapers.com.
5. Mills, Horace (2014-07-29). . BVI News. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
6. . vivote.gov. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
7. "Osbert Potter To Host TV News Show". St. Thomas Source. 1999-01-03. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
8. Kossler, Bill (2013-08-12). "Moleto Smith Declares Candidacy for Governor". St. Croix Source. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
9. . vivote.gov. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
10. . vivote.gov. Archived from the original on November 19, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.

External links

• St. Croix Source: Candidates for 2014 V.I. Elections