The 1970 United States Virgin Islands general election in large part took place on November 3, 1970 to elect public officials in the United States Virgin Islands, with a run-off for the gubernatorial race taking place on November 17, 1970.
Candidates for United States Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district and the legislature did not have their political affiliations listed on election returns.
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The 1970 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1970 to elect the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands with a run-off on November 17, 1970. It was the first election for governor in the territory since the passage of 1966 Amending Act which allowed residents to elect their own governors. [1] While Independent Citizens Movement nominee Cyril King won the first round, incumbent territorial governor Melvin H. Evans won the runoff election by a small margin to a full term in office.
All three nominees in this election have eventually served as Governor at some point, as King would be elected to the office in 1974, and Farrelly in 1986 and 1990.
It is important to known that the election of Melvin H. Evans was last and only time a Republican has won the governorship in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independent Citizens Movement | Cyril King | 5,413 | 36.22% | |
Progressive Republican | Melvin H. Evans | 4,906 | 32.82% | |
Democratic | Alexander Farrelly | 4,628 | 30.96% | |
Total votes | 14,947 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Republican | Melvin H. Evans | 8,259 | 52.54% | +19.72 | |
Independent Citizens Movement | Cyril King | 7,462 | 47.46% | +11.24 | |
Total votes | 15,721 | 100% | N/A |
Island | Evans | King | Farrelly | Margin | |||
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St. Croix | 1,743 | 23.02% | 3,038 | 36.86% | 3,038 | 40.12% | +3.26 |
St. John | 55 | 13.25% | 302 | 72.77% | 58 | 13.98% | +58.79 |
St. Thomas | 3,108 | 44.66% | 2,319 | 33.32% | 1,532 | 22.02% | +11.34 |
Island | Evans | King | Margin | ||
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St. Croix | 3,967 | 53.51% | 3,446 | 46.49% | +7.02 |
St. John | 109 | 23.14% | 362 | 76.86% | +53.72 |
St. Thomas | 4,183 | 53.38% | 3,654 | 46.62% | +6.76 |
The 1970 United States House of Representatives election in the Virgin Islands took place on November 3, 1970. Democrat Ron de Lugo became the first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Virgin Islands.
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Results by island
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ron de Lugo | 5,336 | 37.07% | |
Nonpartisan | Lucia A. Galiber | 4,772 | 33.15% | |
Nonpartisan | Victor G. Schneider | 4,287 | 29.78% | |
Total votes | 14,395 | 100% |
Island | Lugo | Galiber | Schneider | Margin | |||
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St. Croix | 1,978 | 29.98% | 1,901 | 28.81% | 2,719 | 41.21% | +11.24 |
St. John | 62 | 15.57% | 282 | 70.85% | 54 | 13.57% | +55.28 |
St. Thomas | 3,296 | 44.55% | 2,589 | 34.99% | 1,514 | 20.46% | +9.56 |
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The 1970 United States Virgin Islands legislative election was held on November 3, 1970, to elect members of the 9th Virgin Islands Legislature. Voters were allowed to choose multiple candidates per district. John L. Maduro was elected president of the legislature at the start of the legislative session.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Alexander Moorhead | 5,713 | 20.11% | |
Nonpartisan | John L. Maduro | 5,114 | 18.00% | |
Nonpartisan | Arturo Soto | 4,959 | 17.46% | |
Nonpartisan | Augustin Doward | 4,654 | 16.38% | |
Nonpartisan | Leslie Alfred Millin | 4,055 | 14.27% | |
Nonpartisan | George G. O'Reilly | 3,915 | 13.78% | |
Total votes | 28,410 | 100% |
One senator from the St. Thomas–St. John district was required to be elected from St. John, regardless of how they placed in the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Athniel C. Ottley | 3,544 | 6.57% | |
Nonpartisan | Earle B. Ottley | 3,494 | 6.48% | |
Nonpartisan | Virdin C. Brown | 3,402 | 6.31% | |
Nonpartisan | Percival H. Reese | 3,342 | 6.20% | |
Nonpartisan | Ariel Melchior | 3,204 | 5.94% | |
Nonpartisan | A. David Puritz | 3,169 | 5.88% | |
Nonpartisan | Freeman Dawson | 3,102 | 5.75% | |
Nonpartisan | Gaylord A. Sprauve | 3,046 | 5.65% | |
Nonpartisan | Anthony Cerge | 3,008 | 5.58% | |
Nonpartisan | Louis P. Hestres | 2,982 | 5.53% | |
Nonpartisan | Liston A. Davis | 2,971 | 5.51% | |
Nonpartisan (St. John) | Elroy A. Sprauve | 2,917 | 5.41% | |
Nonpartisan (St. John) | Theovald E. Moorehead | 2,862 | 5.31% | |
Nonpartisan | Edward J. Moran | 2,834 | 5.25% | |
Nonpartisan | Richard R. Maguire | 1,641 | 3.04% | |
Nonpartisan | Thyra Hodge Smith | 1,374 | 2.55% | |
Nonpartisan | Luther Benjamin | 1,372 | 2.54% | |
Nonpartisan | Jacob M. Monsanto | 1,292 | 2.39% | |
Nonpartisan | Rene S. Danet | 1,272 | 2.36% | |
Nonpartisan | David Vialet | 1,179 | 2.18% | |
Nonpartisan (St. John) | Richard Ellington | 1,107 | 2.05% | |
Nonpartisan (St. John) | Vincen M. Clendinen | 652 | 1.21% | |
Nonpartisan | Frank W. Lichtenberg II | 116 | 0.22% | |
Total votes | 53,882 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Jiame Garciaz | 2,483 | ||
Nonpartisan | Lew Muckle | 2,400 | ||
Nonpartisan | Philip C. Clark | 2,387 | ||
Nonpartisan | Claude A. Molloy | 2,368 | ||
Nonpartisan | Hector Cintron | 2,335 | ||
Nonpartisan | Felix A. Francis | 2,235 | ||
Nonpartisan | Randall N. James | 2,179 | ||
Nonpartisan | Frits E. Lawaetz | 2,177 | ||
Nonpartisan | Edgar D. Mullgrav | 2,161 | ||
Nonpartisan | Arnold M. Golden | 2,090 | ||
Nonpartisan | Helen I. Joseph | 2,089 | ||
Nonpartisan | Hortense M. Rowe | 2,089 | ||
Nonpartisan | Joanna P. Lindquist | 2,046 | ||
Nonpartisan | Juan Centeno | 2,004 | ||
Nonpartisan | Clifford J. Johnson | 1,931 | ||
Nonpartisan | Rafael Escudero | 1,777 | ||
Nonpartisan | Santiago Garcia | 1,449 | ||
Nonpartisan | Jose Figueroa | 1,390 | ||
Nonpartisan | David M. Hamilton | 1,233 | ||
Nonpartisan | Faith Dane Johnson | 66 | ||
Total votes | 38,889 | 100% |
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