2006 United States Virgin Islands general election

2006 United States Virgin Islands general election

Gubernatorial election

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Nominee John de Jongh Kenneth Mapp Party Democratic Independent Running mate Gregory Francis Almando "Rocky" Liburd Popular vote 16,644 12,402 Percentage 57.18% 42.61%

Governor before election Charles W. Turnbull Democratic Elected Governor John de Jongh Democratic

General elections were held in the U.S. Virgin Islands on November 7, 2006 in order to elect the goverbor, 15 members of the Legislature and the delegate to United States House of Representatives. Incumbent Democratic governor Charles Wesley Turnbull was term-limited and couldn't run for re-election to a third term in office. John de Jongh failed to win in the first round by just 2 votes, ^[1] 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 John de Jongh and Kenneth Mapp, the two top vote getters. ^[2]

Results

Governor

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	John de Jongh	Gregory Francis	Democratic Party	16,988	50.00	16,644	57.18
	Kenneth Mapp	Almando "Rocky" Liburd	Independent	9,100	26.78	12,402	42.61
	Adlah Donastorg	Cora Christian	Independent	7,871	23.16
Write in				19	0.06	63	0.22
Total				33,978	100.00	29,109	100.00
Total votes				35,451	–
Registered voters/turnout				53,017	66.87
Source: [3] [4]

Territorial Legislature

Senator At Large

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Carmen M. Wesselhoft	Independent Citizens Movement	15,279	54.51
	Craig W. Barshinger	Democratic Party	12,738	45.44
Write in			13	0.05
Total			28,030	100.00
Total votes			35,451	–
Registered voters/turnout			53,017	66.87
Source: [3]

St. Thomas/St. John

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Shawn-Michael Malone	Democratic Party	11,342	12.11
	Celestino White Sr.	Independent	9,401	10.04
	Liston A. Davis	Independent Citizens Movement	8,778	9.38
	Louis Patrick Hill	Democratic Party	8,574	9.16
	Carlton "Ital" Dowe	Independent	8,180	8.74
	Basil Ottley Jr.	Democratic Party	8,169	8.73
	Alvin L. Williams	Democratic Party	7,966	8.51
	Ludrick Thomas	Independent Citizens Movement	6,696	7.15
	Horace T. Brooks	Democratic Party	5,157	5.51
	Norma Pickard-Samuel	Independent	4,404	4.70
	Toi A. Barbel	Democratic Party	4,182	4.47
	Patrick Simeon Sprauve	Democratic Party	3,880	4.14
	Stephen "Smokey" Frett	Independent	3,569	3.81
	Lorelei Monsanto	Independent	2,179	2.33
	Ada Hodge	Independent	755	0.81
	Leslie A. Smith II	Independent	340	0.36
Write in			48	0.05
Total			93,620	100.00
Total votes			18,068	–
Registered voters/turnout			27,530	65.63
Source: [3]

St. Croix

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	T. "Positive" Nelson	Independent Citizens Movement	9,379	11.05
	Ronald E. Russell	Democratic Party	7,926	9.34
	Raymond "Usie" Richards	Independent Citizens Movement	6,919	8.15
	Norman Baptiste	Independent	6,796	8.00
	Juan Figueroa Serville	Democratic Party	6,695	7.89
	Jimi Weber	Democratic Party	6,676	7.86
	Neville James	Democratic Party	6,658	7.84
	Michael Thurland	Democratic Party	6,360	7.49
	Wayne A. G. James	Democratic Party	5,967	7.03
	Luther Felix Renee	Democratic Party	4,963	5.85
	Luis Garcia	Republican Party	2,995	3.53
	Gonzalo Rivera	Independent	2,581	3.04
	Naomi "Sandra" Joseph	Independent	2,410	2.84
	Troy D. Mason	Independent	2,226	2.62
	George Moore	Independent	2,043	2.41
	Hope Gibson	Independent	2,034	2.40
	Rhea Dowling	Independent	1,589	1.87
	Gosnel Matthew	Independent	589	0.69
Write in			95	0.11
Total			84,901	100.00
Total votes			17,383	–
Registered voters/turnout			25,487	68.20
Source: [3]

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Donna Christian-Christensen	Democratic Party	19,593	63.60
	Warren Mosler	Independent	11,201	36.36
Write-in			11	0.04
Total			30,805	100.00
Total votes			35,451	–
Registered voters/turnout			53,017	66.87
Source: [3]

References

1. Mann, Susan (November 22, 2006). "DeJongh wins USVI gubernatorial runoff election". Caribbean Net News. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010.
2. "DeJongh Is Top Vote Getter in Governor's Race; Runoff With Mapp Likely". St. Thomas Source. November 7, 2006.
3. "2006 General Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
4. "Territory Wide Run Off Election Results 2006" (PDF). Election System of the Virgin Islands. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2008.