2014 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election

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2014 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election
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November 4, 2014 (first round)
November 14, 2014 (runoff)
2018  →
Registered51,326
Turnout54.32% (runoff: 49.62% )
  Kenneth Ezra Mapp (cropped).png Donna christensen (cropped).JPG
Nominee Kenneth Mapp Donna Christian-Christensen
Party Independent Democratic
Running mate Osbert Potter Basil Ottley Jr.
Popular vote12,108general
15,934runoff		10,173 general
9,399 runoff
Percentage46.6%general
62.9%runoff		39.2% general
37.1% runoff
Governor before election

John de Jongh
Democratic

Elected Governor

Kenneth Mapp
Independent

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 63% of the vote. [2]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Running mate: Basil Ottley, Jr., former Virgin Islands Senator
  • Running mate: Angel A. "Gito" Torres
  • Running mate: Patrick Sprauve
  • Running mate: Winston Braithwaite
  • Running mate: Calford Martin
  • Running mate: Hubert Frederick, business executive and former deputy commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Health [5]

Results

CandidateRunning mateVotes%
Donna Christian-Christensen Basil Ottley3,63536.49
Adlah Donastorg Jr. Angel "Gito" Torres2,33323.42
Gregory Francis Patrick Simeon Sprauve1,28612.91
Marvin PickeringCalford Martín9939.97
Gerard Luz James Winston Braithwaite9369.40
Moleto Smith Jr.Hubert Frederick7687.71
Write in110.11
Total9,962100.00
Source: [6]

Independent candidates

  • 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]
  • Running mate: Wendy Coram
  • Running mate: Robert Quinn

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Christensen & Ottley (D)Mapp & Potter (I)Coffelt & Canegata (I)Barnes & Coram (I)Scallion & Quinn (I)Francis & Gonzalez (I)
Virgin Islands Consortium August 8 - November 3, 20142,36941%38%12%6%2%1%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Christensen & Ottley (D)Mapp & Potter (I)Coffelt & Canegata (I)Barnes & Coram (I)Scallion & Quinn (I)Francis & Gonzalez (I)
Virgin Islands Consortium August 8 - November 3, 20143931601494825—2
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Christensen & Ottley (D)Mapp & Potter (I)Coffelt & Canegata (I)Barnes & Coram (I)Scallion & Quinn (I)Francis & Gonzalez (I)
Virgin Islands Consortium August 8 - November 3, 2014—13253111
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Christensen & Ottley (D)Mapp & Potter (I)Coffelt & Canegata (I)Barnes & Coram (I)Scallion & Quinn (I)Francis & Gonzalez (I)
Virgin Islands Consortium August 8 - November 3, 2014—147124472281
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Donna Christensen (D)Kenneth Mapp (I)Mona Barnes (I)Soraya Diase-Coffelt (I)Shelia Scullion (I)Undecided
UVI October 16-26, 2014—±3.723%28%5%4%1%29%

Results

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Kenneth Mapp Osbert Potter Independent12,10846.6115,93462.90
Donna Christian-Christensen Basil Ottley Jr. Democratic Party 10,17339.169,39937.10
Soraya Diase Coffelt John M. CanegataIndependent1,8377.07
Mona L. BarnesWendy V. CoramIndependent1,6936.52
Sheila A. ScullionRobert J. QuinnIndependent830.32
Write in810.31
Total25,975100.0025,333100.00
Total votes27,879–25,469–
Registered voters/turnout51,32654.3251,32649.62
Source: [9] [10]

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 November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kenneth Mapp Elected Governor Of The United States Virgin Islands". viconsortium.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Del. Donna Christensen Running for Governor in Virgin Islands". At the Races.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Virgin Islands 2014 General Election". thegreenpapers.com.
  5. 1 2 Mills, Horace (July 29, 2014). "Smith takes election campaign to the BVI". BVI News . Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2014 Primary Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
  7. ↑ "Osbert Potter To Host TV News Show". St. Thomas Source . January 3, 1999. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  8. ↑ Kossler, Bill (August 12, 2013). "Moleto Smith Declares Candidacy for Governor". St. Croix Source . Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  9. ↑ "2014 General Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
  10. ↑ "2014 Run Off Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
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