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Politics of the United States Virgin Islands takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency,whereby the governor is the head of the territory's government,and of a multi-party system. United States Virgin Islands are an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States,administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior. Executive power is exercised by the local government of the Virgin Islands. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
Ronald de Lugo was an American politician. He was the first Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives.
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Kenneth Ezra Mapp is an American politician who served as the eighth elected Governor of the United States Virgin Islands,from 2015 to 2019. He was registered Republican,but ran as an independent.
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The 2018 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to select the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. The election was held concurrently with the 2018 United States midterm elections. On Election Day,November 6,Bryan earned 38.08% of the vote,with Mapp coming in second with 33.45%. Since no candidate received a majority of the general election vote,as required by the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands,a runoff was held 14 days later between Albert Bryan Jr. and Incumbent Governor Kenneth Mapp,the top two vote-getters. On November 20,2018,Democrat Albert Bryan Jr. won the runoff with 54.5% of the vote.
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Samuel Carrion is an American Virgin Islander politician. He serves as an Independent member for the St. Croix district of the Virgin Islands Legislature.
Carla J. Joseph is an American Virgin Islander politician. She serves as a Democratic member for the St. Thomas-St. John district of the Virgin Islands Legislature. Before serving as a Senator,Joseph worked at the Legislature of the Virgin Islands,serving under Senators Arturo Watlington,Jr. and Carol M. Burke. Joseph also previously served as the Chief of Staff of Former Senator George E. Goodwin. In 2014,Joseph was elected to the Virgin Islands Board of Elections,having served as the Secretary of the St. Thomas/St. John District Board and Vice-Chair of the Joint Board. Joseph holds a Bachelors of Arts in Humanities and holds a certification as a public manager from the University of the Virgin Islands.
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- ↑ "Senator Milton E. Potter". Virgin Islands Legislature . Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ↑ "35th Legislature". Virgin Islands Legislature . Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ↑ https://stthomassource.com/content/2024/10/15/meet-the-candidates-milton-potter/
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