2014 United States House of Representatives election in United States Virgin Islands

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2014 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands, at-large district
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Candidate Stacey Plaskett Vince Danet
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 21,224 1,964
Percentage 90.7% 8.4%
Delegate at-large before election

Donna Christian-Christensen
Democratic

Elected Delegate at-large

Stacey Plaskett
Democratic

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The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands' at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the election of the Virgin Islands' governor.

The non-voting delegate is elected for a two-year term. Donna Christian-Christensen, who represented the district from 1997 to 2015, did not run for re-election. She instead ran for governor.

Primary elections were held on August 2, 2014.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

  • Emmett Hansen, former Virgin Islands Senator and former Chairman of the Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands[1]
  • Shawn-Michael Malone, Virgin Islands Senator[2]
  • Stacey Plaskett, attorney, former Congressional staffer and candidate for the seat in 2012[1]

Declined[]

  • Donna Christian-Christensen, Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (ran for Governor)[3]

Results[]

Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stacey Plaskett 4,224 50.4
Democratic Shawn-Michael Malone 3,487 41.61
Democratic Emmett Hansen 664 7.92
Democratic Write-ins 6 0.7
Total votes 8,381 100

General election[]

Results[]

United States Virgin Islands at-large district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Stacey Plaskett 21,224 90.65% +30.60%
Republican Vince Danet 1,964 8.39% -2.73%
N/A Write-ins 224 0.96% +0.90%
Total votes '23,412' '100.0%' N/A
Democratic hold

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Two Democrats Running for Virgin Islands' Delegate Seat". Roll Call. March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "Shawn-Michael Malone Running for V.I. Delegate to Congress". 8 May 2014.
  3. ^ "House Delegate to Run for Governor in Virgin Islands". Roll Call. March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  4. ^ "USVI Primary". vivote.gov. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  5. ^ https://www.vivote.gov/sites/default/files/officialresults/Territory%20wide.HTM

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