United States House of Representatives election in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2016
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The 2016 U.S. House of Representatives election in the U.S. Virgin Islands took place on November 8, 2016. Voters elected one nonvoting delegate to serve in the U.S. House from the U.S. Virgin Islands' At-Large Congressional District.
Incumbent Stacey Plaskett (D) defeated Gordon Ackley (R write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Plaskett defeated Ronald Russell in the Democratic primary on August 6, 2016.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: The U.S. Virgin Islands held a primary election on August 6, 2016.[2]
Voter registration: October 2, 2016.[2]
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Stacey Plaskett (D), who was first elected in 2014.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 8 election, the Democratic Party held the one congressional seat from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
| Members of the U.S. House from the U.S. Virgin Islands -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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| Party | As of November 2016 | After the 2016 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Republican Party | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | |
Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Stacey Plaskett Incumbent |
100% | 14,531 | |
| Total Votes | 14,531 | |||
| Source: The Green Papers | ||||
Candidates
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General election candidates: Stacey Plaskett   Gordon Ackley (Write-in) |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic [1]Ronald Russell[1] |
Republican |
District history
2014
Stacey Plaskett (D) won election in 2014. She defeated Vince Danet (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Stacey Plaskett |
90.7% | 10,091 | |
| Republican | Vince Danet | 9.3% | 1,037 | |
| Total Votes | 11,128 | |||
| Source: Elections System of the Virgin Islands | ||||
2012
Christensen won re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing the Virgin Islands as a Democrat.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Donna Christensen Incumbent |
60.1% | 11,512 | |
| Republican | Holland L. Redfield, II | 11.1% | 2,131 | |
| Independent | Guillaume Mimoun | 1.6% | 312 | |
| Independent | Norma Pickard-Samuel | 10.1% | 1,927 | |
| Independent | Warren B. Mosler | 17.1% | 3,276 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 12 | |
| Total Votes | 19,170 | |||
| Source: Election System of the Virgin Islands "Election Results" | ||||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Green Papers, "The Green Papers: Virgin Islands 2016 General Election," accessed August 22, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "list16" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Election System of the Virgin Islands, "2016 Election Calendar," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
- ↑ VIVote.gov, "Election Results," accessed February 7, 2013
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