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United States House of Representatives election in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2022

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2020
U.S. Virgin Islands' At-large Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: May 17, 2022
Primary: August 6, 2022
General: November 8, 2022

Pre-election incumbent:
Stacey Plaskett (Democratic)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in U.S. Virgin Islands
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U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
See also
U.S. Virgin Islands' At-large Congressional District
At-large
U.S. Virgin Islands elections, 2022
U.S. Congress elections, 2022
U.S. Senate elections, 2022
U.S. House elections, 2022

All U.S. House districts, including the At-large Congressional District of the U.S. Virgin Islands, held elections in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. Voters elected one non-voting member to serve in the U.S. House from the territory's one at-large congressional district. The primary was scheduled for August 6, 2022. The filing deadline was May 17, 2022.

Candidates and election results

General election candidates

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

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    Campaign finance

    This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[1] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[2] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

    U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
    Report Close of books Filing deadline
    Year-end 2021 12/31/2021 1/31/2022
    April quarterly 3/31/2022 4/15/2022
    July quarterly 6/30/2022 7/15/2022
    October quarterly 9/30/2022 10/15/2022
    Pre-general 10/19/2022 10/27/2022
    Post-general 11/28/2022 12/08/2022
    Year-end 2022 12/31/2022 1/31/2023


    Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
    Stacey Plaskett Democratic Party $973,302 $988,751 $46,739 As of December 31, 2022

    Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

    * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
    ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.


    District history

    2020

    See also: United States House of Representatives election in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2020

    General election

    General election for U.S. House Virgin Islands At-large District

    Incumbent Stacey Plaskett defeated Shekema George in the general election for U.S. House Virgin Islands At-large District on November 3, 2020.

    Candidate
    %
    Votes
    Image of Stacey Plaskett
    Stacey Plaskett (D)
     
    87.9
     
    13,620
    Image of Shekema George
    Shekema George (Independent)
     
    11.5
     
    1,782
     Other/Write-in votes
     
    0.5
     
    85

    Total votes: 15,487
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    Democratic primary election

    The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Stacey Plaskett advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virgin Islands At-large District.

    2018

    General election

    General election for U.S. House Virgin Islands At-large District

    Incumbent Stacey Plaskett won election in the general election for U.S. House Virgin Islands At-large District on November 6, 2018.

    Candidate
    %
    Votes
    Image of Stacey Plaskett
    Stacey Plaskett (D)
     
    98.4
     
    16,341
     Other/Write-in votes
     
    1.6
     
    264

    Total votes: 16,605
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    2016

    See also: United States House of Representatives election in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2016

    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.[3]

    U.S. House, U.S. Virgin Islands General Election, 2016
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes
         Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngStacey Plaskett Incumbent 100% 14,531
    Total Votes 14,531
    Source: The Green Papers

    2014

    Stacey Plaskett (D) won election in 2014. She defeated Vince Danet (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

    U.S. House, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2014
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes
         Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngStacey Plaskett 90.7% 10,091
         Republican Vince Danet 9.3% 1,037
    Total Votes 11,128
    Source: Elections System of the Virgin Islands

    See also

    U.S. Virgin Islands 2022 primaries 2022 U.S. Congress elections
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    Footnotes

    1. Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
    2. Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
    3. The Green Papers, "The Green Papers: Virgin Islands 2016 General Election," accessed August 22, 2016