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

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.

2014 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands, at-large district

November 4, 2014

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

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

Declared

• Emmett Hansen, former Virgin Islands Senator and former Chairman of the Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands[1]
• Shawn-Micheal 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. "Two Democrats Running for Virgin Islands' Delegate Seat". Roll Call. March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
2. http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/elections-2014/2014/05/07/shawn-michael-malone-running-vi-delegate-congress
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

External links

• Emmett Hansen
• Stacey Plaskett