Virgin Islands 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Virgin Islands 2006 Midterm Election

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Virgin Islands
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Saturday 9 September 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Runoff election for Governor: Tuesday 21 November 2006

Governor:	0
Senators:	0
2002-2010 Representatives:	0	(0.00% of 435)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):
Capital:	Charlotte Amalie (island of St. Thomas)
Saturday 9 September 2006 polling hours 7:00a VIST (1100 UTC) to 7:00p VIST (2300 UTC).
Tuesday 7 November 2006 polling hours 7:00a VIST (1100 UTC) to 7:00p VIST (2300 UTC).
Tuesday 21 November 2006 polling hours 7:00a VIST (1100 UTC) to 7:00p VIST (2300 UTC).

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Virgin Islands State and Local Government

Virgin Islands Gubernatorial Runoff 21 November 2006

Since no candidate received a majority of the 7 November vote, the top two vote getters, John deJongh, Jr. (D) 49.33% and Kenneth E. Mapp (Independent) 27.14%, faced off in a 21 November runoff. Results from an official source.

John de Jongh / Gregory Francis: 57.30% of the vote (winners).
Kenneth E. Mapp / Almando "Rocky" Liburd: 42.70% of the vote.

Virgin Islands - Primary

Saturday 9 September 2006

Gubernatorial Results from a media source

for Governor, Delegate to the House of Representatives

Contested Islandwide races:

Governor:
- Democrats have nominated John deJongh for Governor and Gregory R. Francis for Lt. Governor.



Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive full 4-year terms. Territorial Governor

Open		Democratic	Governor Charles Wesley Turnbull, II • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Open Seat - At term limit

		Democratic	16,644	57.30%	John deJongh, Jr. • for Lt. Governor: Gregory R. "Greg" Francis. Received 49.33% of the vote in the 7 November election. Advanced to and won the 21 November 2006 runoff.

		Independent	12,402	42.70%	Kenneth E. Mapp • for Lt. Governor: Almando "Rocky" Liburd. Received 27.14% of the vote in the 7 November election. Proceeds to a 21 November 2006 runoff because no candidate received a majority of the vote.
		~~Independent~~			~~Aldah "Foncie" Donastorg, Jr. - apparently not a candidate~~ • for Lt. Governor: Cora Christian. Received 23.49% of the vote in the 7 November election.
Total			29,046	100.00%
	Since no candidate received a majority of the 7 November vote, the top two vote getters, John deJongh, Jr. (D) 49.33% and Kenneth E. Mapp (Independent) 27.14%, faceed off in a 21 November runoff.

Delegate to the House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2006

{map}		Democratic	Territorial Delegate Donna M. Christensen • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1996; re-elected 1998, 2000, 2002; 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 9 September 2006 Primary

		Democratic	18,322	62.91%	Territorial Delegate Donna M. Christensen • FEC: $174,302

		Independent	10,800	37.08%	Warren B. Mosler • FEC: $341,126

		Scattering	4	0.01%	Write In
Total			29,126	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 2 incumbents, 2 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering: 1 candidate
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that this candidate is actually on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.