2014 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election

See also: 2014 United States gubernatorial elections

The 2014 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of the United States Virgin Islands. Incumbent Democratic governor John de Jongh was term-limited and was unable run for re-election to a third term in office. Since no candidate received a majority in the general election, as required by the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, a runoff was held between Donna Christian-Christensen and Kenneth Mapp, the two top vote receivers.^[1] Mapp went on to win the run off in a landslide victory, with almost 63% of the vote.^[2]

2014 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election

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Registered	51,326
Turnout	25,975 (runoff: 23,899)
Nominee Kenneth Mapp Donna Christian-Christensen Party Independent Democratic Running mate Osbert Potter Basil Ottley Jr. Popular vote 12,108 general 15,934 runoff 10,173 general 9,399 runoff Percentage 46.6% general 62.9% runoff 39.2% general 37.1% runoff
Governor before election John de Jongh Democratic Elected Governor Kenneth Mapp Independent

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Donna Christian-Christensen, Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives^[3]

• Running mate: Basil Ottley, Jr., former Virgin Islands Senator

• Adlah Donastorg Jr., former Virgin Islands Senator and candidate for governor in 2006 and 2010^[4]

• Running mate: Angel A. "Gito" Torres

• Gregory Francis, lieutenant governor^[4]

• Running mate: Patrick Sprauve

• Gerard Luz James, former lieutenant governor and candidate for governor in 2002 and 2010^[4]

• Running mate: Winston Braithwaite

• Marvin Pickering, former senior vice president and chief financial officer of Cruzan Rum^[4]

• Running mate: Calford Martin

• Moleto Smith, former deputy and interim/acting commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Human Services^[5]

• Running mate: Hubert Frederick, business executive and former deputy commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Health^[5]

Results

Candidate	Running mate	Votes	%
Donna Christian-Christensen	Basil Ottley	3,635	36.49
Adlah Donastorg Jr.	Angel "Gito" Torres	2,333	23.42
Gregory Francis	Patrick Simeon Sprauve	1,286	12.91
Marvin Pickering	Calford Martín	993	9.97
Gerard Luz James	Winston Braithwaite	936	9.40
Moleto Smith Jr.	Hubert Frederick	768	7.71
Write in		11	0.11
Total		9,962	100.00
Source: [6]

Independent candidates

• Kenneth Mapp, former lieutenant governor and candidate for governor in 2006 and 2010^[4]

• Running mate: Osbert Potter, former Virgin Islands Senator, former Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs and former television show host ("Behind the Headlines" on WTJX-TV).^[7]

• Soraya Diase Coffelt, former Territorial Court Judge^[8]
• Mona Barnes, first female State Command Sergeant Major of the Virgin Islands^[4]

• Running mate: Wendy Coram

• Sheila Alvin Scallion

• Running mate: Robert Quinn

Results

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Kenneth Mapp	Osbert Potter	Independent	12,108	46.61	15,934	62.90
	Donna Christian-Christensen	Basil Ottley Jr.	Democratic Party	10,173	39.16	9,399	37.10
	Soraya Diase Coffelt	John M. Canegata	Independent	1,837	7.07
	Mona L. Barnes	Wendy V. Coram	Independent	1,693	6.52
	Sheila A. Scullion	Robert J. Quinn	Independent	83	0.32
Write in				81	0.31
Total				25,975	100.00	25,333	100.00
Total votes				27,879	–	25,469	–
Registered voters/turnout				51,326	54.32	51,326	49.62
Source: [9][10]