2016 United States Virgin Islands general election

The United States Virgin Islands general election was held on November 8, 2016. Voters chose the delegate to the United States House of Representatives and all fifteen seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands.

Legislature of the Virgin Islands

All fifteen seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands were contested. Controversy erupted after allegations surfaced that a candidate for the St. Thomas-St. John District, Kevin Rodriquez lied about his residency.^[1] Rodriquez was barred from taking a seat in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands after a ruling from the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands.^[2] A special election was called by the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, Kenneth Mapp to be held on April 8, 2017.^[3]

Senator At Large

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Brian A. Smith	Democratic Party	5,821	72.83
Write in			2,172	27.17
Total			7,993	100.00
Valid votes			20,803	99.22
Invalid/blank votes			164	0.78
Total votes			20,967	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			46,076	45.51
Source: [4]

St. Thomas/St. John

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Marvin A. Blyden	Democratic Party	6,492	11.40
	Janette Millin Young	Democratic Party	5,317	9.34
	Tregenza Roach	Independent	5,058	8.88
	Myron D. Jackson	Democratic Party	4,450	7.82
	Jean A. Forde	Democratic Party	4,244	7.45
	Kevin A. Rodriguez	Democratic Party	4,134	7.26
	Dwayne DeGraff	Independent	3,831	6.73
	Janelle K. Sarauw	Independent	3,764	6.61
	Justin Harrigan, Sr.	Democratic Party	3,579	6.29
	Patrick Simeon Sprauve	Democratic Party	3,319	5.83
	Alma Francis-Heyliger	Independent	2,746	4.82
	Stephen "Smokey" Frett	Independent Citizens Movement	2,624	4.61
	Wilma Marsh Monsanto	Independent	1,563	2.75
	Albert F. Richardson	Independent	1,358	2.39
	Bruce C. Flamon	Independent	1,290	2.27
	Shirley M. Sadler	Independent	1,110	1.95
	Maxwell A. Carty	Independent	1,033	1.81
	Margaret Price	Independent	576	1.01
Write in			449	0.79
Total			56,937	100.00
Valid votes			10,844	99.43
Invalid/blank votes			62	0.57
Total votes			10,906	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			23,917	45.60
Source: [4]

St. Croix

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kurt Vialet	Democratic Party	5,818	12.25
	Novelle Francis	Democratic Party	5,256	11.07
	Sammuel Sanes	Democratic Party	4,612	9.71
	Alicia "Chucky" Hansen	Independent	4,612	9.71
	Positive T. A. Nelson	Independent Citizens Movement	4,322	9.10
	Nereida "Nellie" O'Reilly	Democratic Party	4,295	9.05
	Neville James	Democratic Party	4,221	8.89
	Kenneth L. Gittens	Democratic Party	4,130	8.70
	Terrence D. Joseph	Democratic Party	2,868	6.04
	Norman Jn Baptiste	Independent	1,772	3.73
	Robert B. Moorhead	Republican Party	1,710	3.60
	Patricia James	Independent	1,604	3.38
	Danny Emmanuel	Independent	1,009	2.13
	Duane Howell	Independent	792	1.67
Write in			460	0.97
Total			47,481	100.00
Valid votes			9,959	98.99
Invalid/blank votes			102	1.01
Total votes			10,061	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			22,159	45.40
Source: [4]

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives

2016 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands, at-large district

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Candidate Stacey Plaskett Party Democratic Popular vote 14,531 Percentage 97.5%

Delegate at-large before election Stacey Plaskett Democratic Elected Delegate at-large Stacey Plaskett Democratic

Incumbent Delegate Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat, sought re-election to her congressional seat. Her Republican opponent, Gordon Ackley, was kept off the ballot after election officials canceled the primary election.^[5]

Running without an opponent on the ballot, she won re-election with 97.51% of vote.^[6]

Democratic primary

Primary elections were held on August 6, 2016.

• Stacey Plaskett, incumbent Delegate
• Ronald E. Russell, former Virgin Islands Senator

Candidate	Votes	%
Stacey Plaskett	4,099	85.47
Ronald E. Russell	675	14.07
Write in	22	0.46
Total	4,796	100.00
Total votes	5,200	–
Registered voters/turnout	29,801	17.45
Source: [7]

General election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Stacey Plaskett	Democratic Party	14,531	97.51
Write in			371	2.49
Total			14,902	100.00
Total votes			20,967	–
Registered voters/turnout			46,076	45.51
Source: [4]

References

1. "Kevin Rodriguez's Senate Seat in Question as Supreme Court Upholds Superior Court Ruling ‹". Archived from the original on 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
2. "Supreme Court Bars Rodriguez from Being Sworn in Today ‹". Archived from the original on 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
3. "Special Election Set for April 8; Senate Session Called to Address Election Law ‹". Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
4. "2016 General Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
5. Staff, SUZANNE CARLSON Daily News. "Ackley loses bid to be added to the ballot". The Virgin Islands Daily News.
6. "Election results 2016". www.vivote.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
7. "2016 Primary Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.