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

Declined

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

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