2016 United States House of Representatives election in United States Virgin Islands

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

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The 2016 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands was on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands' at-large congressional district.

The non-voting delegate is elected for a two-year term. The incumbent, Stacey Plaskett, ran for re-election, and won a second term.

Primary elections were held on August 6, 2016.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

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

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stacey Plaskett (incumbent) 3,897 85.5
Democratic Ronald E. Russell 640 14.0
Democratic Write-ins 22 0.5
Total votes 4,559 100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Withdrew[edit]

  • Gordon Ackley, Air Force veteran and owner of Ackley Media Group[2] (Ran as a write in candidate)

General election[edit]

United States Virgin Islands at-large district, 2016[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Stacey Plaskett (incumbent) 14,531 97.51% +6.86%
n/a Write-ins 371 2.49% +1.53%
Total votes '14,902' '100.0%' N/A
Democratic hold

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 17, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Virgin Islands 2016 General Election". thegreenpapers.com.
  3. ^ "USVI General Election". vivote.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2023.

External links[edit]

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