UPDATE: 2 days later still no Governor-Elect in the USVI!
According to this news site’s correspondence in the USVI as of last night 5, November 2014 close of count by the St. Thomas/St. John Board of Elections with some 1,500 plus votes being counted Delegate to Congress Donna M. Christensen and Basil C. Ottley Jr., emerged with a slim lead over Kenneth E. Mapp and Osbert Potter in the Governor’s race.
Coupled with the some 600 votes left to be counted on St. Croix, and 75 on St. John, the change of fortunes in the Governor's race appears to make a runoff more likely according to political insiders in the USVI.
Meanwhile Democrat Stacey Plaskett won the race to be delegate to Congress, with 90.45 percent of the vote, to Republican Vince Danet’s 9 percent.
In the legislative/senate races, for the territory wide "at-large" seat, independent Almando "Rocky" Liburd trounced Democrat Ronnie Jones, 61 percent to 38 percent.
The early numbers, from more than 5,000 registered voters, showed in the St. Thomas/St. John Senate race, leads for sitting Sens. Tregenza Roach, Myron Jackson, Clifford Graham and Donald Ducks Cole along with newcomers Jean Forde, Justin Harrigan Sr. and Marvin Blyden.
While most of the top vote getters remained the same as of last night 5, November 2014, what came in was enough to knock Cole out of the race and put sitting Sen. Janette Millin Young back in.
Those results switched once more at the end, with the final votes tallied close last night. Leading the group was Blyden, the newcomer, with 4,361 votes, followed by Jackson at 3,966; Graham at 3,963; Roach at 3,899; Forde at 3,784; Millin Young at 3,372; and Cole at 3,305. Harrigan, however, is close behind in eighth with 3,286.
This news site will be the first to keep you updated with all the USVI election results.
Please see previous story published on November 5, 2014:
USVI Elections Upset! Mapp ahead; possible run off
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI – According to a report carried on the St Thomas Source news site today November 5, 2014, Independents Kenneth E. Mapp and Osbert Potter were ahead of the Democratic Party team of Donna M. Christensen and Basil C. Ottley in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor's race as of 2 a.m. today.
But with neither candidate gaining a clear majority, the race appears to be headed for a runoff, the news item said.
"We feel great; we feel excellent," Mapp is quoted as saying Tuesday night November 4, 2014 as results came in.
"Our campaign supporters have worked very, very hard and they really came through a bruising campaign. But we left the name-calling and the mudslinging and the degradation alone and we talked about our economic plan and wanting to build a better Virgin Islands and we’re committed to doing that," he said, as reported by the St Thomas Source.
According to the St Thomas Source, Mapp said he was concerned that "the jubilance of what we’ve been able to achieve thus far is marred by the debacle, this bedlam that is occurring in the elections system of the Virgin Islands.”
Calls to the Christensen-Ottley team went unanswered. However, Director of Communication for the Mapp-Potter team Lisa Posey told this news site today that they are awaiting the official declaration, which should come later today, before commenting further.
.png)
Follow Us On
22 Responses to “UPDATE: 2 days later still no Governor-Elect in the USVI!”
However if one can interpret statistics, coupled with the number of outstanding ballots to be counted, it is mathematically feasible for the Ken Mapp and Osbert Potter team to win this election.