The Green Papers: Virgin Islands 2009 General Election |
Virgin Islands
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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If no Gubernatorial or Delegate to the United States House of Representative candidate receives a majority of the General Election vote, the top two vote getters procced to a runoff held 14 days after the General election. (Revised Organic Act of 1954, Sec., 11 re: Gov.-Lt Gov. §1422; P.L. 92-271 re: Delegate to House of Representatives §1712) |
Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive full 4-year terms. Territorial Governor | |||||
Democratic | Governor John P. deJongh, Jr. First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Delegate to the House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010 | |||||
{map} | Democratic | Territorial Delegate Donna M. Christensen First elected: 1996; re-elected 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |