{"id":12207,"date":"2014-11-11T20:16:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T20:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=12207"},"modified":"2014-11-11T22:00:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T22:00:20","slug":"christensen-launches-run-off-campaign-as-new-election-results-come-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=12207","title":{"rendered":"Christensen Launches Run-Off Campaign As New Election Results Come In"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>November 4 General Election clearly shows that there will be a runoff between the Christensen-Ottley and Mapp-Potter teams. &#8212; Donna M. Christensen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As the Virgin Islands Elections System released updated General Election 2014 results on Monday, Delegate to Congress and gubernatorial candidate, Donna M. Christensen, recently officially launched her runoff election campaign against Kenneth Mapp, the candidate who led Christensen by as much as 12 percent since November 4 election results began coming in.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But the Christensen-Ottley team seems to be more energized than they were on November 4, and in many parts of the the territory, you&#8217;ll see them strategizing, canvassing and hear them on the radio making their case for Christensen.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=698288943601203&amp;id=570166926413406\" target=\"_blank\">ten-minute radio ad<\/a><\/span>, Christensen said the &#8220;November 4 General Election clearly shows that there will be a runoff between the Christensen-Ottley and Mapp-Potter teams. This means that on Tuesday, November 18, we will have a new election, and we all start from the beginning, at zero votes cast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Christensen went on to thank her supporters for braving the inclement weather and said despite &#8220;desperate attempts to confuse the election&#8221; to offer\u00a0her their votes. The Delegate also urged her supporters to come out on November 18 for a &#8220;second chance to do it all over again, and to make sure that we make the right choice for the beleaguered people of the Virgin Islands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Mapp-Potter team has released ads of its own, highlighting the &#8220;Time to Build&#8221; slogan used throughout the election cycle. Yet, on the Mapp-Potter website, there hasn&#8217;t been any updates urging supporters to support him in the runoff election, and the team has filed a complaint against the Board of Elections, St. Thomas District, over ballot-counting concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The V.I. Elections System&#8217;s latest election results update showed Mapp losing some\u00a0ground with 47.89 percent of the votes, while Christensen remained unchanged at 37.74 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Below are General\u00a0Election 2014 <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vivote.gov\/Election%202014\/GEreports\/0744%20Report%20dated%20Nov%2010th.HTM\" target=\"_blank\">latest results<\/a><\/span> according to the Elections System of the Virgin Islands, last updated Nov. 10, 2014 at 7:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<pre>SUMMARY REPORT        USVI GENERAL ELECTION            UNOFFICIAL RESULTS\r\nRUN DATE:11\/10\/14     NOVEMBER 4, 2014\r\nRUN TIME:07:44 PM\r\n\r\n                                                       VOTES PERCENT\r\n\r\n           PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 37) .  .  .  .  .        33   89.19\r\n           REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL .  .  .  .  .    51,326\r\n           BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL.  .  .  .  .  .  .    22,302\r\n           BALLOTS CAST - BLANK.  .  .  .  .  .  .        85     .38\r\n           VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL  .  .  .  .  .  .             43.45\r\n           VOTER TURNOUT - BLANK  .  .  .  .  .  .               .17\r\n\r\n          PARTY COLUMN\r\n          (VOTE FOR)  1\r\n              (WITH 33 OF 37 PRECINCTS COUNTED 89.19%)\r\n           Democrat (DEM).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        98   73.68\r\n           Independent Citizens Movement (ICM).  .        31   23.31\r\n           Republican (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         4    3.01\r\n\r\n          DELEGATE TO THE HO-- USE OF REPRESENTATIVES\r\n          (VOTE FOR)  1\r\n              (WITH 33 OF 37 PRECINCTS COUNTED 89.19%)\r\n           Stacey E. Plaskett (DEM)  .  .  .  .  .    18,145   90.64\r\n           Vince Danet (REP).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,744    8.71\r\n           WRITE-IN (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       129     .64\r\n\r\n          GOVERNOR &amp; LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR\r\n          (VOTE FOR)  1\r\n              (WITH 33 OF 37 PRECINCTS COUNTED 89.19%)\r\n           Kenneth E. Mapp (IND)  .  .  .  .  .  .    10,943   47.89\r\n           Donna Christensen (DEM).  .  .  .  .  .     8,623   37.74\r\n           Soraya Diase Coffelt (IND).  .  .  .  .     1,662    7.27\r\n           Mona L. Barnes (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,514    6.63\r\n           Sheila A. Scullion (IND)  .  .  .  .  .        68     .30\r\n           WRITE-IN (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        39     .17\r\n\r\n          SENATOR AT LARGE\r\n          (VOTE FOR)  1\r\n              (WITH 33 OF 37 PRECINCTS COUNTED 89.19%)\r\n           Almando \"Rocky\" Liburd (IND) .  .  .  .    10,734   60.07\r\n           Ronnie E. Jones (DEM)  .  .  .  .  .  .     6,947   38.88\r\n           WRITE-IN (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       188    1.05\r\n\r\n          LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS - ST. THOMAS \/ ST.\r\n          JOHST. THOMAS \/ ST. JOHN\r\n          (VOTE FOR)  7\r\n              (WITH 19 OF 21 PRECINCTS COUNTED 90.48%)\r\n           Marvin A. Blyden (DEM) .  .  .  .  .  .     5,447   10.05\r\n           Myron D. Jackson (DEM) .  .  .  .  .  .     5,329    9.83\r\n           Clifford Graham (DEM)  .  .  .  .  .  .     5,296    9.77\r\n           Tregenza A. Roach (IND).  .  .  .  .  .     5,040    9.30\r\n           Jean Forde (DEM) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,840    8.93\r\n           Janette Millin Young (DEM).  .  .  .  .     4,539    8.38\r\n           Justin Harrigan, Sr. (DEM).  .  .  .  .     4,368    8.06\r\n           Donald \"Ducks\" Cole (DEM) .  .  .  .  .     4,336    8.00\r\n           Lawrence \"Recon\" Olive (IND) .  .  .  .     3,575    6.60\r\n           Dwayne M. DeGraff (IND).  .  .  .  .  .     3,283    6.06\r\n           Stephen \"Smokey\" Frett (ICM) .  .  .  .     2,203    4.07\r\n           Wilma Marsh Monsanto (IND).  .  .  .  .     1,557    2.87\r\n           C. Milliner-Emanuel (IND) .  .  .  .  .     1,340    2.47\r\n           Larence Lary Boschulte (REP) .  .  .  .     1,112    2.05\r\n           Real Deal Bruce Flamon (IND) .  .  .  .       981    1.81\r\n           Jodi Hodge (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       556    1.03\r\n           WRITE-IN (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       203     .37\r\n           Charlesworth Halstead (ICM)  .  .  .  .       181     .33\r\n\r\n          LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS - ST. CROIX DISTRICT\r\n          ST. CROIX\r\n          (VOTE FOR)  7\r\n              (WITH 14 OF 16 PRECINCTS COUNTED 87.50%)\r\n           Kurt Vialet (DEM).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     7,727   12.26\r\n           Novelle E. Francis, Jr. (DEM).  .  .  .     6,848   10.86\r\n           Sammuel Sanes (DEM) .  .  .  .  .  .  .     5,393    8.55\r\n           Kenneth Kenny Gittens (DEM)  .  .  .  .     5,040    7.99\r\n           Neville James (DEM) .  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,708    7.47\r\n           T. \"Positive\" Nelson (ICM).  .  .  .  .     4,536    7.20\r\n           Nereida RiveraO'Reilly (IND) .  .  .  .     4,459    7.07\r\n           Malcolm McGregor (DEM) .  .  .  .  .  .     3,630    5.76\r\n           Naomi \"Sandra\" Joseph (ICM)  .  .  .  .     3,161    5.01\r\n           Jamila Russell (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,031    4.81\r\n           Arthur A. Joseph (ICM) .  .  .  .  .  .     3,018    4.79\r\n           Diane Capehart (DEM).  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,897    4.60\r\n           WRITE-IN (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,859    4.53\r\n           Ignacio Llanos III (ICM)  .  .  .  .  .     1,597    2.53\r\n           Miguel Quinones, Jr. (IND).  .  .  .  .     1,508    2.39\r\n           Robert B. Moorhead (REP)  .  .  .  .  .       982    1.56\r\n           Linus Louis Lacane (IND)  .  .  .  .  .       720    1.14\r\n           Arthur Brown, Jr. (IND).  .  .  .  .  .       443     .70\r\n           Dwight Nicholson (IND) .  .  .  .  .  .       310     .49\r\n           Kevin Romain (IND)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       176     .28\r\n\r\n          BOARD OF ELECTIONS - ST. THOMAS DISTRICT\r\n          ST. THOMAS \/ ST. JOHN\r\n          (VOTE FOR)  2\r\n              (WITH 19 OF 21 PRECINCTS COUNTED 90.48%)\r\n           Diane J. Magras (IND)  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,200   21.40\r\n           Carla J. Joseph (DEM)  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,079   20.22\r\n           Maurice A. Donovan Jr (DEM)  .  .  .  .     1,977   19.23\r\n           Harriet A. Mercer (IND).  .  .  .  .  .     1,931   18.78\r\n           George Blackhall (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .     1,247   12.13\r\n           Ada Hodge (ICM)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       808    7.86\r\n           WRITE-IN (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        40     .39\r\n\r\n          BOARD OF ELECTIONS - ST. CROIX DISTRICT ST. CROIX\r\n          (VOTE FOR)  3\r\n              (WITH 14 OF 16 PRECINCTS COUNTED 87.50%)\r\n           Adelbert M. Bryan (IND).  .  .  .  .  .     4,437   23.80\r\n           Rupert W. Ross, Jr. (DEM) .  .  .  .  .     4,116   22.08\r\n           Barbara JacksoMcIntosh (DEM) .  .  .  .     4,046   21.70\r\n           Raymond J. Williams (DEM) .  .  .  .  .     3,913   20.99\r\n           Epiphane \"Joe\" Joseph (ICM)  .  .  .  .     1,863    9.99\r\n           WRITE-IN (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       266    1.43\r\n\r\n          BOARD OF ELECTIONS - ST. JOHN DISTRICT\r\n          ST. THOMAS \/ ST. JOHN\r\n          (VOTE FOR)  1\r\n              (WITH 19 OF 21 PRECINCTS COUNTED 90.48%)\r\n           Ivy K. Moses (DEM)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,793   97.05\r\n           WRITE-IN (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        85    2.95\r\n\r\n          Referendum on Medicinal Marijuana\r\n          (VOTE FOR)  1\r\n              (WITH 33 OF 37 PRECINCTS COUNTED 89.19%)\r\n           YES (IND)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     8,926   56.04\r\n           NO (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     7,003   43.96\r\n\r\n          Referendum on Senators Term\r\n          (VOTE FOR)  1\r\n              (WITH 33 OF 37 PRECINCTS COUNTED 89.19%)\r\n           NO (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    12,936   83.30\r\n           YES (IND)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,593   16.70\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Photo Credit: Facebook<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 4 General Election clearly shows that there will be a runoff between the Christensen-Ottley and Mapp-Potter teams. &#8212; Donna M. 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