Republican Party of the Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands

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The Republican Party is a political party in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was founded in 1948 by a committee led by Roy Gordon as a successor to the Republican Club of the Virgin Islands founded in 1924 by Adolph Achille Gereau. At the elections, 7 November 2006, the party won no seats. Territorial Governor Kenneth Mapp is a Republican but was elected as an independent. He previously served as lieutenant governor and as a member of the territorial Legislature.

The Virgin Islands sends nine delegates to the Republican National Convention, six of which are at-large delegates.

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Political parties in the United States Virgin Islands

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