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

United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands, at-large district, 2016

November 8, 2016



Candidate	Stacey Plaskett	Write In
Party	Democratic
Popular vote	13,958	347
Percentage	97.57	2.43

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

Candidates

Declared

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

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stacey Plaskett	3,897	85.48
	Democratic	Ronald E. Russell	640	14.04
	Democratic	Write-ins	22	0.48
Total votes			4,559	100

Republican primary

Candidates

Withdrew

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

General election

Election results, U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, November 8, 2016.^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stacey Plaskett	13,598	97.57
	Independent	Write In	347	2.43
Total votes			14,305	100
	Democratic hold

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