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DeJongh wins USVI gubernatorial runoff election

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

by: Susan Mann
Caribbean Net News St Thomas - St John Correspondent
Email: susan@caribbeannetnews.com

ST JOHN, USVI: This time its official. Democrat John DeJongh Jr has been elected as the next Governor of the US Virgin Islands.

John deJongh, Jr.
Photo: Susan Mann
When all the votes from the regular, general election held earlier this month were counted, DeJongh missed the mark by just two votes. Those votes would have yielded the "50 percent plus one vote" as required by USVI law for a straight forward win.

Thus, a Runoff Election between John DeJongh and Independent Party candidate Kenneth Mapp was held on Tuesday, November 21. Governor-Elect DeJongh received 57.30 percent or 16,644 votes, with Mapp receiving 47.70 percent or 42.70 percent of the votes cast.

Neither DeJongh or Mapp had issued a statement at the time of this writing.

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