2012 United States Virgin Islands legislative election

2012 United States Virgin Islands legislative election

November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Majority party   Leader Shawn-Michael Malone Party Democratic Leader since January 14, 2013 Leader's seat St. Thomas Last election 10 seats Seats won 12 Popular vote uncontested
Senate President before election Ronald E. Russell Democratic Elected Senate President Shawn-Michael Malone Democratic

The 2012 United States Virgin Islands legislative election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect members of the 30th Virgin Islands Legislature.

Democratic primary

Legislature of the Virgin Islands, At-large

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Craig Barshinger (incumbent)	2,356	39.25
	Democratic	Ronnie E. Jones	1,665	27.74
	Democratic	Andrew Rutnik	1,636	27.26
	Democratic	Iris Kern	321	5.35
	N/A	Write-Ins	24	0.4

General Election

Legislature of the Virgin Islands, At-Large

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Craig Barshinger (incumbent)	12,795	65.37
	Independent	Wilma Marsh-Monsanto	6,724	34.36
	N/A	Write-Ins	53	0.27

Legislature of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Judi Fricks-Buckley	5,124	15.11
	Independent	Nereida Rivera-O’Reilly (incumbent)	4,800
	Democratic	Diane Capehart	4,471
	Independent Citizens Movement	Positive Nelson (incumbent)	4,359
	Democratic	Kenneth Gittens	3,809
	Democratic	Arthur A. Joseph	2,731
	Democratic	Pedro Cruz	2,068
	Independent	Samuel J. Baptiste	1,849
	Independent	Gwendolyn D.Hall Brady	1,594
	Independent	Michael Springer Jr.	1,149
	Independent	Luis Ayala Jr.	986
	Independent	Carmen B. Cintron	965
	Independent	Wayne “Bully” Petersen	754
	Independent	Norman A. George	687
	Independent	George T. Cyril Sr.	528

Legislature of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas-St. John district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clifford Graham	7,727
	Democratic	Myron D. Jackson	5,331
	Democratic	Shawn Michael-Malone	5,249
	Democratic	Janette Millin Young	4,924
	Democratic	Clarence Payne	4,350
	Independent	Tregenza Roach	4,213
	Democratic	Donald “Ducks” Cole	3,667
	Democratic	Lawerence “Recon” Olive	3,603
	Democratic	Justin Harrigan Sr.	3,602
	Independent	Lisa M. Williams	3,060
	Independent	Horace T. Brooks	2,821
	Independent	Marvin Blyden	2,393
	Independent	Paul Alexander	2,357
	Independent	Sean A. Georges	2,338
	Democratic	Kent Bernier Sr.	2,146
	Independent	Alma Francis-Heyliger	2,143
	Independent	Janelle K. Sarauw	1,904
	Independent Citizens Movement	Stephen “Smokey” Frett	1,836
	Independent	Janelle K. Sarauw	1,904
	Independent	Cecelia Milliner-Enamuel	1,344
	Independent Citizens Movement	Joseph “Wojo” Gumbs	1,148
	Independent	Kyza Callwood	1,045
	Independent	Shirley M. Sadler	985
	Independent	Elvin Fahie Sr.	899
	Independent	Neville “Champy” Amey	795
	Independent	Allan M. Friedman	696
	Independent	Carol Berry	689
	Independent	Omodoso Amin Muhammad	466
	Independent	Joseph M. Lindquist	382
	Republican	Jodi Hodge	331
	Independent	Andreas Tietje	294
	Independent	Cleone Marrishow	254
	Republican	Orial Tommy Webb	233
	Independent Citizens Movement	Walter Brown	213
	Independent Citizens Movement	Charlesworth R. Halstead	139
	N/A	Write-Ins	59