The Republican Party of the United States Virgin Islands is a

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in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and is affiliated with the

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at the national level. John Canegata was the party chairman until the 2020 Republican National Convention at which the

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removed him as chairman for violations of party rules. Lilliana Belardo de O'Neal, a former member territorial Legislature, and Jevon Williams serve on the Republican National Committee as national committeewoman and national committeeman respectively. The party has a small influence in the islands, failing to be competitive in gubernatorial elections for over three decades.

History

Founded in 1948 as a committee under the leadership of Roy Gordon, it was the successor to the Republican Club of the Virgin Islands founded by

Adolph Achille Gereau Adolph Achille Gereau, or Adolph Gereau, (December 20, 1893 – May 24, 1994) was a United States Virgin Islands civil servant who was the principal founder of the Republican Club and one of the committee of founders of the Republican Party of th ...

in 1924.

Melvin H. Evans Melvin Herbert Evans (August 7, 1917 – November 27, 1984) was a Crucian politician, who served as the appointive, and the first elected governor of the United States Virgin Islands, serving from 1969 to 1975. After serving as governor he was d ...

, who was the territory's first elected

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, was a Republican. He later served in

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. Former Governor

Kenneth Mapp Kenneth Ezra Mapp (born November 2, 1955) is an American politician who served as the eighth elected Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, from 2015 to 2019. He is registered Republican,

had been a Republican member of the Virgin Islands Legislature, but was elected to the territorial governorship as an independent. Previously the

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, he was the Republican nominee for Congress in 1996.

Republican National Convention

Under national Republican Party rules, the Virgin Islands sends nine delegates to the

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Republican Party of the United States Virgin Islands
Political parties in the United States Virgin Islands 1948 establishments in the United States Virgin Islands Political parties established in 1948 {{caribbean-party-stub

History

Republican National Convention

See also

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