Kenneth Mapp
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Kenneth E. Mapp is a United States Virgin Islanders
politician
. A former Virgin Islands Senator, Mapp served as the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
from 1995 until 1999. Most recently, Mapp was an independent candidate for Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the 2010 gubernatorial election
, but was defeated by incumbent Governor John de Jongh
.
Mapp has attended New York City Community College and received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of the Virgin Islands
. He received a master's degree
in public administration
from the John F. Kennedy School of Government
at Harvard University
after leaving office as Lt. Governor in 1999. Mapp also completed other fellowships at Harvard University and Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh.
in both New York City
and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He joined the New York City Police Department
soon after graduating from high school in 1973, based in the 83rd Precinct Police in Brooklyn. He later became a police officer in the Virgin Islands and was elected president of the Virgin Islands Police Benevolent Association.
Mapp was elected as a Senator in the Virgin Islands Legislature in two separate elections. Mapp was elected to the 15th Legislature of the Virgin Islands in 1982, his first elected office. He would later be elected as a Senator in the 20th Legislature as well.
Additionally, Mapp held other poistions within the Virgin Islands government. He served as the assistant director of the Industrial Development Commission, which later became the Economic Development Commission. Mapp also became the director of the Consumer Services Administration, which is now called the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs.
In 1994, gubernatorial candidate Roy L. Schneider
chose Mapp as his running mate
for Lieutenant Governor in the election. Schneider and Mapp jointly campaigned as independent candidates. Schneider and Mapp were elected Governor and Lt. Governor in a special gubernatorial runoff election held on November 22, 1994. They defeated the Democratic gubernatorial ticket, which consisted of then Lt. Gov. Derek M. Hodge and his running mate, Alfred O. Heath.
Governor Roy Schneider and Lt. Governor Kenneth Mapp were inaugurated to a four-year term on January 2, 1995. However, Schneider and Mapp had a publicly strained relationship while in office and the two often did not speak to one another during their four-year tenure. Still, Schneider and Mapp sought re-election in 1999 on the same ticket. Schneider was defeated in the election by Democratic candidate Charles Turnbull and his running mate, Gerard Luz James
, who were sworn in on January 4, 1999.
After leaving office as Lt. Governor, Mapp earned a master's degree in public administration
from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
. Though he ran for Lt. Governor as an independent, Mapp had changed his party affiliation to a Republican
by 2001. Mapp initially announced his intention to run for governor in 2002. His campaign proved unsuccessful and Governor Turnbull was re-elected to a second term.
In 2002, Governor Charles Turnbull appointed Mapp as the Virgin Island's Public Finance Authority's Director of finance
and administration
.
In 2006, Mapp announced his candidacy for Governor as an independent candidate with former Senator at Large Almando Liburd as his running mate. His two main opponents were businessman John De Jongh
and Senator Adlah Donastorg. In the general election, de Jongh won 15,914 votes which equalled 49.33% of the total vote, Mapp won 9,100 of the total votes (equalling 26.78 percent) and Donatorg earned 7,871 votes, or 23.16 percent of the votes cast. De Jongh and Mapp, the two top candidates in terms of votes, were forced into a second runoff election on November 21, 2006, since no candidate earned more than 50% of the total votes cast.
In the 2006 gubernatorial runoff, De Jongh was elected Governor with 16,644 votes (57.30%), while Mapp came in second, garnering 12,402 votes (42.70%).
on August 20, 2010, at his headquarters on Saint Thomas. Mapp, who is running as an Independent rather than a Republican, picked Malik Sekou
, a professor
and department chair at the University of the Virgin Islands
, as his running mate for Lt. Governor.
Mapp's main campaign platform included reducing crime and improving education in the Virgin Islands. Mapp promised to constructed a new technical school, promote economic growth while protecting the environment and pursue cleaner forms of energy if elected.
The general election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Governor John de Jongh
defeated Mapp in the election to win a second term in office. De Jongh earned 17,535 votes, or 56.27% of the vote, while Mapp came in second with 13,580 votes, or 43.58% of the vote. Mapp initially refused to concede citing possible voting irregularities and advise from his campaign advisor.
United States Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands of the United States are a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.The U.S...
politician
Politician
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. A former Virgin Islands Senator, Mapp served as the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
The following is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the United States Virgin Islands.*David Earle Maas - Republican...
from 1995 until 1999. Most recently, Mapp was an independent candidate for Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the 2010 gubernatorial election
United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election, 2010
The United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010, and won by incumbent Democratic Governor John de Jongh...
, but was defeated by incumbent Governor John de Jongh
John de Jongh
John Percy de Jongh, Jr. is the current Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.-Life and career:de Jongh was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child he attended Sts. Peter and Paul School on St. Thomas. After his parents' divorce, he lived with his mother in Detroit, Michigan while his mother did...
.
Early life and education
Mapp was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Alfred Mapp and Vashti Hewitt Mapp. He was one of five siblings. Mapp moved to Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1961, where he was raised by his maternal grandmother, Almina Hewitt, in Estate Rattan. He graduated from St. Croix Central High School in 1973.Mapp has attended New York City Community College and received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of the Virgin Islands
University of the Virgin Islands
The University of the Virgin Islands is a public university located in the United States Virgin Islands.-Academics:The university has five academic divisions: Business, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Nursing, and Science and Mathematics. UVI offers several graduate degree programs and...
. He received a master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
in public administration
Public administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
from the John F. Kennedy School of Government
John F. Kennedy School of Government
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...
at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
after leaving office as Lt. Governor in 1999. Mapp also completed other fellowships at Harvard University and Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
in Pittsburgh.
Career
Mapp has worked as a police officerPolice officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
in both New York City
New York City
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and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He joined the New York City Police Department
New York City Police Department
The New York City Police Department , established in 1845, is currently the largest municipal police force in the United States, with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City...
soon after graduating from high school in 1973, based in the 83rd Precinct Police in Brooklyn. He later became a police officer in the Virgin Islands and was elected president of the Virgin Islands Police Benevolent Association.
Mapp was elected as a Senator in the Virgin Islands Legislature in two separate elections. Mapp was elected to the 15th Legislature of the Virgin Islands in 1982, his first elected office. He would later be elected as a Senator in the 20th Legislature as well.
Additionally, Mapp held other poistions within the Virgin Islands government. He served as the assistant director of the Industrial Development Commission, which later became the Economic Development Commission. Mapp also became the director of the Consumer Services Administration, which is now called the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs.
In 1994, gubernatorial candidate Roy L. Schneider
Roy L. Schneider
Roy Lester Schneider is a physician in the United States Virgin Islands who served as governor of that territory from January 5, 1995 to January 4, 1999. He was the fifth elected governor of that territory and the 25th overall.-Biography:...
chose Mapp as his running mate
Running mate
A running mate is a person running together with another person on a joint ticket during an election. The term is most often used in reference to the person in the subordinate position but can also properly be used when referring to both candidates, such as "Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen were...
for Lieutenant Governor in the election. Schneider and Mapp jointly campaigned as independent candidates. Schneider and Mapp were elected Governor and Lt. Governor in a special gubernatorial runoff election held on November 22, 1994. They defeated the Democratic gubernatorial ticket, which consisted of then Lt. Gov. Derek M. Hodge and his running mate, Alfred O. Heath.
Governor Roy Schneider and Lt. Governor Kenneth Mapp were inaugurated to a four-year term on January 2, 1995. However, Schneider and Mapp had a publicly strained relationship while in office and the two often did not speak to one another during their four-year tenure. Still, Schneider and Mapp sought re-election in 1999 on the same ticket. Schneider was defeated in the election by Democratic candidate Charles Turnbull and his running mate, Gerard Luz James
Gerard Luz James
Gerard Luz James II is a United States Virgin Islander politician, funeral director, and businessman. James served as the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1999 until 2003 and is the current president of the Virgin Islands' fifth Constitutional Convention.-Early...
, who were sworn in on January 4, 1999.
After leaving office as Lt. Governor, Mapp earned a master's degree in public administration
Public administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
John F. Kennedy School of Government
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...
. Though he ran for Lt. Governor as an independent, Mapp had changed his party affiliation to a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
by 2001. Mapp initially announced his intention to run for governor in 2002. His campaign proved unsuccessful and Governor Turnbull was re-elected to a second term.
In 2002, Governor Charles Turnbull appointed Mapp as the Virgin Island's Public Finance Authority's Director of finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
and administration
Public administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
.
In 2006, Mapp announced his candidacy for Governor as an independent candidate with former Senator at Large Almando Liburd as his running mate. His two main opponents were businessman John De Jongh
John de Jongh
John Percy de Jongh, Jr. is the current Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.-Life and career:de Jongh was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child he attended Sts. Peter and Paul School on St. Thomas. After his parents' divorce, he lived with his mother in Detroit, Michigan while his mother did...
and Senator Adlah Donastorg. In the general election, de Jongh won 15,914 votes which equalled 49.33% of the total vote, Mapp won 9,100 of the total votes (equalling 26.78 percent) and Donatorg earned 7,871 votes, or 23.16 percent of the votes cast. De Jongh and Mapp, the two top candidates in terms of votes, were forced into a second runoff election on November 21, 2006, since no candidate earned more than 50% of the total votes cast.
In the 2006 gubernatorial runoff, De Jongh was elected Governor with 16,644 votes (57.30%), while Mapp came in second, garnering 12,402 votes (42.70%).
2010 gubernatorial election
Mapp formally announced his candidacy for Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the 2010 gubernatorial electionUnited States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election, 2010
The United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010, and won by incumbent Democratic Governor John de Jongh...
on August 20, 2010, at his headquarters on Saint Thomas. Mapp, who is running as an Independent rather than a Republican, picked Malik Sekou
Malik Sekou
Malik Sekou, Ph.D., is a United States Virgin Islander academic, author and political scientist. He is a professor and chairman of the Department of history, social science and political science at the University of the Virgin Islands...
, a professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
and department chair at the University of the Virgin Islands
University of the Virgin Islands
The University of the Virgin Islands is a public university located in the United States Virgin Islands.-Academics:The university has five academic divisions: Business, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Nursing, and Science and Mathematics. UVI offers several graduate degree programs and...
, as his running mate for Lt. Governor.
Mapp's main campaign platform included reducing crime and improving education in the Virgin Islands. Mapp promised to constructed a new technical school, promote economic growth while protecting the environment and pursue cleaner forms of energy if elected.
The general election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Governor John de Jongh
John de Jongh
John Percy de Jongh, Jr. is the current Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.-Life and career:de Jongh was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child he attended Sts. Peter and Paul School on St. Thomas. After his parents' divorce, he lived with his mother in Detroit, Michigan while his mother did...
defeated Mapp in the election to win a second term in office. De Jongh earned 17,535 votes, or 56.27% of the vote, while Mapp came in second with 13,580 votes, or 43.58% of the vote. Mapp initially refused to concede citing possible voting irregularities and advise from his campaign advisor.