Two incumbents, at-large Sen. Almando "Rocky" Liburd and V.I. Delegate to Congress Donna Christian Christensen, crushed their competition in territorial balloting Tuesday night. Equally overwhelming was the number of yes votes cast to reduce the size of the V.I. Legislature, more than seven times that of those opposing the measure.
In the at-large Senate race, Liburd racked up 13,421 votes to just 7,188 for challenger Craig Barshinger. Christian Christensen tallied 18,292 votes to 3,488 for Victor Frazier and 1,521 for Jorge Estemac.
The referendum on reducing the size of the Senate passed by 14,949 to 2,120. Of those in favor of the reduction, 12,589 wanted to see the number of senators reduced to nine; 2,826 preferred 11 senators. Forty-eight voters did not indicate a preference.
