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Donna M. Christensen currently serves as the Congressional Delegate from the Virgin Islands and is also a superdelegate in the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

Donna Marie Christian-Christensen, formerly Donna Christian-Green, is the non-voting Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the U. S. House of Representatives. She was first elected in 1996. In September of 2008, she defeated challenger Victor Frazer in the Democratic primary election.^[1](map)

Contents 1 Record and controversies 1.1 Iraq War 1.2 House delegate voting rights 2 Bio 2.1 2008 superdelegate 2.2 Congressional career 2.2.1 2006 elections 3 Money in politics 4 Committees and Affiliations 4.1 Committees 4.1.1 Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008) 4.1.2 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006) 5 More Background Data 6 Contact 7 Articles and resources 7.1 Local blogs and discussion sites 7.2 See also 7.3 References 7.4 External resources 7.5 External articles

Record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

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Iraq War

House delegate voting rights

On January 24, 2007, after Democrats took control of the House following the 2006 congressional elections, a rule change was again passed providing delegates and the resident commissioner with limited voting rights. The change allowed delegates and the resident commissioner (4 of 5 of whom were Democrats) to vote on the House floor in the "Committee of the Whole," whereby bills are debated and amendments are added. The rule, however, stipulated that if a delegate's vote was decisive, the committee would disband and a new vote would be taken without the non-voting members.^[1]

Del. Christensen said that she would have preferred to receive full voting rights, but that the rule change was "important because it's a step forward."^[1]

Main article: Voting rights in the District of Columbia

Bio

2008 superdelegate

This information was gathered by volunteer researchers as part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project on the superdelegates for the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. For more info see the Virgin Islands superdelegate tracker or visit the STP homepage.

Christensen was born in Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey on September 19, 1945. She attended St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana and George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.. She was a physician, then served as medical director for the St. Croix Hospital, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. She was the commissioner of health for the Virgin Islands and a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions for the 1984, 1988 and 1992 elections. She worked as a television journalist, and then was elected as a Democrat to the House, serving from January 3, 1997, to the present.

Congressional career

2006 elections

In 2006, independent Warren Mosler announced his intention to challenge Christensen in her November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [1]

Money in politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
Donor	Amount (US Dollars)
DaVita Inc	$ 18,900
American Academy of Family Physicians	$ 8,500
Pfizer Inc	$ 7,584
Tcba	$ 6,100
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$ 6,000
Investment Security Services	$ 6,000
Insurance Unlimited	$ 5,100
Eli Lilly & Co	$ 5,000
MGM Mirage	$ 5,000
National Leadership PAC	$ 5,000
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn	$ 5,000
Service Employees International Union	$ 5,000
Stanford Financial Group	$ 5,000
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site. Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Links to more campaign contribution information for Donna Christensen from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by industry:	2008 election cycle	Career totals

• Revolving door profile for Donna Christensen from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Donna Christensen from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Donna Christensen from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and Affiliations

• Director, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ^[1]

Committees

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
  • Subcommittee on Health
  • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
• House Committee on Natural Resources
  • Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
  • Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

• House Committee on Homeland Security
  • Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response
  • Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology
• House Committee on Natural Resources
  • Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
  • Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Chair

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

• House Committee on Homeland Security
  • Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness Science and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Investigations
  • Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack
• House Committee on Resources
  • Subcommittee on National Parks Recreation and Public Lands - Ranking Minority Member
  • Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight

More Background Data

• Background information on Donna Christensen from Project Vote Smart

• Interest group scorecard ratings for Donna Christensen from Project Vote Smart

• Information on Donna Christensen from Congress Merge

Wikipedia also has an article on Donna Christensen. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

Contact

DC office
1510 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC Ph: 202-225-1790 Fax: 202-225-5517 Webform email
District offices
Post Office Box 5980, Space 25, Sunny Isle Shopping Center, St. Croix, VI 00823 Ph: 340-778-5900 Fax: (none entered) Second Floor, Suite 207, Nisky Business Center, St. Thomas, VI 00802 Ph: 340-774-4408 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Official website This member of Congress does not use Twitter. This member of Congress does not have a YouTube channel.
Campaign office
No campaign website entered. No campaign webform email entered. No campaign office information entered.

Articles and resources

• Official website

• Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

Local blogs and discussion sites

See also

• Portal:Superdelegate Transparency Project
  • Superdelegates in the 2008 presidential primaries
• U.S. presidential election, 2008
  • U.S. presidential election, 2008/Congressional endorsements
• Portal:2008 U.S. Congressional Elections

References

External resources

• DemConWatch - A very comprehensive list of superdelegates and known commitments. Please use this as a starting point and double check by doing a news search to make sure the data is accurate. If you have a tip, let them know.
• WashingtonPost.com - Web site with full listing of superdelegates broken out by state and then type.

External articles

Semantic data

From the Sunlight Foundation API
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District Offices:
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Latitude: 17°44′55.68″N
Longitude: 64°42′14.04″W Latitude: 18°20′36.96″N
Longitude: 64°55′55.92″W