Holland Redfield

Holland Redfield
Basic facts
Organization:	Republican Party of the Virgin Islands
Role:	Former National Committeeman
Location:	St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Affiliation:	Republican Party

Holland Redfield (b. April 10, 1943, in Syracuse, NY) was the national committeeman of the Republican Party of the Virgin Islands. In 2016, Jevon Williams was elected to take his place and serve a four-year term as national committeeman.

Career

Redfield is the host of the Virgin Islands political radio talk show "Straight Talk." Redfield was previously the owner and operator of Redfield and Associates, a real-estate investment company. He was awarded the award of Realtor of the Year in 1978. He has been a licensed commercial pilot since 1966, and worked as an instrument and licensed flight instructor. He flew as "Pilot in Command with Antilles Airboats in the Virgin Islands" and served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He also worked as a vice president of marketing at general Engineering Corp. and a director of governmental affairs and personnel for the Virgin Islands Telephone Company (VITELCO).

Political activity

Redfield served as a Republican senator in the Virgin Islands Legislature for six terms, five of which were consecutive. He was first elected in 1984 after three prior unsuccessful attempts to attain office. After five terms, he left the legislature, and in 1994, he ran as lieutenant governor on the same ticket as then Territorial Court Judge Julio Brady, who was running for governor of the Virgin Islands. The campaign was unsuccessful, and Redfield went on to work as a technical advisor on economic affairs for Pena Gomez, a presidential candidate for the Dominican Republic. After Gomez lost the election, Redfield returned to the Virgin Islands Legislature to serve his sixth term as a senator.

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

As a committeeman, Holland Redfield was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention.

U.S. Virgin Islands caucus results

The U.S. Virgin Islands sent nine unpledged delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention, including three automatic delegates who represent the territory on the Republican National Committee: John Canegata, Lilliana O'Neal, and Holland Redfield.

At the Virgin Islands Republican caucuses on March 10, 2016, the following at-large delegates were elected to attend the Republican National Convention as unpledged delegates.

• John Yob
• Gwendolyn Brady
• Warren Cole
• Erica Yob
• George Logan
• Lindsey Eilon

Delegates disqualified

On March 22, 2016, the Virgin Islands Republican Party disqualified the six U.S. Virgin Islands delegates elected at the territorial caucus based on a violation of party rules. According to the Virgin Island GOP chair's statement, delegates must confirm that they accept election in writing within five days of being elected, which according to Virgin Island GOP chair John Canegata, the delegates failed to do.

As a result of these delegates being disqualified, six alternate delegates—who were also elected at the territorial caucuses—were made official delegates. Four of them pledged their support to specific candidates, while two did not. In May 2016, Canegata issued a press release stating that all Virgin Islands GOP delegates intended to support Donald Trump at the national convention.

• David Johnson (Uncommitted)
• Valerie Stiles (Rubio)
• Andrea Lee Moeekel (Uncommitted)
• Humberto O'Neal (Rubio)
• Steven K. Hardy (Trump)
• Robert Max Schanfarber (Cruz)

Reinstatement of original delegates

In early July 2016, however, the Republican National Committee's Committee on Contests reversed Canageta's decision and reinstated the original delegate slate. In a report on the conflict, the committee's chairman, Doyle Webb, wrote, "As became obvious in reading the parties’ venom-full submissions to this committee, this contest arises out of the months of contentious, unprofessional infighting that has been going on between some in the Virgin Islands party’s leadership, including its chairman, and certain contestants. Seemingly every week, news arises of more alleged misbehavior by both factions — including acts of assault, threats, defamation, fraud, subterfuge and misuse of party rules."

Lawsuit against Virgin Islands Republican Party Chair

John Yob, a Republican political strategist who moved to the Virgin Islands from Michigan, filed a lawsuit in April 2016 against U.S. Virgin Islands Republican Party Chairman Canegata, challenging his disqualification. Redfield has given his support to Yob and is aiding Yob in his attempt to regain his position as a delegate.

See also

• Republican National Committee
• Republican Party of the Virgin Islands

External links

• Republican Party
• Republican Party of the Virgin Islands
• Holland Redfield on Twitter