Ron de Lugo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetRon de Lugo
American politician
Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1930
Place of Birth: Englewood, New Jersey, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Ron de Lugo
- Ron de Lugo (born August 2, 1930) is an American politician was the first Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives.
- Ron de Lugo's parents were Puerto Ricans.
- Mr.
- De Lugo's grandfather owned a hardware store and gun dealership in Charlotte Amalie, St.
- Thomas.
- Ron's parents were living in New Jersey at the time Ron was born and also lived in the Virgin Islands as civil servants.
- He was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and attended the Colegio San José, Puerto Rico.
- He served in the United States Army as a program director and announcer for the Armed Forces Radio Service.
- He worked at WSTA radio, St.
- Thomas, and also at the WIVI radio, St.
- Croix.
- He was a Virgin Islands territorial Senator, a Democratic National Committeeman, the administrator for St.
- Croix, the representative of the Virgin Islands to Washington, D.C., and a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968. De Lugo was elected as a Democratic Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, serving from January 3, 1973 to January 3, 1979. De Lugo chose not to seek re-election to the U.S.
- House in 1978 in order to pursue a bid for Governor of the United States Virgin Islands.
- De Lugo challenged incumbent Democratic Governor Juan Francisco Luis in the 1978 gubernatorial election.
- He chose Eric E.
- Dawson, a Senator in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, as his running mate for lieutenant governor.
- Governor Juan Luis defeated de Lugo in the gubernatorial general election on November 7, 1978.
- Gov.
- Luis and Lt.
- Henry Millin won 10,978 votes, or 59.2% of the total vote.
- De Lugo and Dawson placed second, garnering 7,568 votes, or 40.8%.
- Luis won all three of the U.S.
- Virgin Islands' main islands in the election.He was elected to the House again, serving from January 3, 1981 to January 3, 1995.
- He is a resident of Saint Croix. The Ron de Lugo Federal Building and U.S.
- Courthouse on St.
- Thomas is named after him.
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