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The 2022 United States Virgin Islands general election took place on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, all fifteen seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, and the governor of the United States Virgin Islands.
The 2022 Democratic gubernatorial primary was held on August 6, 2022. [1] Incumbents Governor Albert Bryan and Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach were challenged by Kent Bernier Sr. and his running mate, Oakland Benta. [2] [3]
Organizations
Individuals
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Albert Bryan (D) | Kent Bernier (D) | None |
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I AM LLC [6] | June 5, 2022 | 752 | ±3.53 | 61% | 23% | 15% |
June 30, 2022 | 59% | 24% | 15% |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Albert Bryan (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 4,269 | 65.04 | |
Kent Bernier Sr. | Democratic Party | 2,255 | 34.35 | |
Write in | 40 | 0.61 | ||
Total | 6,564 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Albert Bryan (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 1,656 | 53.33 | |
Kent Bernier Sr. | Democratic Party | 1,432 | 46.12 | |
Write in | 17 | 0.55 | ||
Total | 3,105 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Albert Bryan (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 2,613 | 75.54 | |
Kent Bernier Sr. | Democratic Party | 823 | 23.79 | |
Write in | 23 | 0.66 | ||
Total | 3,459 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 3,777 | 77.22 | |
Steven D. Payne Sr. | Democratic Party | 1,067 | 21.82 | |
Write in | 47 | 0.96 | ||
Total | 4,891 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Donna Frett-Gregory (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 2,211 | 17.03 | |
Milton Potter (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 2,141 | 16.49 | |
Carla Joseph (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 1,656 | 12.76 | |
Marvin Blyden (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 1,631 | 12.56 | |
Joel S. Browne Connors | Democratic Party | 1,105 | 8.51 | |
Lawerence Boschulte | Democratic Party | 1,095 | 8.43 | |
Ray Foncesa | Democratic Party | 1,095 | 8.43 | |
Shenelle Fina Francis | Democratic Party | 995 | 7.66 | |
Ke’Shawn K.J. Louis | Democratic Party | 599 | 4.61 | |
Teofilo Ciprian | Democratic Party | 371 | 2.86 | |
Write in | 83 | 0.64 | ||
Total | 12,982 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Kenneth Gittens (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 1,771 | 14.23 | |
Novelle Francis (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 1,732 | 13.92 | |
Marise C. James (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 1,693 | 13.60 | |
Diane T. Capehart | Democratic Party | 1,477 | 11.87 | |
Nemmy Williams Jackson | Democratic Party | 1,296 | 10.41 | |
Javan James Sr. (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 1,241 | 9.97 | |
Genevieve Whittaker (incumbent) | Democratic Party | 1,229 | 9.88 | |
Hubert Frederick | Democratic Party | 1,220 | 9.80 | |
Troy C. Williams | Democratic Party | 751 | 6.04 | |
Write in | 34 | 0.27 | ||
Total | 12,444 | 100.00 |
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Registered | 39,910 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 21,656 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Democratic governor Albert Bryan was elected to a second four-year term in office, receiving 56% of the vote. He ran against Independent candidate and territorial senator Kurt Vialet, independent activist Ronald Pickard, and former ICM senator Stephen Frett.
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Respondents | Sample size | Margin of error | Kurt Vialet (I) | Albert Bryan (D) | Stephen Frett (ICM) | Ronald Pickard (I) | Undecided None |
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I AM LLC [6] | May 10, 2022 | Territory-wide | 400 | – | 29% | 33% | – | 9% | 16% |
I AM LLC [6] | May 10, 2022 | St. Croix District | 400 | – | 44% | 20% | |||
I AM LLC [6] | May 10, 2022 | St. Thomas-St. John District | 400 | – | 14% | 46% | |||
VI Tech Stack [13] | September 7–13, 2022 | Territory-wide | ± 3.82% | 650 | 25% | 48% | 1% | 1% | 23% |
VI Tech Stack [13] | September 7–13, 2022 | St. Thomas-St. John District | 400 | ± 4.86% | 18% | 58% | 0% | 1% | 21% |
VI Tech Stack [13] | September 7–13, 2022 | St. Croix District | 250 | ± 6.17% | 34% | 37% | 0% | 1% | 25% |
I AM LLC [6] | October 31, 2022 | Territory-wide | 423 | ± 4.74% | 44% | 40% | 4% | 0% | 10% |
I AM LLC [6] | October 31, 2022 | St. Croix | 224 | ± 6.53% | 46% | 42% | 6% | 1% | 3% |
I AM LLC [6] | October 31, 2022 | St. Thomas | 199 | ± 6.92% | 38% | 38% | 3% | 0% | 19% |
I AM LLC [6] | October 31, 2022 | St. John | 199 | ± 6.92% | 66% | 22% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
Poll source | School district | Date(s) administered | Vialet / Sarauw | Bryan / Roach | Pickard / Turnbull | Frett / Miller |
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IEKHS [14] | St. Thomas-St. John | October 21, 2022 | 167 | 155 | 87 | 46 |
CAHS | St. Thomas-St. John | October 21–25, 2022 | 185 | 173 | 79 | 29 |
St. Croix Educational Complex | St. Croix | October 21, 2022 | 283 | 120 | 16 | 42 |
St. Croix Central High School | St. Croix | October 28, 2022 | 279 | 226 | 23 | 38 |
Lew Muckle Elementary School | St. Croix | 53 | 26 | 6 | 0 |
Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Albert Bryan Jr. | Tregenza Roach | Democratic Party | 12,157 | 56.14 | |
Kurt Vialet | Janelle K. Sarauw | Independent | 8,244 | 38.07 | |
Stephen "Smokey" Frett | Gregory R. Miller Jr. | Independent Citizens Movement | 740 | 3.42 | |
Ronald Pickard | Elroy Turnbull | Independent | 243 | 1.12 | |
Write in | 272 | 1.26 | |||
Total | 21,656 | 100.00 | |||
Total votes | 22,557 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 39,910 | 56.52 | |||
Source: [15] |
District | Bryan | Vialet | Frett | Pickard | Write-in | Total |
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St. Croix | 4,502 (43.35%) | 5,378 (51.79%) | 213 (2.05%) | 126 (1.21%) | 166 (1.6%) | 10,385 |
St. Thomas-St. John | 7,042 (68.48%) | 2,548 (24.78%) | 492 (4.78%) | 112 (1.09%) | 90 (0.88%) | 10,284 |
The Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands gained one vacant seat from Independent Senator Janelle Sarauw who ran for lieutenant governor. [16]
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Poll source | District | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Angel Bolques (D) | Sherry Ann-Francis (I) | Undecided |
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VI Tech Stack [17] | At-Large | September 7–13, 2022 | 650 | ± 3.82% | 42% | 21% | 36% |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Angel Bolques Jr. | Democratic Party | 8,776 | 50.49 | |
Sherry-Ann Francis | Independent | 8,532 | 49.09 | |
Write in | 72 | 0.41 | ||
Total | 17,380 | 100.00 | ||
Total votes | 22,557 | – | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 39,910 | 56.52 | ||
Source: [15] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Donna Frett-Gregory | Democratic Party | 6,306 | 12.98 | |
Milton E. Potter | Democratic Party | 6,004 | 12.36 | |
Marvin Blyden | Democratic Party | 5,497 | 11.32 | |
Dwayne M. DeGraff | Independent | 5,388 | 11.09 | |
Carla Joseph | Democratic Party | 5,179 | 10.66 | |
Alma Francis-Heyliger | Independent | 4,897 | 10.08 | |
Ray Fonseca | Democratic Party | 4,083 | 8.41 | |
Joel S. Browne Connors | Democratic Party | 3,576 | 7.36 | |
Dawn Lisa Henry | Independent | 3,111 | 6.41 | |
Lawrence Boschulte | Democratic Party | 2,791 | 5.75 | |
Margaret Price | Independent Citizens Movement | 1,472 | 3.03 | |
Write in | 266 | 0.55 | ||
Total | 48,570 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [15] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Kenneth Gittens | Democratic Party | 5,529 | 10.16 | |
Novelle Francis | Democratic Party | 5,262 | 9.67 | |
Franklin D. Johnson | Independent | 4,796 | 8.81 | |
Samuel Carrion | Independent | 4,599 | 8.45 | |
Marise C. James | Democratic Party | 4,472 | 8.22 | |
Javan James Sr. | Democratic Party | 4,278 | 7.86 | |
Diane T. Capehart | Democratic Party | 3,686 | 6.77 | |
Nemmy Williams-Jackson | Democratic Party | 3,510 | 6.45 | |
Genevieve Whitaker | Democratic Party | 3,402 | 6.25 | |
Michael J. Springer | Independent | 2,467 | 4.53 | |
Devin Carrington | Independent | 2,384 | 4.38 | |
Patricia M. James | Independent | 2,274 | 4.18 | |
Norman Baptiste | Independent | 1,869 | 3.43 | |
Leonardo Carrion Sr. | Independent | 1,394 | 2.56 | |
Tyrone Molyneaux | Independent Citizens Movement | 1,069 | 1.96 | |
Shalima A. Edwards | Independent | 1,032 | 1.90 | |
Julian S. Viera | Independent | 836 | 1.54 | |
James P. G. "Moonark" Wakefield | Independent | 757 | 1.39 | |
Marilyn T. Hodge | Independent | 670 | 1.23 | |
Write in | 135 | 0.25 | ||
Total | 54,421 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [15] |
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The 2022 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands' at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the larger 2022 United States House of Representatives elections and the general election in the United States Virgin Islands.
The U.S. Virgin Island's non-voting delegate is elected for a two-year term in office. Incumbent delegate Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat who was first elected in 2014, and most recently re-elected with 88.1% of the vote in 2020, won re-election to a fifth term.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Total | 16,563 | 100.00 | ||
Total votes | 22,557 | – | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 39,910 | 56.52 | ||
Source: [15] |
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