2022 United States Virgin Islands legislative election

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2022 United States Virgin Islands legislative election
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  2020 November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08) 2024  

All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Novelle Francis Dwayne DeGraff
Party Democratic Independent
Leader sinceMay 15, 2019January 14, 2019
Leader's seat St. Croix St. Thomas
Last election10 seats5 seats
Seats before105
Seats after114
Seat change1 Increase2.svg1 Decrease2.svg

President before election

Donna Frett-Gregory
Democratic

Elected President

Novelle Francis
Democratic

The 2022 United States Virgin Islands legislative election took place on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect members of the 35th Virgin Islands Legislature. It concurred with the election of Governor and the U.S. House Delegate. [1]

Contents

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary election were held on August 6, 2022. For the St. Croix District and the St. Thomas / St. John District, the top seven candidates who receive the highest votes would proceed to the general election while the At-Large District would elect one candidate. [2] [3]

Results

Results territory-wide:
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Bolques
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80% 2022 USVI Senate At-large district primary results svg.png
Results territory-wide:
  Bolques
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
At-Large District [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent) 3,777 77.22
Democratic Steven D. Payne Sr.1,06721.82
Write-in 470.96
Total votes4,891 100.00%
St. Croix District [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kenneth Gittens (incumbent) 1,771 14.23
Democratic Novelle Francis (incumbent) 1,732 13.92
Democratic Marise C. James (incumbent) 1,693 13.60
Democratic Diane T. Capehart 1,477 11.87
Democratic Nemmy Williams Jackson 1,296 10.41
Democratic Javan James Sr. (incumbent) 1,241 9.97
Democratic Genevieve Whittaker (incumbent) 1,229 9.88
Democratic Hubert Fredrick1,2209.80
Democratic Troy C. Williams7516.04
Write-in 340.27
Total votes12,444 100.00%
St. Thomas / St. John District [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Donna Frett-Gregory (incumbent) 2,211 17.03
Democratic Milton Potter (incumbent) 2,141 16.49
Democratic Carla Joseph (incumbent) 1,656 12.76
Democratic Marvin Blyden (incumbent) 1,631 12.56
Democratic Joel S. Browne Connors 1,105 8.51
Democratic Lawerence Boschulte 1,095 8.43
Democratic Ray Fonseca 1,095 8.43
Democratic Shenelle Fina Francis9957.66
Democratic Ke’Shawn K.J. Louis5994.61
Democratic Teofilo Ciprian3712.86
Write-in 830.64
Total votes12,982 100.00%

General election

The Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands gained one vacant seat from Independent Senator Janelle Sarauw who ran for lieutenant governor. [4]

Polling

Poll sourceDistrictDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Angel
Bolques (D)
Sherry
Ann-Francis (I)
Undecided
VI Tech Stack At-LargeSeptember 7-13, 2022650± 3.82%42%21%36%

Results

At Large District [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent) 8,776 50.49%
Independent Sherry Ann Francis8,53249.0%
Write-in 720.41
Total votes
Democratic hold
St. Croix District [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kenneth Gittens (incumbent) 5,529 10.16
Democratic Novelle Francis (incumbent) 5,262 9.67
Independent Franklin D. Johnson (incumbent) 4,796 8.81
Independent Samuel Carrion (incumbent) 4,599 8.45
Democratic Marise C. James (incumbent) 4,472 8.22
Democratic Javan James Sr. (incumbent) 4,278 7.86
Democratic Diane T. Capehart 3,686 6.77
Democratic Nemmy Williams-Jackson3,5106.45
Democratic Genevieve Whittaker (incumbent)3,4026.25
Democratic Michael Springer2,6474.53
Independent Devin Carrington2,3844.38
Independent Patricia James2,2744.18
Independent Norman Jn Baptiste1,8693.43
Independent Leonardo Carrion Sr.1,3942.56
Independent Citizens Movement Tyrone Molyneaux1,0691.96
Independent Shalima Edwards1,0321.90
Independent Julian Viera8361.54
Independent Moonark Waterfield7571.39
Independent Marilyn Hodge6701.23
Write-in 1350.25
Total votes
St. Thomas - St. John District [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Donna Frett-Gregory (incumbent) 6,306 12.28
Democratic Milton Potter (incumbent) 6,004 12.36
Democratic Marvin Blyden (incumbent) 5,497 11.32
Independent Dwayne DeGraff (incumbent) 5,388 11.09
Democratic Carla Joseph (incumbent) 5,179 10.66
Independent Alma Francis-Heyliger (incumbent) 4,897 10.08
Democratic Ray Fonseca 4,083 8.41
Democratic Joel S. Browne Connors3,5737.36
Independent Dawn Henry3,1116.41
Democratic Lawerence Boschulte2,7915.25
Independent Citizens Movement Margaret Price1,4723.03
Write-in 3660.55
Total votes

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  2. "Incumbents Retain Senate Seats, Six Newcomers Added in Primary". 2022-07-08.
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  4. "Vialet announces bid for governor with Sarauw as running mate". May 6, 2022.