2024 United States Virgin Islands general election

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The 2024 United States Virgin Islands general election will take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, to elect the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, all 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, members of the Virgin Islands Board of Elections, Board of Education, and the 15 delegates to the Sixth Constitutional Convention. [1]

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Primary elections will be held on August 3, 2024. [2] In May 2024, the Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands challenged the Supervisor of Elections Caroline Fawkes after she concluded that her office may be restricted from funding and conducting party primaries following a January 2024 ruling by District Court of the Virgin Islands.

Legislature of the Virgin Islands

2024 United States Virgin Islands legislative election
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  2022 November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)2026 

All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
Party Democratic Independent Independent Citizens Movement
Last election11 seats4 seats

Senate President before election

Novelle Francis
Democratic

Elected Senate President

TBD

Candidates

At-large district
St. Croix district
St. Thomas-St. John district

Declined to seek reelection

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives

2024 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands' at-large district
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  2022 November 5, 20242026 
  Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (VI).jpg Ronpickard.jpg
Candidate Stacey Plaskett Ronald PickardIda Smith
Party Democratic Republican Independent

Delegate at-large before election

Stacey Plaskett
Democratic

Elected Delegate at-large

TBD

The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands is an upcoming election on November 5, 2024, [4] to elect a non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands' at-large congressional district. The election coincides with the larger 2024 United States House of Representatives elections and the legislative 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 98.7% of the vote in 2022, to a sixth term.

Candidates

Board of Elections

Candidates

St. Croix district
St. Thomas-St. John district

Board of Education

Candidates

St. Croix district
St. Thomas-St. John district

Constitutional Convention

A 2020 referendum was approved by voters calling for the Legislature to enact legislation to convene a constitutional convention. A bill on the calling of the sixth constitutional convention was approved on 29 December 2022. Currently, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands are the only United States territories without a constitution.

CandidatesDistrictCandidatesDistrict
Michael “Mikey” Springer Jr.St. CroixHadiya SewerSt. Thomas-St. John
Maria R. NievesSt. CroixDavid SilvermanSt. Thomas-St. John
Johann A. ClendeninSt. CroixRudel A. Hodge Jr.St. Thomas-St. John
Usie Raymond RichardsSt. CroixHugo A. RollerSt. Thomas-St. John
John J. Abramson Jr.St. CroixAlecia WellsSt. Thomas-St. John
Lilliana Belardo De O’NealSt. CroixStedmann Hodge Jr.St. Thomas-St. John
Rupert W. Ross Jr.St. CroixArturo Watlington Jr.St. Thomas-St. John
Ronald RussellSt. Croix
John CanegataSt. Croix
Bernadette Patricia WelcomeSt. Croix
Diana P. OsborneSt. Croix
Devin CarringtonSt. Croix
Sheila A. ScullionSt. Croix
Raymond JamesSt. Croix

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References

  1. "2024 Election Schedule Unveiled by V.I. Election System". The Virgin Islands Consortium. December 5, 2023.
  2. "2024 Primary Election". The Election System of the Virgin Islands.
  3. "V.I. GOP Announces Senate Candidate, Welcomes Texas Congressman for Trump". St. Thomas Source. January 28, 2024.
  4. "United States House of Representatives election in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-01.