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 was 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 Republican
Last election11 seats4 seats

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent Citizens Movement

Senate President before election

Novelle Francis
Democratic

Elected Senate President

TBD

At-large district

Incumbent Democratic Senator Angel Bolques Jr. is seeking re-election for a second term as Senator-At-Large. He is facing Independent candidate Lorelei Monsanto, the daughter of the late Wilma Marsh Monsanto in the general election.

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent)
Independent Lorelei Monsanto
N/A Write-Ins
Total votes

St. Croix district

Primary election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kurt Vialet ✔️ 1,233 13.41
Democratic Clifford Joseph ✔️ 1,023 11.13
Democratic Novelle Francis (incumbent) ✔️ 939 10.21
Democratic Kenneth Gittens (incumbent) ✔️ 929 10.10
Democratic Hubert Frederick ✔️ 838 9.11
Democratic Diane T. Capehart (incumbent) ✔️ 820 8.92
Democratic Marise C. James (incumbent) ✔️ 762 8.29
Democratic Nereida “Nellie” O’Reilly6847.44
Democratic Attorney Russell Pate6557.12
Democratic Genevieve Whitaker5365.83
Democratic Michael “Mikey” Springer Jr.5255.71
Democratic Justin Curtis Smith1902.07
N/A Write-Ins610.66
Total votes9,195 100.0%
General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kurt Vialet
Democratic Clifford Joseph
Democratic Novelle Francis (incumbent)
Democratic Kenneth Gittens (incumbent)
Democratic Hubert Frederick
Democratic Diane T. Capehart (incumbent)
Democratic Marise C. James (incumbent)
Republican Krystal Hardy
Independent Franklin Johnson (incumbent)
Independent Norman Jn Baptiste
Independent Diane Prosper
Independent Troy C. Williams
Independent Julian S. Veira
Independent Jelani L. Ritter
Independent Samuel Carrion (incumbent)
Independent Eric M. Gautreau II
Independent James P.G. Wakefield
Independent Lisa J. Charles
Independent Oakland Benta
Independent Tammy M. Smith
N/A Write-Ins
Total votes


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 Pickard
Party Democratic Republican

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 Islands' 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, is seeking a sixth term. Plaskett's challenger, Ronald Pickard, is the first Republican to run for this seat since 2014.

Several issues such as veterans affairs, rum cover-over, USPS mail delivery, [5] Medicaid and the expansion of SSI to the territory will decide the fate of this election. [6]

2024 Delegate to U.S. House of Representatives election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stacey Plaskett (incumbent)
Republican Ronald Pickard
N/A Write-Ins

Withdrawn & disqualified candidates

Board of Education

St. Croix district

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (incumbent)
Democratic Terrell Alexandre
Independent Mary “Peggy” Moorhead
N/A Write-Ins
Total votes

St. Thomas-St. John district

Primary election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kyza Callwood, PhD ✔️ 311 43.62
Democratic Nandi Sekou, Esq. ✔️ 290 40.67
Democratic Bruce C. Flamon10715.01
N/A Write-Ins50.70
Total votes713 100.0%
General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kyza Callwood, PhD
Democratic Nandi Sekou, Esq.
Republican Sophia del Rosario
N/A Write-Ins
Total votes

Board of Elections

St. Croix district

Primary election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cornelius JnBapiste ✔️ 434 38.75
Democratic Simone James36132.23
Democratic Anthony Mardenborough Jr.31327.95
N/A Write-Ins121.07
Total votes1,210 100.0%
General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cornelius JnBapiste
Democratic Simone James
Republican Cleopatra Peter
Republican Lilliana Belardo De O’Neal
Republican Frank A. Christian Jr.
Republican Michael Joseph
Independent Epiphane “Joe” Joseph
Total votes

St. Thomas-St. John district

Primary election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lawrence Boschulte ✔️ 233 33.05
Democratic Angeli Leerdam ✔️ 197 27.94
Democratic Chaneel M. Callwood19627.80
Democratic Ida Mae F. Brown7210.21
Democratic Write-Ins70.99
Total votes705 100.0%
General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lawrence Boschulte
Democratic Angeli Leerdam
Republican Barbara LaRonde

Withdrawn & disqualified candidates

  • Henry G. Arthur Jr. (R)

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

Exit Poll

Questionnaire [7]
What are the top issues that are important to you in the 2024 USVI General Election?
Cost of Electricity/Reliability: 80.95%, Government Accountability/Transparency & Efficiency: 61.90%, Economy (Jobs, Environment for Doing Business, Need More New Industries): 57.14%, Cost of Living: 57.14%, Education: 57.14%, Quality of Healthcare: 57.14%, Infrastructure: 38.10%, Public Safety/Crime: 38.10%, Quality of Life: 38.10%

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