2024 United States Virgin Islands general election

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The 2024 United States Virgin Islands general election took 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. [3]

Legislature of the Virgin Islands

2024 United States Virgin Islands legislative election
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All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Turnout51.18%
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Milton E. Potter Dwayne M. DeGraff
Party Democratic Independent
Leader's seatSt. Thomas/St. John districtSt. Thomas/St. John district
Seats before114
Seats after123
Seat change1 Increase2.svg1 Decrease2.svg
Senate President before election

Novelle Francis
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Milton E. Potter
Democratic

Two incumbents did not seek reelection.

  1. St. Thomas-St. John District: Donna Frett-Gregory is retiring. [4]
  2. St. Croix District: Javan James Sr. is retiring. [5]

Incumbent Democrat Angel Bolques Jr. sought re-election as Senator-At-Large. He faced independent candidate Lorelei Monsanto, the daughter of the late Wilma Marsh Monsanto in the general election. Bolques won 63% of the vote for a third term in office. [6]

Senator At Large
CandidatePartyVotes%
Angel Bolques Jr. Democratic Party 7,54363.25
Lorelei Marsh MonsantoIndependent4,23035.47
Write-In1531.28
Total11,926100.00
Total votes15,952–
Registered voters/turnout31,17151.18
Source: [7]

All incumbents in St. Thomas/St. John were reelected. Former St. Thomas Administrator Avery Lewis won a seat in the Senate. [8]

St. Thomas/St. John
CandidatePartyVotes%
Milton E. Potter (incumbent) Democratic Party 4,14312.08
Alma Francis-Heyliger (incumbent)Independent4,03211.76
Dwayne M. DeGraff (incumbent)Independent3,76410.98
Marvin A. Blyden (incumbent) Democratic Party 3,56410.40
Carla J. Joseph (incumbent) Democratic Party 3,48310.16
Avery Lewis Democratic Party 3,47010.12
Ray Fonseca (incumbent) Democratic Party 2,3726.92
Shenelle Fina Francis Democratic Party 2,1556.29
Eugene D. FarrellIndependent1,7985.24
Michael A. Smith Democratic Party 1,2433.63
Derrick A. Callwood Republican Party 1,2383.61
Margaret Price Independent Citizens Movement 9432.75
Krishna Kilaru MDIndependent8942.61
Collister Fahie Republican Party 7232.11
Write-In4621.35
Total34,284100.00
Source: [7]

In the Democratic primary on St. Croix, former four-term Senator Kurt Vialet topped first place while former VI Fire Service Director Clifford Joseph came in second place. All incumbent Democratic Senators who ran for re-election proceeded to the general election. [9]

St. Croix
CandidatePartyVotes%
Kurt Vialet Democratic Party 1,30213.55
Clifford Joseph Democratic Party 1,06411.07
Novelle Francis (incumbent) Democratic Party 97710.17
Kenneth Gittens (incumbent) Democratic Party 97610.16
Hubert L. Frederick Democratic Party 8679.02
Diane T. Capehart (incumbent) Democratic Party 8628.97
Marise James (incumbent) Democratic Party 7968.28
Nereida “Nellie” O’Reilly Democratic Party 7167.45
Attorney Russell Pate Democratic Party 6737.00
Genevieve Whitaker Democratic Party 5645.87
Michael “Mikey” Springer Jr. Democratic Party 5515.73
Justin Curtis Smith Democratic Party 1972.05
Write-In660.69
Total9,611100.00
Source: [7]

In the general election, Former senator Kurt Vialet regained his seat while newcomers Clifford Joseph and Hubert Frederick were among the top vote-getters. Incumbent Senators Diane Capehart and Samuel Carrion lost re-election. [10]

St. Croix
CandidatePartyVotes%
Kurt Vialet Democratic Party 5,03511.62
Clifford A. Joseph Democratic Party 3,9179.04
Novelle Francis (incumbent) Democratic Party 3,5418.18
Kenneth Gittens (incumbent) Democratic Party 3,4928.06
Franklin D. Johnson (incumbent)Independent3,4047.86
Hubert L. Frederick Democratic Party 3,2977.61
Marise James (incumbent) Democratic Party 3,2077.40
Diane T. Capehart (incumbent) Democratic Party 2,9676.85
Samuel Carrion (incumbent)Independent2,8666.62
Oakland BentaIndependent2,2515.20
Jelani L. RitterIndependent1,8954.38
Lisa J. CharlesIndependent1,5893.67
Julian S. VeiraIndependent1,0602.45
Tammy M. SmithIndependent9712.24
Norman JnBaptisteIndependent7771.79
Diane ProsperIndependent6031.39
Troy C. WilliamsIndependent4861.12
Moonark WakefieldIndependent4230.98
Krystal Hardy Republican Party 2920.67
Eric M. Gautreau IIIndependent1900.44
Write-In1,0492.42
Total43,312100.00
Source: [7]

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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Turnout49.21%
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Candidate Stacey Plaskett Ida Smith Ronald Pickard
Party Democratic Independent Republican
Popular vote10,3972,3231,348
Percentage73.39% 16.4%9.52%
Delegate at-large before election

Stacey Plaskett
Democratic

Elected Delegate at-large

Stacey Plaskett
Democratic

The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands was held on November 5, 2024, [11] 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 coincided 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, ran for a sixth term. Plaskett's challenger, Ronald Pickard, is the first Republican to run for this seat since 2014. She won 73% of the vote defeating her opponents. [12]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Stacey
Plaskett (D)		Ronald
Pickard (R)		None of the aboveUndecided
Pasquines [13] October 21 – November 1, 2024(A)71.6%6.7%11.7%10%

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Stacey Plaskett Democratic Party 10,39773.39
Ida SmithIndependent2,32316.40
Ronald Pickard Republican Party 1,3489.52
Write-In990.70
Total14,167100.00
Total votes15,952–
Registered voters/turnout31,17151.18
Source: [7]

Board of Education

St. Thomas/St. John
CandidatePartyVotes%
Kyza Callwood, PhD Democratic Party 32043.66
Nandi Sekou, Esq. Democratic Party 30040.93
Bruce C. Flamon Democratic Party 10814.73
Write-In50.68
Total733100.00
Source: [7]
St. Thomas/St. John
CandidatePartyVotes%
Kyza Callwood, PhD Democratic Party 3,57644.90
Nandi Sekou, Esq. Democratic Party 3,15539.62
Sophia del Rosario Republican Party 1,15714.53
Write-In760.95
Total7,964100.00
Source: [7]
St. Croix
CandidatePartyVotes%
Mary “Peggy” MoorheadIndependent3,01338.88
Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (incumbent) Democratic Party 2,79036.00
Terrell Alexandre Democratic Party 1,89124.40
Write-In550.71
Total7,749100.00
Source: [7]

Board of Elections

St. Croix
CandidatePartyVotes%
Cornelius JnBaptiste Democratic Party 44838.45
Simone James Democratic Party 37231.93
Anthony Mardenborough Jr. Democratic Party 33328.58
Write-In121.03
Total1,165100.00
Source: [7]
St. Croix
CandidatePartyVotes%
Lilliana Belardo De O’Neal Republican Party 2,92324.29
Simone James Democratic Party 2,13317.73
Michael Joseph Republican Party 2,06317.14
Cleopatra Peter Republican Party 1,79314.90
Franz A. Christian Republican Party 1,69714.10
Epiphane “Joe” Joseph Republican Party 1,31910.96
Write-In1050.87
Total12,033100.00
Source: [7]
St. Thomas/St. John
CandidatePartyVotes%
Lawrence Boschulte Democratic Party 24233.11
Chaneel M. Callwood Democratic Party 20728.32
Angeli Leerdam (Incumbent) Democratic Party 20027.36
Ida Mae F. Brown (Incumbent) Democratic Party 7510.26
Write-In70.96
Total731100.00
Source: [7]
St. Thomas/St. John
CandidatePartyVotes%
Lawrence Boschulte Democratic Party 3,06638.07
Chaneel M. Callwood Democratic Party 2,83835.24
Barbara LaRonde Republican Party 2,02825.18
Write-In1211.50
Total8,053100.00
Source: [7]

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.

At Large
CandidateVotes%
Alecia M. Wells4,97764.59
Hadiya Sewer2,51232.60
Write-in2162.80
Total7,705100.00
Total votes15,952–
Registered voters/turnout31,17151.18
Source: [7]
St. Thomas/St. John
CandidateVotes%
Stedmann Hodge Jr.3,56234.04
Arturo Watlington Jr.2,87427.47
Rudel A. Hodge Jr.1,84417.62
David Silverman1,50414.37
Lydia Hendricks (write-in)910.87
Imani Daniel (write-in)800.76
Akima Richardson (write-in)310.30
Other write-ins4784.57
Total10,464100.00
Source: [7]
St. Croix
CandidateVotes%
Usie Raymond Richards3,10212.25
Devin F. Carrington2,5269.97
Liliana Belardo-Oneal2,4269.58
John J. Abramson Jr.2,4219.56
Rupert W. Ross Jr.2,2738.97
Ronald Russell2,1548.50
John M. Canegata1,8137.16
Michael J Springer Jr.1,6336.45
Dianna P. Osborne1,5165.99
Patricia Welcome1,4745.82
Raymond T. James1,3815.45
Maria R. Nieves1,3075.16
Johann A. Clendenin5842.31
Sheila A. Scullion5652.23
Write-in1540.61
Total25,329100.00
Source: [7]

Exit Poll

Questionnaire [14]
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%

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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. District Court Rules in Favor of Republican Party, Strikes Down Several Elections Laws as Unconstitutional". The Virgin Islands Consortium. January 11, 2024.
  4. ↑ https://viconsortium.com/vi-politics/virgin-islands-frett-gregory-announces-she-won-t-run-for-re-election-in-36th-legislature
  5. ↑ https://viconsortium.com/vi-politics/virgin-islands-senator-james-won-t-seek-reelection--opts-for-academic-pursuit
  6. ↑ "STT: All six incumbents reelected; Bolques triumphs". The Virgin Islands Daily News. November 6, 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "2024 General Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
  8. ↑ "Milton Potter Leads Senate Race in St. Thomas-St. John; Avery Lewis Joins as New Senator". The Virgin Islands Consortium. November 5, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Vialet, Joseph Highest Vote Getters in St. Croix Democratic Primary". August 3, 2024.
  10. ↑ "STX voters back Vialet, 2 new faces for Legislature". The Virgin Islands Daily News. November 6, 2024.
  11. ↑ "United States House of Representatives election in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Plaskett handily wins re-election as territory's delegate to Congress". The Virgin Islands Daily News. November 6, 2024.
  13. ↑ Pasquines
  14. ↑ "USVI General Election Polls" . Retrieved August 5, 2024.
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