The United States Virgin Islands,officially the Virgin Islands of the United States,are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.
The Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands is a political party in the U.S. Virgin Islands,and is affiliated with the Democratic Party at the nationwide level. It won the gubernatorial election of 2022 when the incumbent Democratic governor Albert Bryan was elected with 56 percent of the vote. In the last lesiglative election in November 2022,the party won 11 out of 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. Out of 30,000 active registered voters in the U.S. Virgin Islands,approximately 20,000 voters are registered Democrats.
The University of the Virgin Islands is a public historically black land-grant university in the United States Virgin Islands.
The Legislature of the Virgin Islands is the territorial legislature of the United States Virgin Islands. The legislative branch of the unincorporated U.S. territory is unicameral,with a single house consisting of 15 senators,elected to two-year terms without term limits. The legislature meets in Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas.
John Percy de Jongh Jr. is an American businessman and politician who served as the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 2007 to 2015. He has been active in Virgin Islands politics and the business community since returning to St. Thomas after graduating from college in 1981. De Jongh has been involved in community development,commercial banking,served on the boards of business and philanthropic organizations,appointed to government positions and elected to public office.
The 2010 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010,and won by incumbent Democratic Governor John de Jongh. De Jongh was elected to his first term in 2006 with 56% of the vote over Kenneth Mapp.
Kenneth Ezra Mapp is an American politician who served as the eighth elected Governor of the United States Virgin Islands,from 2015 to 2019. He is registered Republican,but ran as an independent.
Henry A. Millin was a United States Virgin Islander banker and politician. Millin served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1978 until 1983.
Derek M. Hodge was an American Virgin Islander politician and lawyer who served as the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands for two terms from 1987 to 1995 under Governor Alexander Farrelly. The Virgin Islands Daily News called him a "towering figure in local politics," referring to his political career,which spanned several decades.
The 2018 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to select the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. The election was held concurrently with the 2018 United States midterm elections. On Election Day,November 6,Bryan earned 38.08% of the vote,with Mapp coming in second with 33.45%. Since no candidate received a majority of the general election vote,as required by the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands,a runoff was held 14 days later between Albert Bryan Jr. and Incumbent Governor Kenneth Mapp,the top two vote-getters. On November 20,2018,Democrat Albert Bryan Jr. won the runoff with 54.5% of the vote.
U.S. Virgin Islands Governor's Mansion may refer to any one of the three official residences owned by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands and provided to the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. One residence is located on each of the three largest inhabited islands of this U.S. territory in the Caribbean. The U.S. Virgin Islands maintains more official gubernatorial residences than any other state or territory of the United States.
Edith Bornn was an American attorney from Saint Thomas,U.S. Virgin Islands,who became the first woman with a private law practice on the island. Known as an environmentalist,children's advocate and organizer of the island's chapter of the League of Women Voters (LWV),Bornn worked to improve legislation throughout the Caribbean for social and economic development. She served as president of the local chapter of the LWV and was president of the national U.S. organization from 1980 to 1982,as well as serving on numerous commissions for the government of the Virgin Islands.
Albert Bryan Jr. is an American politician serving since 2019 as the ninth governor of the United States Virgin Islands.
Lorraine Berry was a 12-term senator and 2-term Senate President of the United States Virgin Islands Legislature of the Virgin Islands.
Angela Golden Bryan is a Caribbean-American writer,actress and cultural contributor. Bryan is mainly known for writing historical fiction books based on the labor revolt of 1878 on the island of St. Croix,which was back then a part of the Danish West Indies,but is now a part of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The 2022 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. The election was held concurrently with the 2022 United States midterm elections.
Osbert Richard Frederick is an Antiguan and Barbudan politician. He was appointed senator by Prime Minister Gaston Browne. After his appointment,he was elected the Deputy senate president in the Upper House of Parliament in Antigua and Barbuda.
Janelle K. Sarauw is a Virgin Islander politician and former educator who served as senator in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands from the St. Thomas-St. John District,from 2017 to 2023. Sarauw ran for Lieutenant Governor in the 2022 election.
The 35th Virgin Islands Legislature is the current meeting of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. It has convened in Charlotte Amalie on January 9,2023,during the first two years of Governor Albert Bryan’s second term.
Donna Frett-Gregory simply known as DFG or Donna is a United States Virgin Islands politician and senator serving in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands from the St. Thomas-St. John District,since 2019. She has served as President of the 34th Virgin Islands Legislature.
