The United States Virgin Islands,officially the Virgin Islands of the United States,are a group of Caribbean islands and a 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 islands have a tropical climate.
Ronald de Lugo was an American politician. He was the first Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives.
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 2024,the party won 12 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 was registered Republican,but ran as an independent.
Derek Michael 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.
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 a United States Virgin Islander politician,serving as the ninth governor of the United States Virgin Islands since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as Commissioner for Department of Labor from 2007 to 2015.
Angela Golden Bryan is a Caribbean-American writer,actress and cultural contributor. Bryan is known for her historical fiction works that explore the history and heritage of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Her writings primarily focus 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.
Kurt Anthony Vialet is an American politician and former educator who is a member of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands from St. Croix. He previously served from 2015 to 2023. Vialet ran as an independent candidate for governor in the 2022 election but lost to incumbent Governor Albert Bryan. Vialet won the 2024 senate election as the top vote getter on St. Croix.
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 was a meeting of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. It convened in Charlotte Amalie on January 9,2023 until December 19,2024,during the first two years of Governor Albert Bryan’s second term.
The 2022 United States Virgin Islands general election took place on Tuesday,November 8,2022,to elect the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives,all fifteen seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands,and the governor of the United States Virgin Islands.
Mario M. Brooks is the Commissioner of the United States Virgin Islands Police Department. He was nominated by Governor Albert Bryan to assume the position following the resignation of former Commissioner Ray Martinez in June 2024.
Marise Cecile James is a United States Virgin Islands politician,attorney and Senator representing Saint Croix in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands,since 2023.
