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]
Primary Election
- Registered: 20,350
- Turnout: 2,595 (12.75%)
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 - St. Croix District results | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | 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’Reilly | 684 | 7.44 |
| | Democratic | Attorney Russell Pate | 655 | 7.12 |
| | Democratic | Genevieve Whitaker | 536 | 5.83 |
| | Democratic | Michael “Mikey” Springer Jr. | 525 | 5.71 |
| | Democratic | Justin Curtis Smith | 190 | 2.07 |
| | N/A | Write-Ins | 61 | 0.66 |
| Total votes | 9,195 | 100.0% |
Board of Education - St. Thomas/St. John District results | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kyza Callwood, PhD (incumbent) | 311 | 43.62 |
| | Democratic | Nandi Sekou, Esq. (incumbent) | 290 | 40.67 |
| | Democratic | Bruce C. Flamon | 107 | 15.01 |
| | N/A | Write-Ins | 5 | 0.70 |
| Total votes | 713 | 100.0% |
Board of Elections - St. Croix District results | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Cornelius JnBapiste | 434 | 38.75 |
| | Democratic | Simone James | 361 | 32.23 |
| | Democratic | Anthony Mardenborough Jr. | 313 | 27.95 |
| | N/A | Write-Ins | 12 | 1.07 |
| Total votes | 1,210 | 100.0% |
Board of Elections - St. Thomas/St. John District results | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Lawrence Boschulte | 233 | 33.05 |
| | Democratic | Angeli Leerdam (incumbent) | 197 | 27.94 |
| | Democratic | Chaneel M. Callwood | 196 | 27.80 |
| | Democratic | Ida Mae F. Brown | 72 | 10.21 |
| | Democratic | Write-Ins | 7 | 0.99 |
| Total votes | 705 | 100.0% |
Legislature of the Virgin Islands
2024 United States Virgin Islands legislative election
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| ← 2022 | November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05) | 2026 → |
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All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands |
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| | Majority party | Minority party | Third party | | | | | | | Party | Democratic | Independent | Republican | | Last election | 11 seats | 4 seats | |
| | | Fourth party | | | | | | | Party | Independent Citizens Movement | | |
Senate President before election
Novelle Francis
Democratic | Elected Senate President
TBD
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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.
At-large District results | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent) | | |
| | Independent | Lorelei Monsanto | | |
| | N/A | Write-Ins | | |
| Total votes | | |
- St. Thomas-St. John district
- Michael Smith (D)
- Incumbent Senator Carla Joseph (D)
- Incumbent Senator Ray Fonseca (D)
- Incumbent Senator Milton E. Potter (D)
- Avery Lewis (D), St. Thomas administrator and former principal of Joseph Gomez Elementary School
- Incumbent Senator Marvin Blyden (D)
- Shanelle Fina Francis (D)
- Derrick Callwood (R), St. Thomas businessman and former V.I. police officer[3]
- Collister Fahie (R), Disaster Recovery Manager for UVI and native of St. Kitts.
- Incumbent Senator Dwayne M. DeGraff (I)
- Incumbent Senator Alma Francis-Heyliger (I)
- Eugene DJ Farrell (I)
- Dr. Krishna Kilaru, MD (I)
- Margaret Price (ICM)
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, 2024 | 2026 → |
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Delegate at-large before election
Stacey Plaskett
Democratic | Elected Delegate at-large
TBD
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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.
Board of Education
St. Croix District results | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (incumbent) | | |
| | Democratic | Terrell Alexandre | | |
| | Independent | Mary “Peggy” Moorhead | | |
| | N/A | Write-Ins | | |
| Total votes | | |
St. Thomas/St. John District results | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kyza Callwood, PhD (incumbent) | | |
| | Democratic | Nandi Sekou, Esq. (incumbent) | | |
| | Republican | Sophia del Rosario | | |
| | N/A | Write-Ins | | |
| Total votes | | |
Board of Elections
St. Croix District results | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Cornelius JnBapiste | | |
| | 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 results | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Lawrence Boschulte | | |
| | Democratic | Angeli Leerdam (incumbent) | | |
| | Republican | Barbara LaRonde | | |
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.
| Candidates | District | Candidates | District |
| Michael “Mikey” Springer Jr. | St. Croix | Hadiya Sewer | St. Thomas-St. John |
| Maria R. Nieves | St. Croix | David Silverman | St. Thomas-St. John |
| Johann A. Clendenin | St. Croix | Rudel A. Hodge Jr. | St. Thomas-St. John |
| Usie Raymond Richards | St. Croix | Hugo A. Roller | St. Thomas-St. John |
| John J. Abramson Jr. | St. Croix | Alecia Wells | St. Thomas-St. John |
| Lilliana Belardo De O’Neal | St. Croix | Stedmann Hodge Jr. | St. Thomas-St. John |
| Rupert W. Ross Jr. | St. Croix | Arturo Watlington Jr. | St. Thomas-St. John |
| Ronald Russell | St. Croix |
| John Canegata | St. Croix |
| Bernadette Patricia Welcome | St. Croix |
| Diana P. Osborne | St. Croix |
| Devin Carrington | St. Croix |
| Sheila A. Scullion | St. Croix |
| Raymond James | St. Croix |
Exit Poll
| Questionnaire [5] |
| 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% |
References
- ^ "2024 Election Schedule Unveiled by V.I. Election System". The Virgin Islands Consortium. December 5, 2023.
- ^ "2024 Primary Election". The Election System of the Virgin Islands.
- ^ "V.I. GOP Announces Senate Candidate, Welcomes Texas Congressman for Trump". St. Thomas Source. January 28, 2024.
- ^ "United States House of Representatives election in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ "USVI General Election Polls". Retrieved 2024-08-05.
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