2024 United States Virgin Islands general election

2024 United States Virgin Islands general election
All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Incumbent Senate President; Novelle Francis; Democratic	; ;

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 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

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.

At-large District results
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent)
	Independent	Lorelei Monsanto
	N/A	Write-Ins
Total votes

St. Croix District

In the Democratic primary on St. Croix, all 7 out of 12 candidates proceed to the general election. Former four-term Senator Kurt Vialet topped first place while Former VI Fire Service Director Clifford Joseph came in second place. ^[3]

St. Thomas-St. John District

No primary was held in the St. Thomas-St John District for the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. All candidates advanced to the General Election.

•Michael Smith Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands

•Incumbent Senator Carla Joseph Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands

•Incumbent Senator Ray Fonseca Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands

•Incumbent Senator Milton E. Potter Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands

•Avery Lewis, Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas administrator and former principal of Joseph Gomez Elementary School

•Incumbent Senator Marvin Blyden (D)

•Shanelle Fina Francis (D)

•Derrick Callwood, Republican Party of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas businessman and former V.I. police officer

•Collister Fahie, Republican Party of the Virgin Islands, Disaster Recovery Manager for UVI and native of St. Kitts.

•Incumbent Senator Dwayne M. DeGraff Independent

•Incumbent Senator Alma Francis-Heyliger, Independent

•Eugene DJ Farrell, Independent

•Dr. Krishna Kilaru, MD, Independent

•Margaret Price, Independent Citizens Movement

Primary election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kurt Vialet	1,302	13.64
	Democratic	Clifford Joseph	1,064	11.15
	Democratic	Novelle Francis (incumbent)	977	10.24
	Democratic	Kenneth Gittens (incumbent)	976	10.23
	Democratic	Hubert Frederick	867	9.08
	Democratic	Diane T. Capehart (incumbent)	862	9.03
	Democratic	Marise C. James (incumbent)	796	8.34
	Democratic	Nereida “Nellie” O’Reilly	716	7.05
	Democratic	Attorney Russell Pate	673	7.05
	Democratic	Genevieve Whitaker	564	5.91
	Democratic	Michael “Mikey” Springer Jr.	551	5.77
	Democratic	Justin Curtis Smith	197	2.06
	N/A	Write-Ins	66
Total votes			9,611	100.0%

General election results
Party		Candidate
	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

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives

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.

2024 Delegate to U.S. House of Representatives election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stacey Plaskett (incumbent)
	Republican	Ronald Pickard
	Independent	Ida Smith
	N/A	Write-Ins

Board of Education

St. Thomas-John District

Primary election results
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Kyza Callwood, PhD (incumbent)	320
Democratic	Nandi Sekou, Esq. (incumbent)	300
Democratic	Bruce C. Flamon	108
N/A	Write-Ins	5	0.70

General election results
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Kyza Callwood, PhD (incumbent)
	Democratic	Nandi Sekou, Esq. (incumbent)
	Republican	Sophia del Rosario
	N/A	Write-Ins
Total votes

St. Croix District

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

Board of Elections

St. Croix District

Primary election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cornelius JnBapiste	448
	Democratic	Simone James	372
	Democratic	Anthony Mardenborough Jr.	333
	N/A	Write-Ins	12
Total votes			1,165	100.0%

General election results
Party		Candidate
	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

Primary election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawrence Boschulte	242
	Democratic	Angeli Leerdam (incumbent)	207
	Democratic	Chaneel M. Callwood	200
	Democratic	Ida Mae F. Brown	75
	Democratic	Write-Ins	7
Total votes			731	100.0%

General election 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.
^ "Vialet, Joseph Highest Vote Getters in St. Croix Democratic Primary". August 3, 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.

[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] "Vialet, Joseph Highest Vote Getters in St. Croix Democratic Primary". August 3, 2024.

[4] "United States House of Representatives election in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[5] "USVI General Election Polls". Retrieved 2024-08-05.

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