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]
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.
Early voting for the general election took place from October 14 through October 28, 2024. A total number of 6,832 have cast their ballot during early voting, representing 22% of registered voters.[3]
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 second term in office.[4]
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. [5]
In the general election, Former four-term senator Kurt Vialet retained his seat while Newcomers Clifford Joseph and Hubert Fredrick placed second and fourth among the seven winners. Incumbent Senators Diane Capehart Samuel Carrion lost their seats.[6]
In the general election, all incumbent senators was re-elected to another term. Former St. Thomas Administrator Avery Lewis won a seat in the Senate.[7]
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.
On Election Day, Plaskett garnered just 9,988 votes while her opponents Ida Smith and Ronald Pickard received 2,218 to 1,311 votes. Due to the dissatisfaction with the choice of candidates, their inability to address the issues and Plaskett connection to Jeffrey Epstein[9] may have resulted in low turnout.
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.
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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%
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