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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.

Primary election

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St. Croix district

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  • In the Democratic primary on St. Croix, former four-term Senator Kurt Vialet topped first place while former VI Fire Service Director Clifford Joseph came in second place. All incumbent Democratic Senators who ran for re-election proceeded to the General Election. [3]
Democratic primary 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 L. Frederick 867 9.08
Democratic Diane T. Capehart (incumbent) 862 9.03
Democratic Marise 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%

Legislature of the Virgin Islands

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2024 United States Virgin Islands legislative election
← 2022 November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05) 2026 →
All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Turnout51.18%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader TBD Dwayne DeGraff
Party Democratic Independent
Leader's seat St. Thomas/St. John district St. Thomas/St. John district
Seats before 11 4
Seats after 12 3
Seat change 1 Increase 1 Decrease
Senate President before election

Novelle Francis
Democratic

Elected Senate President

TBD
Democratic

Two incumbents did not seek reelection.

  1. St. Thomas-St. John District: Donna Frett-Gregory is retiring.[4]
  2. St. Croix District: Javan James Sr. is retiring.[5]

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 third term in office.[6]

Senator At Large
CandidatePartyVotes%
Angel Bolques Jr.Democratic Party7,54363.25
Lorelei Marsh MonsantoIndependent4,23035.47
Write-In1531.28
Total11,926100.00
Total votes15,952–
Registered voters/turnout31,17151.18
Source: [7]

All incumbents who ran for reelection were reelected. Former St. Thomas Administrator Avery Lewis won a seat in the Senate.[8]

St. Thomas/St. John
CandidatePartyVotes%
Milton E. Potter (incumbent)Democratic Party4,14312.08
Alma Francis-Heyliger (incumbent)Independent4,03211.76
Dwayne M. DeGraff (incumbent)Independent3,76410.98
Marvin A. Blyden (incumbent)Democratic Party3,56410.40
Carla J. Joseph (incumbent)Democratic Party3,48310.16
Avery A. LewisDemocratic Party3,47010.12
Ray Fonseca (incumbent)Democratic Party2,3726.92
Shenelle Fina FrancisDemocratic Party2,1556.29
Eugene D. FarrellIndependent1,7985.24
Michael A. SmithDemocratic Party1,2433.63
Derrick A. CallwoodRepublican Party1,2383.61
Margaret PriceIndependent Citizens Movement9432.75
Krishna Kilaru MDIndependent8942.61
Collister FahieRepublican Party7232.11
Write-In4621.35
Total34,284100.00
Source: [7]

In the general election, Former senator Kurt Vialet regained his seat while newcomers Clifford Joseph and Hubert Frederick were among the top vote-getters. Incumbent Senators Diane Capehart and Samuel Carrion lost re-election.[9]

St. Croix
CandidatePartyVotes%
Kurt VialetDemocratic Party5,03511.62
Clifford A. JosephDemocratic Party3,9179.04
Novelle Francis (incumbent)Democratic Party3,5418.18
Kenneth Gittens (incumbent)Democratic Party3,4928.06
Franklin D. Johnson (incumbent)Independent3,4047.86
Hubert L. FrederickDemocratic Party3,2977.61
Marise James (incumbent)Democratic Party3,2077.40
Diane T. Capehart (incumbent)Democratic Party2,9676.85
Samuel Carrion (incumbent)Independent2,8666.62
Oakland BentaIndependent2,2515.20
Jelani L. RitterIndependent1,8954.38
Lisa J. CharlesIndependent1,5893.67
Julian S. VeiraIndependent1,0602.45
Tammy M. SmithIndependent9712.24
Norman JnBaptisteIndependent7771.79
Diane ProsperIndependent6031.39
Troy C. WilliamsIndependent4861.12
Moonark WakefieldIndependent4230.98
Krystal HardyRepublican Party2920.67
Eric M. Gautreau IIIndependent1900.44
Write-In1,0492.42
Total43,312100.00
Source: [7]

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives

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2024 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands' at-large district
← 2022 November 5, 2024 2026 →
Turnout49.21%
 
Candidate Stacey Plaskett Ida Smith Ronald Pickard
Party Democratic Independent Republican
Popular vote 10,397 2,323 1,348
Percentage 73.39% 16.4% 9.52%
Delegate at-large before election

Stacey Plaskett
Democratic

Elected Delegate at-large

Stacey Plaskett
Democratic

The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands was held on November 5, 2024,[10] 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 coincided 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, ran for a sixth term. Plaskett's challenger, Ronald Pickard, is the first Republican to run for this seat since 2014. She won 73% of the vote defeating her opponents.[11]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Stacey
Plaskett (D) 		Ronald
Pickard (R) 		None of the above Undecided
Pasquines October 21 – November 1, 2024 (A) 71.6% 6.7% 11.7% 10%

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Stacey PlaskettDemocratic Party10,39773.39
Ida SmithIndependent2,32316.40
Ronald PickardRepublican Party1,3489.52
Write-In990.70
Total14,167100.00
Total votes15,952–
Registered voters/turnout31,17151.18
Source: [7]

Board of Education

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St. Thomas/St. John district

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Democratic primary results
Party 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 Votes %
Democratic Kyza Callwood, PhD (incumbent) 3,576 44.9%
Democratic Nandi Sekou, Esq. (incumbent) 3,155 39.62
Republican Sophia del Rosario 1,157 14.53
N/A Write-Ins 76 0.95
Total votes

St. Croix District

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General Election Results
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Mary “Peggy” Moorhead 3,013 38.88
Democratic Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (incumbent) 2,790 36%
Democratic Terrell Alexandre 1,891 24.4
N/A Write-Ins 55 0.71
Total votes

Board of Elections

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St. Croix District

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Democratic primary election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cornelius JnBaptiste 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 Votes %
Republican Lilliana Belardo De O’Neal 2,809
Democratic Cornelius JnBaptiste 2,057
Republican Michael Joseph 1,991
Republican Cleopatra Peter 1,717
Republican Franz A. Christian 1,624
Independent Epiphane “Joe” Joseph 1,261
Total votes

St. Thomas-St. John District

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Democratic primary election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lawrence Boschulte 241
Democratic Chaneel M. Callwood 207
Democratic Angeli Leerdam (Incumbent) 200
Democratic Ida Mae F. Brown 74
Write-Ins 7
Total votes 731 100.0%
General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lawrence Boschulte 3,041
Democratic Chaneel M. Callwood 2,807
Republican Barbara LaRonde 2,010
Write-Ins 117
Total votes 7,975 100.0%

Constitutional Convention

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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.

At Large
CandidateVotes%
Alecia M. Wells4,97764.59
Hadiya Sewer2,51232.60
Write-in2162.80
Total7,705100.00
Total votes15,952–
Registered voters/turnout31,17151.18
Source: [7]
St. Thomas/St. John
CandidateVotes%
Stedmann Hodge Jr.3,56234.04
Arturo Watlington Jr.2,87427.47
Rudel A. Hodge Jr.1,84417.62
David Silverman1,50414.37
Lydia Hendricks (write-in)910.87
Imani Daniel (write-in)800.76
Akima Richardson (write-in)310.30
Other write-ins4784.57
Total10,464100.00
Source: [7]
St. Croix
CandidateVotes%
Usie Raymond Richards3,10212.25
Devin F. Carrington2,5269.97
Liliana Belardo-Oneal2,4269.58
John J. Abramson Jr.2,4219.56
Rupert W. Ross Jr.2,2738.97
Ronald Russell2,1548.50
John M. Canegata1,8137.16
Michael J Springer Jr.1,6336.45
Dianna P. Osborne1,5165.99
Patricia Welcome1,4745.82
Raymond T. James1,3815.45
Maria R. Nieves1,3075.16
Johann A. Clendenin5842.31
Sheila A. Scullion5652.23
Write-in1540.61
Total25,329100.00
Source: [7]

Exit Poll

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Questionnaire [12]
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%

Notes

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  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

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  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. ^ https://viconsortium.com/vi-politics/virgin-islands-frett-gregory-announces-she-won-t-run-for-re-election-in-36th-legislature
  5. ^ https://viconsortium.com/vi-politics/virgin-islands-senator-james-won-t-seek-reelection--opts-for-academic-pursuit
  6. ^ "STT: All six incumbents reelected; Bolques triumphs". The Virgin Islands Daily News. 6 November 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "2024 General Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
  8. ^ "Milton Potter Leads Senate Race in St. Thomas-St. John; Avery Lewis Joins as New Senator". The Virgin Islands Consortium. 5 November 2024.
  9. ^ "STX voters back Vialet, 2 new faces for Legislature". The Virgin Islands Daily News. 6 November 2024.
  10. ^ "United States House of Representatives election in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  11. ^ "Plaskett handily wins re-election as territory's delegate to Congress". The Virgin Islands Daily News. November 6, 2024.
  12. ^ "USVI General Election Polls". Retrieved 2024-08-05.
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