2024 United States Virgin Islands general election
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 will be 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
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Candidates
- Incumbent Senator Angel Bolques Jr. (Democratic Party) is running unopposed in the primary.
- Lorelei Monsanto (Independent), daughter of Wilma Marsh Monsanto and 2010 candidate for Senator At-Large
- St. Croix district
- Incumbent Senator Diane Capehart (Democratic Party)
- Incumbent Senator Marise C. James (Democratic Party), former Senior policy adviser to Governor Bryan.
- Incumbent Senator Novelle Francis (Democratic Party)
- Clifford Joseph (Democratic Party), former Director of V.I. Fire Services under Governor Mapp.
- Hubert Fredrick (Democratic Party)
- Genevieve Whittaker (Democratic Party), former V.I. senator (2021-2023)
- Michael Springer Jr. (Democratic Party)
- Attorney Russell Pate (Democratic Party)
- Kurt Vialet (Democratic Party), former V.I. senator and 2022 candidate for governor
- Incumbent Senator Kenneth Gittens (Democratic Party)
- Nereida Rivera-O’Reilly (Democratic Party), former V.I. senator (2011-2019)
- Justin Curtis Smith (Democratic Party)
- Krystal Hardy (Republican Party)
- Diane Prosper (Independent)
- Incumbent Senator Franklin D. Johnson (Independent)
- Troy C. Williams (Independent)
- Julian S. Veira (Independent)
- Jelani L. Ritter (Independent)
- Incumbent Senator Samuel Carrion (Independent)
- Norman Jn Baptiste (Independent)
- Eric M. Gautreau II (Independent)
- James P.G. Wakefield (Independent)
- Tammy M. Smith (Independent)
- Lisa J. Charles (Independent)
- Oakland Benta (Independent)
- Michael Smith (Democratic Party)
- Incumbent Senator Carla Joseph (Democratic Party)
- Incumbent Senator Ray Fonseca (Democratic Party)
- Incumbent Senator Milton E. Potter (Democratic Party)
- Avery Lewis (Democratic Party), St. Thomas administrator and former principal of Joseph Gomez Elementary School
- Incumbent Senator Marvin Blyden (Democratic Party)
- Shanelle Fina Francis (Democratic Party)
- Derrick Callwood (Republican Party), St. Thomas businessman and former V.I. police officer[3]
- Collister Fahie (Republican Party), 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)
Declined to seek reelection
- Incumbent Senator Javan James (Democratic Party)
- Incumbent Senator Donna Frett-Gregory (Democratic Party)
Delegate to the United States House of Representatives
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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 Island's 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, to a sixth term.
Candidates
- Incumbent Delegate Stacey Plaskett (Democratic Party)
- Ronald Pickard (Republican Party), a former V.I. police officer and 2022 candidate for governor.
- Ida Smith (Independent)
Board of Elections
Candidates
- Cornelius JnBapiste (Democratic Party)
- Anthony Mardenborough Jr. (Democratic Party)
- Simone James (Democratic Party)
- Barbara Jackson-McIntosh (Democratic Party)
- Cleopatra Peter (Republican Party)
- Lilliana Belardo De O’Neal (Republican Party)
- Franz A. Christian Jr. (Republican Party)
- Michael A. Joseph (Republican Party)
- Epiphane “Joe” Joseph (Independent)
- Angeli Leerdam (Democratic Party)
- Ida Mae F. Brown (Democratic Party)
- Chaneel M. Callwood (Democratic Party)
- Lawerence Boschulte (Democratic Party)
- Barbara LaRonde (Republican Party)
- Henry G. Arthur Jr. (Republican Party)
Board of Education
Candidates
- Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (Democratic Party)
- Terrell Alexandre (Democratic Party)
- Mary “Peggy” Moorhead (Independent)
- Bruce C. Flamon (Democratic Party)
- Incumbent Member Kyza A. Callwood (Democratic Party)
- Incumbent Member Nandi Sekou (Democratic Party)
- Sophia del Rosario (Republican Party)
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 |
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| 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 |
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.
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