The 2024 United States Virgin Islands legislative 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 and 15 delegates to the Constitutional Convention.[1]

Constitutional Convention edit

A 2020 referendum was approved 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.

Legislature of the Virgin Islands edit

2024 United States Virgin Islands legislative election
 
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All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Democratic Independent Independent Citizens Movement
Last election 11 seats 4 seats

Senate President before election

Novelle Francis
Democratic

Elected Senate President

TBD

Democratic primary edit

The Democratic primary election is held on August 3, 2024.[2]

  • Clifford Joseph, former Mapp Director for V.I. Fire Services

General election edit

  • Derrick Callwood, Republican, St. Thomas businessman and former V.I. Police officer[3]

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives edit

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.

References edit

  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. ^ "V.I. GOP Announces Senate Candidate, Welcomes Texas Congressman for Trump". St. Thomas Source. January 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "United States House of Representatives election in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-01.