2024 United States Virgin Islands general election

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.

Primary elections was held on August 3, 2024. 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.

Legislature of the Virgin Islands

2024 United States Virgin Islands legislative election

November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)
All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Independent Leader's seat St. Thomas/St. John district Last election 11 4 Seats before 11 5 Seats after 11 3 Seat change 3 , 1 1
Senate President before election Novelle Francis Democratic Elected Senate President Democratic

At-large District

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.

Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent)	7,237	63.29
	Independent	Lorelei Monsanto	4,053	35.44
	N/A	Write-Ins	145	1.27
Total votes			11,435	100.00

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.

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 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%

In the general election, Former four-term senator Kurt Vialet retained his position while Newcomers Clifford Joseph and Hubert Fredrick placed second and fourth among the seven winners. Incumbent Senators Diane Capehart Samuel Carrion lost their seats.

Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kurt Vialet	4,825
	Democratic	Clifford Joseph	3,771
	Democratic	Novelle Francis (incumbent)	3,410
	Democratic	Kenneth Gittens (incumbent)	3,354
	Independent	Franklin Johnson (incumbent)	3,280
	Democratic	Hubert Frederick	3,201
	Democratic	Marise James (incumbent)	3,071
	Democratic	Diane T. Capehart (incumbent)	2,857
	Independent	Samuel Carrion (incumbent)	2,779
	Independent	Oakland Benta	2,161
	Independent	Jelani Ritter	1,833
	Independent	Lisa J. Charles
	Independent	Julian S. Veira
	Independent	Tammy M. Smith
	Independent	Norman JnBaptiste
	Independent	Diane Prosper
	Independent	Troy C. Williams
	Independent	Moonark Wakefield
	Independent	Kystal Hardy
	Independent	Eric M. Gautreau II	179
	N/A	Write-Ins	1,016
Total votes

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives

2024 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands' at-large district

November 5, 2024

Candidate Stacey Plaskett Ida Smith Ronald Pickard Party Democratic Independent Republican Popular vote 9,988 2,218 1,311 Percentage 73.37% 16.29% 9.63%

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, 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, won a sixth term. Plaskett's challenger, Ronald Pickard, is the first Republican to run for this seat since 2014.

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	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

2024 Delegate to U.S. House of Representatives election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stacey Plaskett (incumbent)	9,988	73.37
	Independent	Ida Smith	2,218	16.29
	Republican	Ronald Pickard	1,311	9.63
	N/A	Write-Ins	96	0.71

Board of Education

2024 Board of Education election

November 5, 2024

Candidate Kyza Callwood Nandi Sekou Sophia del Rosario Party Democratic Democratic Republican Popular vote 3,419 3,017 1,115

Board member before election Kyza Callwood, Nandi Sekou, Mary Moorhead, Emmanuella Perez Democratic Elected Board member Kyza Callwood, Nandi Sekou, Mary Moorhead, Emmanuella Perez Democratic

St. Thomas-John District

Primary election 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)
	Democratic	Nandi Sekou, Esq. (incumbent)
	Republican	Sophia del Rosario
	N/A	Write-Ins
Total votes

St. Croix District

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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	Votes	%
	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
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%