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.

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
Turnout	49.21%
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 11 3 Seat change 1
Senate President before election Novelle Francis Democratic Elected Senate President TBD Democratic

Retirements

Two incumbents did not seek reelection.

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

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.

General Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent)	7,543	63.25
	Independent	Lorelei Monsanto	4,230	35.47
	N/A	Write-Ins	153	1.28
Total votes			11,926	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.

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%

• In the general election, Former senator Kurt Vialet retained his seat while Newcomers Clifford Joseph and Hubert Fredrick were among the top vote-getters. Incumbent Senators Diane Capehart and Samuel Carrion lost re-election.

General Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kurt Vialet	5,035
	Democratic	Clifford Joseph	3,917
	Democratic	Novelle Francis (incumbent)	3,541
	Democratic	Kenneth Gittens (incumbent)	3,492
	Independent	Franklin Johnson (incumbent)	3,404
	Democratic	Hubert L. Frederick	3,297
	Democratic	Marise James (incumbent)	3,207
	Democratic	Diane T. Capehart (incumbent)	2,967
	Independent	Samuel Carrion (incumbent)	2,866
	Independent	Oakland Benta	2,251
	Independent	Jelani Ritter	1,895
	Independent	Lisa J. Charles	1,589
	Independent	Julian S. Veira	1,060
	Independent	Tammy M. Smith	971
	Independent	Norman JnBaptiste	777
	Independent	Diane Prosper	603
	Independent	Troy C. Williams	486
	Independent	Moonark Wakefield	423
	Independent	Kystal Hardy	292
	Independent	Eric M. Gautreau II	190
	N/A	Write-Ins	1,049
Total votes

St. Thomas/St. John district

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

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milton E. Potter (incumbent)	4,143
	Independent	Alma Francis-Heyliger (incumbent)	4,032
	Independent	Dwayne M. DeGraff (incumbent)	3,764
	Democratic	Marvin Blyden (incumbent)	3,564
	Democratic	Avery Lewis	3,483
	Democratic	Carla J. Joseph (incumbent)	3,470
	Democratic	Ray Fonseca (incumbent)	2,372
	Democratic	Shenelle Fina Francis	2,155
	Democratic	Eugene Farrell	1,798
	Democratic	Michael Smith	1,243
	Republican	Derrick Callwood	1,238
	Independent Citizens Movement	Margaret Price	943
	Independent	Krishna Kilaru MD	894
	Republican	Collister Fahie	723
	N/A	Write-Ins	462
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
Turnout	49.21%
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, 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.

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)	10,397	73.39
	Independent	Ida Smith	2,323	16.4
	Republican	Ronald Pickard	1,348	9.52
	N/A	Write-Ins	99	0.7
Total votes			13,613	100.00

Board of Education

St. Thomas/St. John district

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

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

St. Croix District

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 JnBapiste	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

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

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.

6th Constitutional Convention - St. Croix

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Usie Raymond Richards	3,102
		Devin F. Carrington	2,526
		Liliana Belardo-O'Neal	2,546
		John J. Abramson Jr.	2,421
		Rupert W. Ross Jr.	2,273
		Ronald Russell	2,154
		John Canegata	1,813
		Michael J. Springer Jr.	1,633
		Dianna P. Osborne, PhD	1,516
		Patricia Welcome	1,474
		Raymond T. James	1,381
		Dr. Maria R. Nieves	1,307
		Johann A. Clendenin	584
		Shelia A. Scullion	565
	N/A	Write-Ins	154
Total votes

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%