2022 United States Virgin Islands general election

The 2022 United States Virgin Islands general election took place on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, all fifteen seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, and the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands.

Primary Election

• Registered: 34,697
• Turnout: 20.36%
• Voting centers: St. Croix - David Canegata Recreation Center, Arthur A. Richards K-8 School Modular Cafeteria, St. Croix Central High School Gymnasium; St. Thomas - Tutu Park Mall (former Scotiabank location), CAHS Gymnasium, UVI Sports and Fitness Center; St. John - Calabash Boom Community Center

The 2022 Democratic gubernatorial primary was held on August 6, 2022.^[1] Incumbents Governor Albert Bryan and Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach were challenged by Kent Bernier Sr. and his running mate, Oakland Benta.^[2][3]

Endorsements

Albert Bryan

Organizations

• Democratic Governors Association^[4]
• Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands
• West End Democratic Club, St. Croix^[5]

Individuals

• Donna Christian-Christensen, former Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (1997-2015)

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Albert Bryan (D)	Kent Bernier (D)	None
I AM LLC	June 5, 2022	752	±3.53	61%	23%	15%
	June 30, 2022			59%	24%	15%

Gubernational territory-wide results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Albert Bryan (incumbent)	Democratic Party	4,269	65.04
	Kent Bernier Sr.	Democratic Party	2,255	34.35
Write in			40	0.61
Total			6,564	100.00

Gubernational St. Croix results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Albert Bryan (incumbent)	Democratic Party	1,656	53.33
	Kent Bernier Sr.	Democratic Party	1,432	46.12
Write in			17	0.55
Total			3,105	100.00

Gubernational St. Thomas/John results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Albert Bryan (incumbent)	Democratic Party	2,613	75.54
	Kent Bernier Sr.	Democratic Party	823	23.79
Write in			23	0.66
Total			3,459	100.00

Legislature of the Virgin Islands - At Large results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent)	Democratic Party	3,777	77.22
	Steven D. Payne Sr.	Democratic Party	1,067	21.82
Write in			47	0.96
Total			4,891	100.00

Legislature of the Virgin Islands - St. Thomas/St. John results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Donna Frett-Gregory (incumbent)	Democratic Party	2,211	17.03
	Milton Potter (incumbent)	Democratic Party	2,141	16.49
	Carla Joseph (incumbent)	Democratic Party	1,656	12.76
	Marvin Blyden (incumbent)	Democratic Party	1,631	12.56
	Joel S. Browne Connors	Democratic Party	1,105	8.51
	Lawerence Boschulte	Democratic Party	1,095	8.43
	Ray Foncesa	Democratic Party	1,095	8.43
	Shenelle Fina Francis	Democratic Party	995	7.66
	Ke’Shawn K.J. Louis	Democratic Party	599	4.61
	Teofilo Ciprian	Democratic Party	371	2.86
Write in			83	0.64
Total			12,982	100.00

Legislature of the Virgin Islands - St. Croix results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kenneth Gittens (incumbent)	Democratic Party	1,771	14.23
	Novelle Francis (incumbent)	Democratic Party	1,732	13.92
	Marise C. James (incumbent)	Democratic Party	1,693	13.60
	Diane T. Capehart	Democratic Party	1,477	11.87
	Nemmy Williams Jackson	Democratic Party	1,296	10.41
	Javan James Sr. (incumbent)	Democratic Party	1,241	9.97
	Genevieve Whittaker (incumbent)	Democratic Party	1,229	9.88
	Hubert Frederick	Democratic Party	1,220	9.80
	Troy C. Williams	Democratic Party	751	6.04
Write in			34	0.27
Total			12,444	100.00

Gubernatorial

2022 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election

← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
Registered	39,910
Turnout	21,656
Nominee Albert Bryan Kurt Vialet Party Democratic Independent Running mate Tregenza Roach Janelle Sarauw Popular vote 12,157 8,244 Percentage 56.14% 38.07%
Results by district Bryan:       Vialet:
Governor before election Albert Bryan Democratic Elected Governor Albert Bryan Democratic

Main article: 2022 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election

Incumbent Democratic Governor Albert Bryan was elected to a second four-year term in office, receiving 56% of the vote. He ran against Independent candidate and territorial senator Kurt Vialet, independent activist Ronald Pickard, and former ICM senator Stephen Frett.

Endorsements

Albert Bryan (D)

• Jaime Harrison, Chair of the Democratic National Committee (2021–present)
• Pedro Pierluisi, Governor of Puerto Rico (2021–present)^[6][7][8]
• Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica (2004-present)^[9][10][11]

Kurt Vialet (I)

• Cedric Armstrong, owner of Armstrong Ice Cream
• Dr. Brittany Dawson, certified nurse‐midwife
• Nereida Rivera-O'Reilly, former St. Croix Senator (2009–2019)

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Respondents	Sample size	Margin of error	Kurt Vialet (I)	Albert Bryan (D)	Stephen Frett (ICM)	Ronald Pickard (I)	Undecided None
I AM LLC	May 10, 2022	Territory-wide	400	–	29%	33%	–	9%	16%
I AM LLC	May 10, 2022	St. Croix District	400	–	44%	20%
I AM LLC	May 10, 2022	St. Thomas-St. John District	400	–	14%	46%
VI Tech Stack	September 7–13, 2022	Territory-wide	± 3.82%	650	25%	48%	1%	1%	23%
VI Tech Stack	September 7–13, 2022	St. Thomas-St. John District	400	± 4.86%	18%	58%	0%	1%	21%
VI Tech Stack	September 7–13, 2022	St. Croix District	250	± 6.17%	34%	37%	0%	1%	25%
I AM LLC	October 31, 2022	Territory-wide	423	± 4.74%	44%	40%	4%	0%	10%
I AM LLC	October 31, 2022	St. Croix	224	± 6.53%	46%	42%	6%	1%	3%
I AM LLC	October 31, 2022	St. Thomas	199	± 6.92%	38%	38%	3%	0%	19%
I AM LLC	October 31, 2022	St. John	199	± 6.92%	66%	22%	0%	0%	11%

• USVI Public Schools Mock Election Results

Poll source	School district	Date(s) administered	Vialet / Sarauw	Bryan / Roach	Pickard / Turnbull	Frett / Miller
IEKHS	St. Thomas-St. John	October 21, 2022	167	155	87	46
CAHS	St. Thomas-St. John	October 21–25, 2022	185	173	79	29
St. Croix Educational Complex	St. Croix	October 21, 2022	283	120	16	42
St. Croix Central High School	St. Croix	October 28, 2022	279	226	23	38
Lew Muckle Elementary School	St. Croix		53	26	6	0

Results

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Albert Bryan Jr.	Tregenza Roach	Democratic Party	12,157	56.14
	Kurt Vialet	Janelle K. Sarauw	Independent	8,244	38.07
	Stephen "Smokey" Frett	Gregory R. Miller Jr.	Independent Citizens Movement	740	3.42
	Ronald Pickard	Elroy Turnbull	Independent	243	1.12
Write in				272	1.26
Total				21,656	100.00
Total votes				22,557	–
Registered voters/turnout				39,910	56.52
Source: [12]

Results by district

District	Bryan	Vialet	Frett	Pickard	Write-in	Total
St. Croix	4,502 (43.35%)	5,378 (51.79%)	213 (2.05%)	126 (1.21%)	166 (1.6%)	10,385
St. Thomas-St. John	7,042 (68.48%)	2,548 (24.78%)	492 (4.78%)	112 (1.09%)	90 (0.88%)	10,284

Legislature of the Virgin Islands

The Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands gained one vacant seat from Independent Senator Janelle Sarauw who ran for lieutenant governor.^[13]

2022 United States Virgin Islands legislative election

← 2020 November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08) 2024 →
All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Majority party Minority party   Leader Novelle Francis Dwayne DeGraff Party Democratic Independent Leader since May 15, 2019 January 14, 2019 Leader's seat St. Croix St. Thomas Last election 10 seats 5 seats Seats before 10 5 Seats after 11 4 Seat change 1 1
President before election Donna Frett-Gregory Democratic Elected President Novelle Francis Democratic

Polling

Poll source	District	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Angel Bolques (D)	Sherry Ann-Francis (I)	Undecided
VI Tech Stack	At-Large	September 7-13, 2022	650	± 3.82%	42%	21%	36%

Results

Legislature of the Virgin Islands - At Large results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Angel Bolques Jr.	Democratic Party	8,776	50.49
	Sherry-Ann Francis	Independent	8,532	49.09
Write in			72	0.41
Total			17,380	100.00
Total votes			22,557	–
Registered voters/turnout			39,910	56.52
Source: [14]

Legislature of the Virgin Islands - St. Thomas/St. John results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Donna Frett-Gregory	Democratic Party	6,306	12.98
	Milton E. Potter	Democratic Party	6,004	12.36
	Marvin Blyden	Democratic Party	5,497	11.32
	Dwayne M. DeGraff	Independent	5,388	11.09
	Carla Joseph	Democratic Party	5,179	10.66
	Alma Francis-Heyliger	Independent	4,897	10.08
	Ray Fonseca	Democratic Party	4,083	8.41
	Joel S. Browne Connors	Democratic Party	3,576	7.36
	Dawn Lisa Henry	Independent	3,111	6.41
	Lawrence Boschulte	Democratic Party	2,791	5.75
	Margaret Price	Independent Citizens Movement	1,472	3.03
Write in			266	0.55
Total			48,570	100.00
Source: [14]

Legislature of the Virgin Islands - St. Croix results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kenneth Gittens	Democratic Party	5,529	10.16
	Novelle Francis	Democratic Party	5,262	9.67
	Franklin D. Johnson	Independent	4,796	8.81
	Samuel Carrion	Independent	4,599	8.45
	Marise C. James	Democratic Party	4,472	8.22
	Javan James Sr.	Democratic Party	4,278	7.86
	Diane T. Capehart	Democratic Party	3,686	6.77
	Nemmy Williams-Jackson	Democratic Party	3,510	6.45
	Genevieve Whitaker	Democratic Party	3,402	6.25
	Michael J. Springer	Independent	2,467	4.53
	Devin Carrington	Independent	2,384	4.38
	Patricia M. James	Independent	2,274	4.18
	Norman Baptiste	Independent	1,869	3.43
	Leonardo Carrion Sr.	Independent	1,394	2.56
	Tyrone Molyneaux	Independent Citizens Movement	1,069	1.96
	Shalima A. Edwards	Independent	1,032	1.90
	Julian S. Viera	Independent	836	1.54
	James P. G. "Moonark" Wakefield	Independent	757	1.39
	Marilyn T. Hodge	Independent	670	1.23
Write in			135	0.25
Total			54,421	100.00
Source: [14]

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives

2022 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands' at-large district

← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →

Candidate Stacey Plaskett Party Democratic Popular vote 16,354 Percentage 98.7%

Delegate at-large before election Stacey Plaskett Democratic Elected Delegate at-large Stacey Plaskett Democratic

The 2022 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect the 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 2022 United States House of Representatives elections and the general 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 88.1% of the vote in 2020, won re-election to a fifth term.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Stacey Plaskett	Democratic Party	16,354	98.74
Write in			209	1.26
Total			16,563	100.00
Total votes			22,557	–
Registered voters/turnout			39,910	56.52
Source: [14]

References

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2. "Kent Bernier Sr. Announced His Bid For Governor". St. Thomas Source. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
3. "Incumbents Retain Senate Seats, Six Newcomers Added in Primary". 2022-07-08.
4. "Democratic Governors Association Issues Ringing Endorsement Supporting Reelection of Bryan-Roach Administration".
5. "West End Democratic Club Endorses the Bryan/Roach Team". St. Thomas Source. 2022-05-25.
6. "Campaign Rally - Pedro Pierluisi". Facebook. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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9. "Campaign Rally -Roosevelt Skerrit". Facebook. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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13. "Vialet announces bid for governor with Sarauw as running mate". May 6, 2022.
14. "2022 General Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.