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2024 United States Virgin Islands general election

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2024 United States Virgin Islands general election
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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.[1]

Primary elections was 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.[3]

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Legislature of the Virgin Islands

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Two incumbents did not seek reelection.

  1. St. Thomas-St. John District: Donna Frett-Gregory is retiring.[4]
  2. St. Croix District: Javan James Sr. is retiring.[5]

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 third term in office.[6]

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All incumbents in St. Thomas/St. John was reelected. Former St. Thomas Administrator Avery Lewis won a seat in the Senate.[8]

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In the Democratic primary on St. Croix, former four-term Senator Kurt Vialet topped first place while former VI Fire Service Director Clifford Joseph came in second place. All incumbent Democratic Senators who ran for re-election proceeded to the general election.[9]

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In the general election, Former senator Kurt Vialet regained his seat while newcomers Clifford Joseph and Hubert Frederick were among the top vote-getters. Incumbent Senators Diane Capehart and Samuel Carrion lost re-election.[10]

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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 was held on November 5, 2024,[11] 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.[12]

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Board of Education

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Constitutional Convention

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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.

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Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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