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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.
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.
Primary election
St. Croix district
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
At Large
Candidate
Votes
%
Alecia M. Wells
4,977
64.59
Hadiya Sewer
2,512
32.60
Write-in
216
2.80
Total
7,705
100.00
Total votes
15,952
–
Registered voters/turnout
31,171
51.18
Source:
St. Thomas/St. John
Candidate
Votes
%
Stedmann Hodge Jr.
3,562
34.04
Arturo Watlington Jr.
2,874
27.47
Rudel A. Hodge Jr.
1,844
17.62
David Silverman
1,504
14.37
Lydia Hendricks (write-in)
91
0.87
Imani Daniel (write-in)
80
0.76
Akima Richardson (write-in)
31
0.30
Other write-ins
478
4.57
Total
10,464
100.00
Source:
St. Croix
Candidate
Votes
%
Usie Raymond Richards
3,102
12.25
Devin F. Carrington
2,526
9.97
Liliana Belardo-Oneal
2,426
9.58
John J. Abramson Jr.
2,421
9.56
Rupert W. Ross Jr.
2,273
8.97
Ronald Russell
2,154
8.50
John M. Canegata
1,813
7.16
Michael J Springer Jr.
1,633
6.45
Dianna P. Osborne
1,516
5.99
Patricia Welcome
1,474
5.82
Raymond T. James
1,381
5.45
Maria R. Nieves
1,307
5.16
Johann A. Clendenin
584
2.31
Sheila A. Scullion
565
2.23
Write-in
154
0.61
Total
25,329
100.00
Source:
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%
Notes
Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear
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Elections in the United States Virgin Islands
