2024 United States Virgin Islands general election

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The 2024 United States Virgin Islands legislative election will take 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 and 15 delegates to the Constitutional Convention.[1]

Constitutional Convention[edit]

A 2020 referendum was approved 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.

Legislature of the Virgin Islands[edit]

2024 United States Virgin Islands legislative election

← 2022 November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05) 2026 →

All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Democratic Independent Independent Citizens Movement
Last election 11 seats 4 seats

Senate President before election

Novelle Francis
Democratic

Elected Senate President

TBD

Democratic primary[edit]

The Democratic primary election is held on August 3, 2024.[2]

  • Angel Bolques Jr., incumbent at-Large Senator
  • Diane Capehart, incumbent St. Croix Senator
  • Marise C. James, incumbent St. Croix Senator
  • Novelle Francis, incumbent St. Croix Senator
  • Clifford Joseph, former Mapp Director for V.I. Fire Services
  • Hubert Fredrick, former candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014 and 2018
  • Genevieve Whittaker, former St. Croix Senator (2021-2023)
  • Michael Springer Jr.
  • Attorney Russell Pate
  • Kurt Vialet, former St. Croix Senator (2015-2023)
  • Kenneth Gittens, incumbent St. Croix Senator
  • Nereida Rivera-O’Reilly, former St. Croix Senator (2011-2019)
  • John MCCoy
  • Justin Curtis Smith

General election[edit]

Candidates[edit]

  • Krystal Hardy (R), STX District
  • Derrick Callwood (R), STTJ District[3]
  • Collister Fahie (R), STTJ District
  • Alma Francis-Heyliger (I), STTJ District
  • Dwayne DeGraff (I), STTJ District

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives[edit]

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

← 2022 November 5, 2024 2026 →
 
Candidate Stacey Plaskett Ida Smith Ronald Pickard
Party Democratic Independent Republican

Delegate at-large before election

Stacey Plaskett
Democratic

Elected Delegate at-large

TBD

The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands is an upcoming election on November 5, 2024,[4] 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 coincides with the larger 2024 United States House of Representatives elections and the legislative 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 98.7% of the vote in 2022, to a sixth term.

Prediction[edit]

Incumbent Stacey Plaskett is expected to win reelection to a seven term. She is running unopposed in the Democratic primary and her district has been consistent when selecting the Delegate to Congress over the last 27 years. Her two challengers in the general election are Republican Ronald Pickard from St. Croix, who has faced a resurgence of criminal allegations against him and Independent candidate Ida Smith and St. John resident, who would need support from Democratic voters.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2024 Election Schedule Unveiled by V.I. Election System". The Virgin Islands Consortium. December 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "2024 Primary Election". The Election System of the Virgin Islands.
  3. ^ "V.I. GOP Announces Senate Candidate, Welcomes Texas Congressman for Trump". St. Thomas Source. January 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "United States House of Representatives election in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-01.