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U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education election, 2020
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| U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: May 12, 2020 |
| Primary: August 1, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in U.S. Virgin Islands |
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| Board of Education (5 seats) Board of Elections (8 seats) |
United States Virgin Islands held an election for five of nine seats on the state board of education on November 3, 2020. The Democratic primary was scheduled for August 1, 2020. The filing deadline was May 12, 2020.
Candidates and results
At-large
General election
General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education At-large, St. John District
Angel Bolques Jr. won election in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education At-large, St. John District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Angel Bolques Jr. (D) | 98.4 | 7,191 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 120 | ||
| Total votes: 7,311 | |||
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St. Croix District
General election
General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District (2 seats)
Emmanuella Perez-Cassius and Shawna Richards defeated incumbent Mary Moorhead and incumbent Martial Webster in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (D) | 29.4 | 2,898 |
| ✔ |  | Shawna Richards (D) | 28.1 | 2,766 |
 | Mary Moorhead (Independent Citizens Movement) | 24.7 | 2,429 | |
| Martial Webster (Independent) | 17.6 | 1,737 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 9,848 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District (2 seats)
Shawna Richards and Emmanuella Perez-Cassius defeated Imani Heath in the Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District on August 1, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shawna Richards | 45.4 | 976 |
| ✔ | | Emmanuella Perez-Cassius | 30.6 | 658 |
| Imani Heath | 23.4 | 502 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 2,148 | |||
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St. Thomas District
General election
General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District (2 seats)
Incumbent Kyza Callwood and Nandi Sekou defeated Eugene Farrell in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kyza Callwood (D) | 41.0 | 3,988 | |
| ✔ |  | Nandi Sekou (D) | 40.9 | 3,983 |
| Eugene Farrell (Independent) | 17.1 | 1,664 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 96 | ||
| Total votes: 9,731 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District (2 seats)
Incumbent Kyza Callwood and Nandi Sekou defeated incumbent Arah Lockhart and Judith Edwin in the Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District on August 1, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kyza Callwood | 31.7 | 998 | |
| ✔ | | Nandi Sekou | 31.5 | 990 |
 | Arah Lockhart | 24.9 | 785 | |
| Judith Edwin | 11.6 | 365 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 3,147 | |||
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Qualifications
Candidates for the nine elected members of the board must be:[1]
- A U.S. citizen.
- At least 21 years old.
- A resident of the U.S. Virgin Islands for at least three years immediately preceding the date of the election.
Swearing-in dates
The board is composed of nine voting members. Each member serves a staggered four-year term beginning on the first Monday of January following the election. Board members are elected by voters in partisan elections in the two legislative districts: four in St. Croix elected by the qualified electors of St. Croix, four in St. Thomas elected by the qualified electors of St. Thomas, and one member to be elected at large by the qualified electors of the Virgin Islands, provided that the candidate is a resident of St. John.[1][2][3]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elections System of the Virgin Islands, "Qualifications for Offices," accessed August 26, 2020
- ↑ Justia, "2019 US Virgin Islands Code Title 3 - Executive, Chapter 7 - Department of Education § 97. Virgin Islands Board of Education," accessed August 26, 2020
- ↑ My Virgin Islands Board of Education, "Board Members," accessed August 26, 2020
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