U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education election, 2024

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U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education
Election details
Filing deadline: May 21, 2024
Primary: August 3, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 Pre-election incumbent(s): At-large, St. John District: Angel Bolques Jr. (D) St. Croix District: Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (D) Shawna Richards (D) St. Thomas District: Nandi Sekou (D) Kyza Callwood (D)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in U.S. Virgin Islands
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U.S. Virgin Islands executive elections
Board of Elections (8 seats) Board of Education (5 seats)

U.S. Virgin Islands held an election for five of nine seats on the U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education on November 5, 2024. The primary was August 3, 2024. The general runoff was November 19, 2024. The filing deadline was May 21, 2024.

Abigail Hendricks Cagan won election in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education At-large, St. John District.

Mary Moorhead and incumbent Emmanuella Perez-Cassius won election in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District.

Incumbent Kyza Callwood and incumbent Nandi Sekou won election in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District.

Candidates and election results

At-large, St. John District

General election

General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education At-large, St. John District

Abigail Hendricks Cagan won election in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education At-large, St. John District on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Abigail Hendricks Cagan (Independent) (Write-in)	4.5	17
		Other/Write-in votes	95.5	361

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 378
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St. Croix District

General election

General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District (2 seats)

Mary Moorhead and incumbent Emmanuella Perez-Cassius defeated Terrell Alexandre in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mary Moorhead (Independent)	38.9	3,013
✔		Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (D)	36.0	2,790
		Terrell Alexandre (D)	24.4	1,891
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	55

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,749
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Emmanuella Perez-Cassius and Terrell Alexandre advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District.

St. Thomas District

General election

General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District (2 seats)

Incumbent Kyza Callwood and incumbent Nandi Sekou defeated Sophia del Rosario in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kyza Callwood (D)	44.9	3,576
✔		Nandi Sekou (D)	39.6	3,155
		Sophia del Rosario (R)	14.5	1,157
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	76

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,964
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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 incumbent Nandi Sekou defeated Bruce Flamon in the Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District on August 3, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kyza Callwood	43.7	320
✔		Nandi Sekou	40.9	300
	Submit photo	Bruce Flamon	14.7	108
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	5

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 733
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Sophia del Rosario advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Virgin Islands

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Past elections

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2022

See also: U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District (2 seats)

Incumbent Terrence Joseph and incumbent Winona Hendricks defeated Mary Moorhead in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Terrence Joseph (D)	36.4	4,121
✔	Submit photo	Winona Hendricks (D)	32.4	3,665
		Mary Moorhead (Independent Citizen Movement)	30.5	3,453
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	70

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,309
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District (2 seats)

Incumbent Winona Hendricks and incumbent Terrence Joseph defeated Denis Lynch II in the Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Croix District on August 6, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Winona Hendricks	34.6	1,235
✔	Submit photo	Terrence Joseph	33.1	1,184
	Submit photo	Denis Lynch II	31.9	1,141
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	12

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,572
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General election

General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District (2 seats)

Incumbent Judy Gomez and Arah Lockhart defeated Michael Charles in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Judy Gomez (D)	53.4	6,433
✔		Arah Lockhart (D)	35.8	4,308
	Submit photo	Michael Charles (R)	10.3	1,247
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	62

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,050
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District (2 seats)

Incumbent Judy Gomez and Arah Lockhart defeated Leonard Richardson in the Democratic primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District on August 6, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Judy Gomez	48.2	2,057
✔		Arah Lockhart	31.4	1,343
	Submit photo	Leonard Richardson	19.9	852
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	20

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,272
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Randolph Bennett (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Michael Charles advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education St. Thomas District.

2020

See also: U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Education election, 2020

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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 7,311
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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
	Submit photo	Martial Webster (Independent)	17.6	1,737
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	18

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	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
	Submit photo	Imani Heath	23.4	502
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	12

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,148
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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
✔	Submit photo	Kyza Callwood (D)	41.0	3,988
✔		Nandi Sekou (D)	40.9	3,983
	Submit photo	Eugene Farrell (Independent)	17.1	1,664
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	96

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	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
✔	Submit photo	Kyza Callwood	31.7	998
✔		Nandi Sekou	31.5	990
		Arah Lockhart	24.9	785
	Submit photo	Judith Edwin	11.6	365
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	9

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,147
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