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U.S. Virgin Islands Legislature elections, 2024

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Elections for the office of U.S. Virgin Islands Legislature took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for August 3, 2024. A general runoff was scheduled for November 19, 2024. The filing deadline was May 21, 2024.

The Legislature of the Virgin Islands was one of seven territory legislative chambers holding elections in 2024. All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands were up for election.

In addition to the territory legislatures, there were 85 state legislative chambers with elections in 2024. Click here to read more.

Candidates

General election

U.S. Virgin Islands Legislature general election 2024
  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
At-large district

Green check mark transparent.pngAngel Bolques Jr. (i)  Candidate Connection

Lorelei Monsanto (Independent)

St. Croix  (7 seats)

Diane Capehart (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngNovelle Francis Jr. (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngKenneth Gittens (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMarise James (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngHubert Lorenzo Frederick
Green check mark transparent.pngClifford Joseph
Green check mark transparent.pngKurt Vialet

Krystal Hardy

Samuel Carrion (i) (Independent)
Green check mark transparent.pngFranklin Johnson (i) (Independent)
Norman Jn Baptiste (Independent)
Oakland Benta (Independent)
Lisa Charles (Independent)
Eric Gautreau II (Independent)
Diane Prosper (Independent)
Jelani Ritter (Independent)
Tammy Smith (Independent)
Julian Veira (Independent)
James Wakefield (Independent)
Troy Williams (Independent)

St. Thomas-St. John  (7 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngMarvin Blyden (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngRay Fonseca (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngCarla Joseph (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMilton Potter (i)
Shenelle Fina Francis
Green check mark transparent.pngAvery Lewis
Michael A. Smith

Derrick Callwood
Collister Fahie  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngDwayne DeGraff (i) (Independent)
Green check mark transparent.pngAlma Francis Heyliger (i) (Independent)
Margaret Price (Independent Citizens Movement)
Eugene Farrell (Independent)  Candidate Connection
Krishna Kilaru (Independent)

Primary

U.S. Virgin Islands Legislature primary election 2024
  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
  • * = The primary was canceled and the candidate advanced.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
At-large district

Green check mark transparent.pngAngel Bolques Jr.* (i)  Candidate Connection

The Republican primary was canceled.
St. Croix  (7 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngDiane Capehart (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngNovelle Francis Jr. (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngKenneth Gittens (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMarise James (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngHubert Lorenzo Frederick
Green check mark transparent.pngClifford Joseph
Russell Pate
Nereida Rivera O'Reilly
Justin Curtis Smith
Michael Springer Jr.
Green check mark transparent.pngKurt Vialet
Genevieve Whitaker

Did not make the ballot:
John McCoy 

Green check mark transparent.pngKrystal Hardy*

St. Thomas-St. John  (7 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngMarvin Blyden* (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngRay Fonseca* (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngCarla Joseph* (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMilton Potter* (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngShenelle Fina Francis*
Green check mark transparent.pngAvery Lewis*
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael A. Smith*

Did not make the ballot:
Francis Serieux 

Green check mark transparent.pngDerrick Callwood*
Green check mark transparent.pngCollister Fahie*  Candidate Connection

Voting information

See also: Voting in Virgin Islands
Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.


Qualifications

To be eligible to serve in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, a candidate must be:[1][2]

  • A citizen of the United States.
  • At least 21 years of age.
  • A qualified voter in the Virgin Islands and have been a resident of the Virgin Islands for at least three years prior to the election.
  • Must not have ever been convicted of a felony or of a crime involving moral turpitude.
  • Federal employees and persons employed in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of the government of the Virgin Islands shall not be eligible for membership in the legislature.

Swearing in dates

The U.S. Virgin Islands' legislators assume office the second Monday in January following their election.[3]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Elections System of the Virgin Islands, "Qualifications for Offices," accessed August 28, 2020
  2. ↑ The United States Code, "48 USC 1572: Legislators," accessed June 15, 2014(Referenced Statute §1572)
  3. ↑ The United States Code, "48 USC 1572: Legislators," accessed June 15, 2014(Referenced Statute §1572)
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