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U.S. Virgin Islands territory executive official elections, 2020

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2022


U.S. Virgin Islands state executive official elections
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Election details
Filing deadline: May 5, 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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State executive elections in 2020
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Thirteen state executive offices were up for election in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2020:

Board of Education (5 seats)
Board of Elections (8 seats)


Board of Elections

St. Croix District

General election

General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Elections St. Croix District (4 seats)

Incumbent Lisa Harris-Moorhead, Lilliana Belardo De O'Neal, incumbent Glenn Webster, and incumbent Epiphane Joseph won election in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Elections St. Croix District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Lisa Harris-Moorhead (D)
 
32.8
 
3,126
Lilliana Belardo De O'Neal (R)
 
28.4
 
2,710
Glenn Webster (R)
 
21.2
 
2,025
Epiphane Joseph (Independent)
 
16.8
 
1,602
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
69

Total votes: 9,532
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St. Thomas-St. John District

General election

General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Elections St. Thomas-St. John District (3 seats)

Incumbent Lydia Hendricks, incumbent Arturo Watlington Jr., and Angeli Leerdam won election in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Elections St. Thomas-St. John District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Lydia Hendricks (Independent)
 
53.7
 
4,185
Arturo Watlington Jr. (D)
 
41.2
 
3,216
Angeli Leerdam (D) (Write-in)
 
0.6
 
43
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.6
 
356

Total votes: 7,800
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St. Thomas-St. John District (Member must be from St. John)

General election

General election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Elections St. Thomas-St. John District

Incumbent Alecia Wells defeated Shena George-Esannason in the general election for U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Elections St. Thomas-St. John District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Alecia Wells (Independent)
 
70.5
 
3,722
Shena George-Esannason (Independent)
 
28.3
 
1,496
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
63

Total votes: 5,281
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Board of Education

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
Image of Angel Bolques Jr.
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
Image of Emmanuella Perez-Cassius
Emmanuella Perez-Cassius (D)
 
29.4
 
2,898
Image of Shawna Richards
Shawna Richards (D)
 
28.1
 
2,766
Image of Mary Moorhead
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
Image of Shawna Richards
Shawna Richards
 
45.4
 
976
Image of Emmanuella Perez-Cassius
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
Image of Nandi Sekou
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
Image of Nandi Sekou
Nandi Sekou
 
31.5
 
990
Image of Arah Lockhart
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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See also

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