2022 United States Virgin Islands general election
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The 2022 United States Virgin Islands general election took place on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, all fifteen seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, and the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands.
Gubernatorial[edit]
Incumbent Democratic Governor Albert Bryan was elected to a second four-year term in office, receiving 56% of the vote. He ran against Independent candidate and territorial senator Kurt Vialet, independent activist Ronald Pickard, and former ICM senator Stephen Frett.
Delegate to the United States House of Representatives[edit]
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 88.1% of the vote in 2020, won re-election to a fifth term.
Legislature of the Virgin Islands[edit]
The Democratic primary election were held on August 6, 2022. For the St. Croix District and the St. Thomas / St. John District, the top seven candidates who receive the highest votes would proceed to the general election while the At-Large District would elect one candidate.[1][2]
Polling[edit]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Albert Bryan (D) |
Kent Bernier (D) |
None |
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I AM LLC | June 5, 2022 | 752 | ±3.53 | 61% | 23% | 15% |
June 30, 2022 | 59% | 24% | 15% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Region | Sample size |
Margin of error |
Kurt Vialet (I) |
Albert Bryan (D) |
Stephen Frett (ICM) | Ronald Pickard (I) |
Undecided None |
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I AM LLC | May 10, 2022 | Territory-wide | 400 | – | 29% | 33% | – | 9% | 16% |
I AM LLC | May 10, 2022 | St. Croix | 400 | – | 44% | 20% | |||
I AM LLC | May 10, 2022 | St. Thomas/St. John | 400 | – | 14% | 46% | |||
VI Tech Stack | September 7–13, 2022 | Territory-wide | ± 3.82% | 650 | 25% | 48% | 1% | 1% | 23% |
VI Tech Stack | September 7–13, 2022 | St. Thomas/St. John | 400 | ± 4.86% | 18% | 58% | 0% | 1% | 21% |
VI Tech Stack | September 7–13, 2022 | St. Croix | 250 | ± 6.17% | 34% | 37% | 0% | 1% | 25% |
I AM LLC | October 31, 2022 | Territory-wide | 423 | ± 4.74% | 44% | 40% | 4% | 0% | 10% |
I AM LLC | October 31, 2022 | St. Croix | 224 | ± 6.53% | 46% | 42% | 6% | 1% | 3% |
I AM LLC | October 31, 2022 | St. Thomas | 199 | ± 6.92% | 38% | 38% | 3% | 0% | 19% |
I AM LLC | October 31, 2022 | St. John | 199 | ± 6.92% | 66% | 22% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
- USVI Public Schools Mock Election Results
Poll source | School district | Date(s) administered |
Vialet / Sarauw | Bryan / Roach | Pickard / Turnbull | Frett / Miller |
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IEKHS | St. Thomas/St. John | October 21, 2022 | 167 | 155 | 87 | 46 |
CAHS | St. Thomas/St. John | October 21–25, 2022 | 185 | 173 | 79 | 29 |
St. Croix Educational Complex | St. Croix | October 21, 2022 | 283 | 120 | 16 | 42 |
St. Croix Central High School | St. Croix | October 28, 2022 | 279 | 226 | 23 | 38 |
Lew Muckle Elementary School | St. Croix | 53 | 26 | 6 | 0 |
Poll source | District | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Angel Bolques (D) |
Sherry Ann-Francis (I) |
Undecided |
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VI Tech Stack | At-Large | September 7-13, 2022 | 650 | ± 3.82% | 42% | 21% | 36% |
Results[edit]
Primary election for Governor[edit]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Albert Bryan Jr. | Democratic Party | 4,269 | 65.04 | |
Kent Bernier Sr. | Democratic Party | 2,255 | 34.35 | |
Write in | 40 | 0.61 | ||
Total | 6,564 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Albert Bryan Jr. | Democratic Party | 1,656 | 53.33 | |
Kent Bernier Sr. | Democratic Party | 1,432 | 46.12 | |
Write in | 17 | 0.55 | ||
Total | 3,105 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Albert Bryan Jr. | Democratic Party | 2,613 | 75.54 | |
Kent Bernier Sr. | Democratic Party | 823 | 23.79 | |
Write in | 23 | 0.66 | ||
Total | 3,459 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent) | 3,777 | 77.22 | |
Democratic | Steven D. Payne Sr. | 1,067 | 21.82 | |
Write-in | 47 | 0.96 | ||
Total votes | 4,891 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donna Frett-Gregory (incumbent) | 2,211 | 17.03 | |
Democratic | Milton Potter (incumbent) | 2,141 | 16.49 | |
Democratic | Carla Joseph (incumbent) | 1,656 | 12.76 | |
Democratic | Marvin Blyden (incumbent) | 1,631 | 12.56 | |
Democratic | Joel S. Browne Connors | 1,105 | 8.51 | |
Democratic | Lawerence Boschulte | 1,095 | 8.43 | |
Democratic | Ray Fonseca | 1,095 | 8.43 | |
Democratic | Shenelle Fina Francis | 995 | 7.66 | |
Democratic | Ke’Shawn K.J. Louis | 599 | 4.61 | |
Democratic | Teofilo Ciprian | 371 | 2.86 | |
Write-in | 83 | 0.64 | ||
Total votes | 12,982 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kenneth Gittens (incumbent) | 1,771 | 14.23 | |
Democratic | Novelle Francis (incumbent) | 1,732 | 13.92 | |
Democratic | Marise C. James (incumbent) | 1,693 | 13.60 | |
Democratic | Diane T. Capehart | 1,477 | 11.87 | |
Democratic | Nemmy Williams Jackson | 1,296 | 10.41 | |
Democratic | Javan James Sr. (incumbent) | 1,241 | 9.97 | |
Democratic | Genevieve Whittaker (incumbent) | 1,229 | 9.88 | |
Democratic | Hubert Fredrick | 1,220 | 9.80 | |
Democratic | Troy C. Williams | 751 | 6.04 | |
Write-in | 34 | 0.27 | ||
Total votes | 12,444 | 100.00% |
General election[edit]
The Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands gained one vacant seat from Independent Senator Janelle Sarauw who ran for lieutenant governor.[3]
Results[edit]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Angel Bolques Jr. | Democratic Party | 8,776 | 50.49 | |
Sherry-Ann Francis | Independent | 8,532 | 49.09 | |
Write in | 72 | 0.41 | ||
Total | 17,380 | 100.00 | ||
Total votes | 22,557 | – | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 39,910 | 56.52 | ||
Source: [4] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Donna Frett-Gregory | Democratic Party | 6,306 | 12.98 | |
Milton E. Potter | Democratic Party | 6,004 | 12.36 | |
Marvin Blyden | Democratic Party | 5,497 | 11.32 | |
Dwayne M. DeGraff | Independent | 5,388 | 11.09 | |
Carla Joseph | Democratic Party | 5,179 | 10.66 | |
Alma Francis-Heyliger | Independent | 4,897 | 10.08 | |
Ray Fonseca | Democratic Party | 4,083 | 8.41 | |
Joel S. Browne Connors | Democratic Party | 3,576 | 7.36 | |
Dawn Lisa Henry | Independent | 3,111 | 6.41 | |
Lawrence Boschulte | Democratic Party | 2,791 | 5.75 | |
Margaret Price | Independent Citizens Movement | 1,472 | 3.03 | |
Write in | 266 | 0.55 | ||
Total | 48,570 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [4] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Kenneth Gittens | Democratic Party | 5,529 | 10.16 | |
Novelle Francis | Democratic Party | 5,262 | 9.67 | |
Franklin D. Johnson | Independent | 4,796 | 8.81 | |
Samuel Carrion | Independent | 4,599 | 8.45 | |
Marise C. James | Democratic Party | 4,472 | 8.22 | |
Javan James Sr. | Democratic Party | 4,278 | 7.86 | |
Diane T. Capehart | Democratic Party | 3,686 | 6.77 | |
Nemmy Williams-Jackson | Democratic Party | 3,510 | 6.45 | |
Genevieve Whitaker | Democratic Party | 3,402 | 6.25 | |
Michael J. Springer | Independent | 2,467 | 4.53 | |
Devin Carrington | Independent | 2,384 | 4.38 | |
Patricia M. James | Independent | 2,274 | 4.18 | |
Norman Baptiste | Independent | 1,869 | 3.43 | |
Leonardo Carrion Sr. | Independent | 1,394 | 2.56 | |
Tyrone Molyneaux | Independent Citizens Movement | 1,069 | 1.96 | |
Shalima A. Edwards | Independent | 1,032 | 1.90 | |
Julian S. Viera | Independent | 836 | 1.54 | |
James P. G. "Moonark" Wakefield | Independent | 757 | 1.39 | |
Marilyn T. Hodge | Independent | 670 | 1.23 | |
Write in | 135 | 0.25 | ||
Total | 54,421 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [4] |
The 2022 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands' at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the larger 2022 United States House of Representatives elections and the general election in the United States Virgin Islands.
References[edit]
- ^ "Incumbents Retain Senate Seats, Six Newcomers Added in Primary". 2022-07-08.
- ^ a b c d "2022 Primary Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
- ^ "Vialet announces bid for governor with Sarauw as running mate". May 6, 2022.
- ^ a b c "2022 General Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.