2022 United States Virgin Islands legislative election

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2022 United States Virgin Islands legislative election
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All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Novelle Francis Dwayne DeGraff
Party Democratic Independent
Leader since May 15, 2019 January 14, 2019
Leader's seat St. Croix St. Thomas
Last election 10 seats 5 seats
Seats before 10 5
Seats after 11 4
Seat change 1 Increase 1 Decrease
President before election

Donna Frett-Gregory
Democratic

Elected President

Novelle Francis
Democratic

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The 2022 United States Virgin Islands legislative election took place on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect members of the 35th Virgin Islands Legislature. It concurred with the election of Governor and the U.S. House Delegate.[1]

Democratic primary[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.[2][3]

Results[edit]

Results territory-wide:
  Bolques
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
At-Large District[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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%
St. Croix District[3]
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%
St. Thomas / St. John District[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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%

General election[edit]

The Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands gained one vacant seat from Independent Senator Janelle Sarauw who ran for lieutenant governor.[4]

Polling[edit]

Poll source District Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Angel
Bolques (D) 		Sherry
Ann-Francis (I) 		Undecided
VI Tech Stack At-Large September 7-13, 2022 650 ± 3.82% 42% 21% 36%

Results[edit]

At Large District[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent) 8,776 50.49%
Independent Sherry Ann Francis 8,532 49.0%
Write-in 72 0.41
Total votes
Democratic hold
St. Croix District[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenneth Gittens (incumbent) 5,529 10.16
Democratic Novelle Francis (incumbent) 5,262 9.67
Independent Franklin D. Johnson (incumbent) 4,796 8.81
Independent Samuel Carrion (incumbent) 4,599 8.45
Democratic Marise C. James (incumbent) 4,472 8.22
Democratic Javan James Sr. (incumbent) 4,278 7.86
Democratic Diane T. Capehart 3,686 6.77
Democratic Nemmy Williams-Jackson 3,510 6.45
Democratic Genevieve Whittaker (incumbent) 3,402 6.25
Democratic Michael Springer 2,647 4.53
Independent Devin Carrington 2,384 4.38
Independent Patricia James 2,274 4.18
Independent Norman Jn Baptiste 1,869 3.43
Independent Leonardo Carrion Sr. 1,394 2.56
Independent Citizens Movement Tyrone Molyneaux 1,069 1.96
Independent Shalima Edwards 1,032 1.90
Independent Julian Viera 836 1.54
Independent Moonark Waterfield 757 1.39
Independent Marilyn Hodge 670 1.23
Write-in 135 0.25
Total votes
St. Thomas - St. John District[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donna Frett-Gregory (incumbent) 6,306 12.28
Democratic Milton Potter (incumbent) 6,004 12.36
Democratic Marvin Blyden (incumbent) 5,497 11.32
Independent Dwayne DeGraff (incumbent) 5,388 11.09
Democratic Carla Joseph (incumbent) 5,179 10.66
Independent Alma Francis-Heyliger (incumbent) 4,897 10.08
Democratic Ray Fonseca 4,083 8.41
Democratic Joel S. Browne Connors 3,573 7.36
Independent Dawn Henry 3,111 6.41
Democratic Lawerence Boschulte 2,791 5.25
Independent Citizens Movement Margaret Price 1,472 3.03
Write-in 366 0.55
Total votes

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Territorial Summary Results Report, OFFICIAL RESULTS, General Election 2022" (PDF). Election System of the Virgin Islands. November 8, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Incumbents Retain Senate Seats, Six Newcomers Added in Primary". 2022-07-08.
  3. ^ a b c d "Territorial Summary Results Report, OFFICIAL RESULTS, Primary Election 2022" (PDF). Election System of the Virgin Islands. August 6, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "Vialet announces bid for governor with Sarauw as running mate". May 6, 2022.
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