2016 United States Virgin Islands legislative election

2016 United States Virgin Islands legislative election

November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)
All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Myron Jackson Party Democratic Independent Independent Citizens Movement Leader since January 9, 2017 Leader's seat St. Thomas Last election 11 Seats before 11 Seats after 11 3 1 Seat change
Senate President before election Neville James Democratic Elected Senate President Myron Jackson Democratic

The 2016 United States Virgin Islands legislative election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, to elect members of the 32nd Virgin Islands Legislature.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary election were held on August 6, 2016. The top 7 candidates who receive the most votes would proceed to the general election.

Results

At-large district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian A. Smith	1,267	46.04
	Democratic	Stacie January	1,149	41.75
	Write-in		336	12.21
Total votes

St. Croix district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kurt Vialet (incumbent)	1,579	14.30
	Democratic	Novelle Francis (incumbent)	1,497	13.55
	Democratic	Sammuel Sanes (incumbent)	1,298	11.75
	Democratic	Nereida “Nellie” O'Reilly (incumbent)	1,272	11.52
	Democratic	Kenneth Gittens	1,246	11.28
	Democratic	Neville James (incumbent)	1,236	11.19
	Democratic	Terrence D. Joseph	779	7.05
	Democratic	Ignacio Llanos III	626	5.67
	Democratic	Troy Mason	546	4.94
	Democratic	Fred Esannason	430	3.89
	Democratic	George Moore	367	3.32
	Democratic	Agustin Q. Salas	135	1.22
	Write-in		34	0.31
Total votes

St. Thomas-St. John district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin A. Blyden (incumbent)	1,741	15.28
	Democratic	Myron D. Jackson (incumbent)	1,693	14.86
	Democratic	Janette Millin Young	1,564	13.73
	Democratic	Justin Harrigan Sr.	1,450	12.73
	Democratic	Jean Forde	1,358	11.92
	Democratic	Kevin Rodríquez	1,116	9.80
	Democratic	Patrick Simeon Sprauve	1,001	8.79
	Democratic	Julia Joseph-Simon	699	6.14
	Democratic	Claudette Georges	671	5.89
	Write-in		98	0.86
Total votes

General Election

Results

At-large district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian A. Smith	5,821	72.83
	Write-in		2,127	27.17
Total votes

St. Croix district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kurt Vialet (incumbent)	5,818	12.25
	Democratic	Novelle Francis (incumbent)	5,256	11.07
	Democratic	Sammuel Sanes (incumbent)	4,612	9.71
	Independent	Alicia “Chucky” Hansen	4,612	9.71
	Independent Citizens Movement	Positive Nelson (incumbent)	4,322	9.10
	Democratic	Nereida "Nellie" O'Reilly (incumbent)	4,295	9.05
	Democratic	Neville James (incumbent)	4,221	8.89
	Democratic	Kenneth Gittens (incumbent)	4,130	8.70
	Democratic	Terrence D. Joseph	2,868	6.04
	Independent	Norman Jn Baptiste	1,772	3.73
	Republican	Robert B. Moorhead	1,710	3.60
	Independent	Patricia James	1,604	3.38
	Independent	Danny Emmanuel	1,009	2.13
	Independent	Duane Howell	792	1.67
	Write-in		460	0.97
Total votes

St. Thomas-St. John district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Blyden (incumbent)	6,492	11.40
	Democratic	Janette Millin Young (incumbent)	5,317	9.34
	Independent	Tregenza Roach (incumbent)	5,058	8.88
	Democratic	Myron Jackson (incumbent)	4,450	7.82
	Democratic	Jean Forde (incumbent)	4,244	7.45
	Democratic	Kevin Rodriguez	4,134	7.26
	Independent	Dwayne DeGraff	3,831	6.73
	Independent	Janelle K. Sarauw	3,764	6.61
	Democratic	Justin Harrigan Sr.	3,579	6.29
	Democratic	Patrick Simeon Sprauve	3,319	5.83
	Independent	Alma Francis Heyliger	2,746	4.82
	Independent Citizens Movement	Stephen "Smokey" Frett	2,624	4.61
	Independent	Wilma Marsh Monsanto	1,563	2.75
	Independent	Albert F. Richardson	1,358	2.39
	Independent	Bruce C. Flamon	1,290	2.27
	Independent	Shirley M. Sadler	1,110	1.95
	Independent	Maxwell A. Carty	1,033	1.81
	Independent	Margaret Price	576	1.01
	Write-in		449	0.79
Total votes