2018 United States Virgin Islands general election

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The United States Virgin Islands general election was held on 6 November 2018. Voters chose 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]

Main article: 2018 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election

On Election Day Albert Bryan earned 38.08% of the vote, with Incumbent Governor Kenneth Mapp coming in second with 33.45%. Since no candidate received a majority of the General Election vote, as required by the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, a runoff was held 14 days later between Bryan and Map, the top two vote-getters. On November 20, 2018, Democrat Albert Bryan Jr. won the runoff with 54.5% of the vote.

Legislature of the Virgin Islands[edit]

2018 United States Virgin Islands legislative election
← 2017 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2020 →
All 15 seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Kenneth Gittens Dwayne DeGraff
Party Democratic Independent Independent Citizens Movement
Leader since January 14, 2019 January 14, 2019
Leader's seat St. Croix St. Thomas
Last election 11 3 1
Seats before 11 3 1
Seats after 13 2 0
Seat change 2 Increase 1 Decrease 1 Decrease
Senate President before election

Myron Jackson
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Kenneth Gittens
Democratic

Democratic primary[edit]

The Democratic primary election were held on August 4, 2018. The top 7 candidates who receive the highest votes would proceed to the general election. In the at-large district race, Democrat Steven Payne Sr. defeated Incumbent senator Brian Smith.[1]

At-Large District[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steven D. Payne Sr. 3,482 50.09
Democratic Stacie January 2,090 33.67
Democratic Brian Smith (incumbent) 2,265 26.68
Write-in 30 0.43
Total votes
St. Thomas-St. John District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donna Frett-Gregory 3,048 12.70
Democratic Marvin Blyden (incumbent) 2,557 10.65
Democratic Athniel “Bobby” Thomas 2,299 9.58
Democratic Myron D. Jackson (incumbent) 2,227 9.58
Democratic Stedmann Hodge Jr. 2,124 8.85
Democratic Carla Joseph 2,124 8.85
Democratic Jean Forde 2,124 8.85
Democratic Kent Bernier Sr. 1,639 6.83
Democratic Sean "Skooly" Georges 1,426 5.94
Democratic Albert F. Richardson 1,275 5.31
Democratic Jonathan P. Tucker Jr. 1,159 4.83
Democratic Randolph Thomas 935 3.87
Democratic Randolph N. Bennett 880 3.67
Write-in 133 0.55
Total votes
St. Croix District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alicia Barnes 2,651 12.52
Democratic Allison DeGazon 2,328 10.99
Democratic Novelle Francis (incumbent) 1,842 8.70
Democratic Kurt Vialet (incumbent) 1,842 8.70
Democratic Javan James Sr. 1,640 7.74
Democratic Kenneth Gittens 1,560 7.34
Democratic Oakland Benta 1,468 6.93
Democratic Neville James 1,461 6.90
Democratic Nemmy Williams-Jackson 1,374 6.49
Democratic Terrence Joseph 1,218 5.75
Democratic Karen Chancellor 985 4.65
Democratic Douglas Canton 915 4.32
Democratic Dean R. Andrews 705 3.33
Democratic Juan Figueroa-Serville 635 3.00
Democratic Annette L. S. Scott 338 1.60
Democratic R.J. Hammer 147 0.69
Write-in 72 0.34
Total votes

General Election[edit]

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Steven
Payne (D) 		Sherry
Ann-Francis (I) 		Angel
Bolques (I) 		Undecided
VI Tech Stack October 27-30, 2018 800 ± 3.46% 25% 21% 17% 37%

Results[edit]

Senator At Large
CandidatePartyVotes%
Steven D. Payne Sr.Democratic Party8,33543.88
Sherry-Ann FrancisIndependent6,36133.49
Angel L. Bolques Jr.Independent4,24222.33
Write in550.29
Total18,993100.00
Total votes26,346–
Registered voters/turnout51,09551.56
Source: [3]
St. Thomas/St. John
CandidatePartyVotes%
Donna Frett-GregoryDemocratic Party6,98010.51
Marvin BlydenDemocratic Party6,3469.55
Athneil "Bobby" ThomasDemocratic Party5,6988.58
Dwayne M. DeGraffIndependent5,4608.22
Stedmann Hodge Jr.Democratic Party5,4288.17
Janelle K. SarauwIndependent5,3398.04
Myron D. JacksonDemocratic Party5,1597.77
Carla JosephDemocratic Party4,8817.35
Alma Francis-HeyligerIndependent Citizens Movement4,6056.93
Jean A. FordeDemocratic Party4,2046.33
Stephen "Smokey" FrettIndependent Citizens Movement3,0214.55
Irvin Pudna Mason Sr.Independent2,0063.02
Dolores TodmannIndependent1,7212.59
Wilma Marsh MonsantoIndependent1,6612.50
Gustave R. DowlingIndependent1,2541.89
Bruce FlamonRepublican Party1,1131.68
Margaret PriceIndependent7411.12
George TragerIndependent6260.94
Write in1950.29
Total66,438100.00
Source: [3]
St. Croix
CandidatePartyVotes%
Alicia BarnesDemocratic Party7,49412.45
Allison DeGazonDemocratic Party7,42912.35
Kurt VialetDemocratic Party5,4959.13
Javan James Sr.Democratic Party5,4329.03
Novelle FrancisDemocratic Party5,2808.77
Kenneth GittensDemocratic Party4,2257.02
Oakland BentaDemocratic Party4,1056.82
Genevieve WhitakerIndependent2,6074.33
Daren "Bogle" StevensIndependent2,5674.27
Michael J. SpringerIndependent2,1603.59
Lilliana Belardo-O'NealRepublican Party2,1233.53
Robert B. MoorheadRepublican Party2,0193.36
Norman BaptisteIndependent1,8263.03
Emmett HansenIndependent1,6512.74
Patricia JamesIndependent1,6142.68
Malik StridironIndependent1,2072.01
Troy MasonIndependent1,1091.84
Carew FelixIndependent8601.43
Omar Hashim HenryIndependent4300.71
Abraham OrtizIndependent3740.62
Write in1660.28
Total60,173100.00
Source: [3]

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives[edit]

2018 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands, at-large district
← 2016 November 6, 2018 2020 →
 
Candidate Stacey Plaskett
Party Democratic
Popular vote 16,341
Percentage 98.4%
Delegate at-large before election

Stacey Plaskett
Democratic

Elected Delegate at-large

Stacey Plaskett
Democratic

The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 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 will coincide with the larger United States House election and other elections in the United States Virgin Islands, such as the 2018 gubernatorial general election.

The non-voting delegate is elected for a two-year term. Incumbent delegate Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat, who sought re-election for a third term, was the only declared candidate. She was unopposed in the primary and general elections.[4][5][6]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Stacey PlaskettDemocratic Party16,34198.41
Write in2641.59
Total16,605100.00
Total votes26,346–
Registered voters/turnout51,09551.56
Source: [3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Brian Smith Sent Home". The Virgin Islands Consortium. 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "2018 Primary Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
  3. ^ a b c d "2018 General Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
  4. ^ Troy, Aras (2018-10-11). "Lacking full representation, residents of US territories prepare to vote". Pasquines. Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  5. ^ "Semi-Final Election Lineup: 110 Candidates On the USVI Ballot This Year". Virgin Islands Source. 2018-07-05. Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  6. ^ Knoedler, Matt (2018-10-16). "Plaskett expected to stump for Democrats in hurricane-ravaged states". CBS U.S. Virgin Islands. Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
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