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2022 United States Virgin Islands general election
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Gubernatorial election
 
Nominee Albert Bryan Kurt Vialet
Party Democratic Independent
Running mate Tregenza Roach Janelle K. Sarauw
Popular vote 12,157 8,244
Percentage 56.14% 38.07%
 
Nominee Stephen "Smokey" Frett Ronald Pickard
Party Independent Citizens Movement Independent
Running mate Gregory R. Miller Jr. Elroy Turnbull
Popular vote 740 243
Percentage 3.42% 1.12%
Results by district
Governor before election

Albert Bryan
Democratic

Elected Governor

Albert Bryan
Democratic

Congressional election
 
 
Nominee Stacey Plaskett
Party Democratic
Popular vote 16,354
Percentage 98.7%
Delegate at-large before election

Stacey Plaskett
Democratic

Elected Delegate at-large

Stacey Plaskett
Democratic

Legislative election
 
Nominee Novelle Francis Dwayne DeGraff
Party Democratic Independent
President before election

Donna Frett-Gregory
Democratic

Elected President

Novelle Francis
Democratic

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]

Main article: 2022 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election

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
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
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
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
VI Tech Stack At-Large September 7-13, 2022 650 ± 3.82% 42% 21% 36%

Results[edit]

Primary election for Governor[edit]

Territorial results
CandidatePartyVotes%
Albert Bryan Jr.Democratic Party4,26965.04
Kent Bernier Sr.Democratic Party2,25534.35
Write in400.61
Total6,564100.00
St. Croix results
CandidatePartyVotes%
Albert Bryan Jr.Democratic Party1,65653.33
Kent Bernier Sr.Democratic Party1,43246.12
Write in170.55
Total3,105100.00
St. Thomas/St. John results
CandidatePartyVotes%
Albert Bryan Jr.Democratic Party2,61375.54
Kent Bernier Sr.Democratic Party82323.79
Write in230.66
Total3,459100.00
At-Large District[2]
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. Thomas / St. John District[2]
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%
St. Croix District[2]
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]

Senator At Large
CandidatePartyVotes%
Angel Bolques Jr.Democratic Party8,77650.49
Sherry-Ann FrancisIndependent8,53249.09
Write in720.41
Total17,380100.00
Total votes22,557–
Registered voters/turnout39,91056.52
Source: [4]
St. Thomas/St. John
CandidatePartyVotes%
Donna Frett-GregoryDemocratic Party6,30612.98
Milton E. PotterDemocratic Party6,00412.36
Marvin BlydenDemocratic Party5,49711.32
Dwayne M. DeGraffIndependent5,38811.09
Carla JosephDemocratic Party5,17910.66
Alma Francis-HeyligerIndependent4,89710.08
Ray FonsecaDemocratic Party4,0838.41
Joel S. Browne ConnorsDemocratic Party3,5767.36
Dawn Lisa HenryIndependent3,1116.41
Lawrence BoschulteDemocratic Party2,7915.75
Margaret PriceIndependent Citizens Movement1,4723.03
Write in2660.55
Total48,570100.00
Source: [4]
St. Croix
CandidatePartyVotes%
Kenneth GittensDemocratic Party5,52910.16
Novelle FrancisDemocratic Party5,2629.67
Franklin D. JohnsonIndependent4,7968.81
Samuel CarrionIndependent4,5998.45
Marise C. JamesDemocratic Party4,4728.22
Javan James Sr.Democratic Party4,2787.86
Diane T. CapehartDemocratic Party3,6866.77
Nemmy Williams-JacksonDemocratic Party3,5106.45
Genevieve WhitakerDemocratic Party3,4026.25
Michael J. SpringerIndependent2,4674.53
Devin CarringtonIndependent2,3844.38
Patricia M. JamesIndependent2,2744.18
Norman BaptisteIndependent1,8693.43
Leonardo Carrion Sr.Independent1,3942.56
Tyrone MolyneauxIndependent Citizens Movement1,0691.96
Shalima A. EdwardsIndependent1,0321.90
Julian S. VieraIndependent8361.54
James P. G. "Moonark" WakefieldIndependent7571.39
Marilyn T. HodgeIndependent6701.23
Write in1350.25
Total54,421100.00
Source: [4]
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}} 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]

  1. ^ "Incumbents Retain Senate Seats, Six Newcomers Added in Primary". 2022-07-08.
  2. ^ a b c d "2022 Primary Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
  3. ^ "Vialet announces bid for governor with Sarauw as running mate". May 6, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "2022 General Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
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