2022 United States Virgin Islands legislative election
November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
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 won 11 4
Seat change Increase 1 0
Popular vote 59,072 19,680
Percentage 75.01% 24.99%
Senate President before election

Donna Frett-Gregory
Democratic

 Elected Senate President

Novelle Francis
Democratic


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]

Summary

The Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands slightly increased their majority from 9 to 11 seats.[2] They gained one open seat from Independent Senator Janelle Sarauw who ran for lieutenant governor.[3]

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary election were held on August 6, 2022. The top 7 candidates who receive the highest votes would proceed to the general election.[4]

Results

At-large district
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent) 3,777 77.22
Democratic Steven D. Payne Sr. 1,067 21.82
N/A Write-Ins 47 0.96
St. Croix district
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
N/A Write-Ins 34 0.27
St. Thomas-St. John district
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
N/A Write-Ins 83 0.64

General election

At large district
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Angel Bolques Jr. (incumbent) 8,776 50.49%
Independent Sherry Ann Francis 8,532 49.0%
N/A Write-Ins 72 0.41
Democratic hold
St. Croix district
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
N/A Write-Ins 135 0.25
St. Thomas-St. John district
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 Increase 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
N/A Write-Ins 366 0.55

References

  1. ↑ "Territorial Summary Results Report, UNOFFICIAL RESULTS, General Election 2022" (PDF). Election System of the Virgin Islands. November 8, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Frett-Gregory, Gittens Lead Senate Races, Most Incumbents Keep Seats". St. Thomas Source. 2022-09-11.
  3. ↑ "Vialet announces bid for governor with Sarauw as running mate". May 6, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Incumbents Retain Senate Seats, Six Newcomers Added in Primary". 2022-07-08.
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