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2022 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election
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Nominee Albert Bryan Kurt Vialet
Party Democratic Independent
Running mate Tregenza Roach Janelle Sarauw
 
Nominee Stephen Frett Ronald Pickard
Party ICM Independent
Running mate Gregory Miller Elroy Turnbull
Incumbent Governor

Albert Bryan
Democratic



The 2022 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election will take place on November 8, 2022 to elect the governor of the United States Virgin Islands. Incumbent Democratic Governor Albert Bryan is running for re-election to a second term in office.[1]

Democratic primary

Turnout = 20.36% Early Voting = 4,418

The 2022 Democratic gubernatorial primary was held on August 6, 2022.[2] Incumbents Governor Albert Bryan and Lt. Governor Tregenza Roach[1] were challenged by Kent Bernier Sr. and his running mate, Oakland Benta.[3] Early voting began July 18 until August 1, 2022.[4] The first set of results came in at 8:45pm showing Bryan with 566 votes to Bernier 469 votes. As of 9:05pm, Bryan continued to hold his lead with 3,270 votes compared to Bernier with 1,831 votes as early voting ballots were counted. Later into the night around 11:51pm, following a delay of votes from two voting centers on St. Thomas. Unofficial results indicate Bryan with 4,016 votes won the nomination over Bernier who received 2,146 votes.[5]

Endorsements

Albert Bryan

Polling

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%

Results

Democratic primary results territory-wide [7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Albert Bryan 4,269 65.04
Democratic Kent Bernier Sr. 2,255 34.35
N/A Write-ins 40 0.61
Total votes 6,564 100
Democratic primary results St. Croix District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Albert Bryan 1,656 53.33
Democratic Kent Bernier Sr. 1,432 46.12
N/A Write-ins: Vialet (4), Vialet Sarauw (1), Kurt Vialet and Janelle Sarauw (1), Kurt Vialet (4), Vialet/Sarauw (1), Vialet Sarauw (1), Kurt Vialet (1), Vialet Sarauw (1), Pickard & Turnbull (1), Delroy Smith (1), Deanna James (1) 17 0.55
Total votes 3,384 100
Democratic primary results St. Thomas-St. John District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Albert Bryan 2,613 75.54
Democratic Kent Bernier Sr. 823 23.79
N/A Write-ins: Vialet Sarauw (10), Blank (3), Janelle Sarauw (2), My Lord & Savior (1), Albert Bryan (1), Vialet (1), David Silverman (1), No Crooks (1), None of above (1), E (1), Smokey Frett (1) 23 0.66
Total votes 3,459 100

General election

Candidates

Declared

  • Running Mate: Gregory Miller Jr.[9]
  • Ronald Pickard (Independent), prison inmate advocate[10]
  • Running Mate: Elroy Turnbull, taxi driver and fisherman[10]

Endorsements

Kurt Vialet
  • Nereida Rivera-O'Reilly, former St. Croix Senator (2009-2019)
  • Dr. Brittany Dawson
  • Cedric Armstrong, owner of Armstrong Ice Cream

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Albert
Bryan (D) 		Kurt
Vialet (I) 		None Ronald
Pickard (I)
I AM LLC May 10, 2022 400 – 33% 29% 16% 9%

Results

2022 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Albert Bryan Jr. (incumbent)
Independent Ronald Pickard
Independent Citizens Movement Stephen Frett
Independent Kurt Vialet

References

  1. ^ a b Murphy, Kyle (June 16, 2021). "'I Already Print Out the Shirt Them': Bryan Refutes Rumors About Infighting With Roach; Says He's Ready to Face Gubernatorial Competition". VI Consortium. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 Primary Election". Elections System of the Virgin Islands. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "Kent Bernier Sr. Announced His Bid For Governor". St. Thomas Source. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  4. ^ "Early Voting Gets Underway for 2022 Primary Election". St. Thomas Source. 18 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Bryan/Roach beat out Bernier/Benta in primary election". Virgin Islands Daily News. August 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "West End Democratic Club Endorses the Bryan/Roach Team". St. Thomas Source. 2022-05-25.
  7. ^ "USVI Primary Election" (PDF). vivote.gov. Retrieved August 16, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ a b "Vialet announces bid for governor with Sarauw as running mate".
  9. ^ a b "Stephen 'Smokey' Frett announces run for governor". The Virgin Islands Daily News. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  10. ^ a b "Pickard believes his past makes him keenly aware of and fixing V.I. Pitfalls".


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