2026 USVI Election Results: Meet Your Newly Elected Leaders

Virgin Islanders went to the polls on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, to elect a new Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a new Delegate to Congress and all 15 members of the 37th Legislature. Here’s a look at who was elected, when they take office and what each role does.

Please note: The results below are unofficial until the Elections System of the Virgin Islands completes its canvass and certifies the results. Certification is scheduled for November 13, 2026. Find the latest official results at vivote.gov.

By the numbers

• About 20,880 ballots were cast territory-wide, according to the latest unofficial territorial summary.
• 12,242 of those were cast during early voting.
• The Elections System reports 32,762 active registered voters across the territory.

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Stacey E. Plaskett and running mate Milton E. Potter won the race for Governor and Lieutenant Governor with about 63 percent of the vote in unofficial results. Plaskett is the first woman elected Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

• In Congress: Plaskett has served as the territory’s Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives since January 2015, after first being elected in 2014.
• Committee work: In 2020 she was named to the House Ways and Means Committee, the first member from a U.S. territory to serve on it. The committee handles tax, trade and health issues, including the rum cover-over and tax incentive programs that matter to the Virgin Islands economy.
• Lieutenant Governor-elect: Milton E. Potter is the current Senate President and has represented the St. Thomas-St. John District since 2021.
• Taking office: Plaskett and Potter are scheduled to be sworn in on Monday, January 4, 2027, the first Monday in January after the election, as set by the Revised Organic Act.
• A historic first: Plaskett’s January 4 swearing-in comes one week before Georgia Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms is expected to take office on January 11. That timing means Plaskett will be the first Black woman to serve as governor in the history of the United States and its territories.

Delegate to Congress

Former Senator Janelle K. Sarauw of St. Thomas was elected Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives with about 77 percent of the vote in unofficial results. Sarauw served in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands from 2017 to 2023. She is scheduled to take office on January 3, 2027, when the new Congress convenes.

What our Delegate can and can’t do

The Virgin Islands elects one Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for a two-year term. Our Delegate is a full member of Congress in many ways, with one big exception.

• Can: introduce bills, serve on House committees and vote in committee, speak on the House floor and advocate for the territory with federal agencies.
• Can’t: vote on the final passage of legislation on the House floor.
• No U.S. Senate seat: The Virgin Islands has no representation in the U.S. Senate.

Your 37th Legislature

The Legislature of the Virgin Islands has 15 senators: seven from the St. Croix District, seven from the St. Thomas-St. John District and one Senator At-Large, who must live on St. John and is elected territory-wide. Senators serve two-year terms with no term limits. Under territorial law, they’re sworn in on the second Monday in January, which is January 11, 2027.

Senators are listed alphabetically within each district. Terms served are counted through the current 36th Legislature.

St. Croix District

St. Thomas-St. John District

At-Large

How often we vote

• Governor and Lieutenant Governor: every four years. A Governor can serve two consecutive full terms.
• Senators: every two years. All 15 seats are on the ballot each time.
• Delegate to Congress: every two years.
• Runoffs: If no candidate for Governor or Delegate gets a majority of the vote, the top two go to a runoff 14 days after the general election. No runoff was needed this year.

Why we can’t vote for President

People born in the U.S. Virgin Islands are U.S. citizens at birth under federal law (8 U.S.C. §1406). But as long as we live in the territory, we can’t vote for President.

• The U.S. Constitution gives Electoral College votes only to the states, and to Washington, D.C. through the 23rd Amendment. Territories have no electors.
• A series of Supreme Court decisions from the early 1900s, known as the Insular Cases, classified the Virgin Islands and other territories as “unincorporated.” That means the Constitution doesn’t fully apply here, and federal courts have relied on that reasoning to uphold the territories’ exclusion from federal elections.
• A Virgin Islander who moves to a state can register and vote for President there.