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2024 Virgin Islands Republican Caucus

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Ranked-choice voting presidential results

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As part of the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, the Republican Party in the Virgin Islands held a caucus on February 8, 2024, to give Virgin Islanders a direct vote for president of the United States.

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The caucus was also the regularly scheduled election of certain party leadership and officer positions.

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The polling locations were the La Reine Chicken Shack on St. Croix (7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Atlantic), Bluebeard's Castle on St. Thomas (7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Atlantic), and the Lovango Rum Bar in Cruz Bay on St. John (10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Atlantic). An election night party was held at the Morningstar Buoy Haus Beach Resort at Frenchman's Reef on St. Thomas. 

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Separate from the caucus, six of nine delegates and six alternate delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were chosen to represent the territory at the convention that formally nominates the candidates for president and vice president, adopts a national platform and approves national rules for the party.

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Final official list of ballot-qualified candidates

  • For president of the United States: Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Perry Johnson, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Donald J. Trump appeared on the presidential caucus ballot.

  • For Republican national committeewoman: Antoinette Gumbs-Hecht of St. Thomas and April Newland of St. Thomas appeared on the party offices ballot.

  • For Republican national committeeman: John Yob of St. John appeared on the party offices ballot.

  • For Republican State Committee members from St. Croix: Jameson Engelhard, Krystal Flores, and Vanessa Mull Coffen appeared on the party offices ballot.

  • For Republican State Committee members from St. Thomas-St. John: Alexandra Bonthron, David Weisher, and Mark Zion appeared on the party offices ballot.

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Voting method

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Delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention

  • Six of the nine delegates (plus six alternate delegates) representing the Virgin Islands at the 2024 Republican National Convention were elected on February 9, 2024, by the Delegate Selection Committee. The committee consisted of the party's chairman, the national committeewoman elected in the 2024 caucus, the national committeeman elected in the 2024 caucus, the party's executive director, and the party's Finance Committee chairman.

  • All of the delegates were awarded to Donald J. Trump as he received more than 50 percent of the vote. The delegates are bound to Trump through to the first round of voting.​​​​

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Additional information and notices

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Media coverage

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