2017 United States Virgin Islands special legislative election

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Candidate	Janelle Sarauw	Justin Harrigan Sr.
Party	Independent	Democratic
Popular vote	1,292 28.65%	1,078 23.91%

Election results by district

Election results by precinctResults:
Sarauw
Harrigan

Senator before election

Vacant

Elected Senator

Janelle Sarauw
Independent

The 2017 United States Virgin Islands legislative election was held on Saturday, April 8, 2017, in the St. Thomas-St. John district, to fill an undetermined seat in the 32nd Virgin Islands Legislature.

In February 2017, Governor Kenneth Mapp called for a special election following a decision by the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands to ban Senator-elect Kevin Rodríquez from serving in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Janelle K. Sarauw	Independent	1,292	28.65
	Justin Harrigan, Sr.	Democratic Party	1,078	23.91
	Alma Francis-Heyliger	Independent	469	10.40
	Barbara A. Petersen	Democratic Party	392	8.69
	Patrick Simeon Sprauve	Democratic Party	320	7.10
	Stephen "Smokey" Frett	Independent Citizens Movement	288	6.39
	Lloyd L. Williams	Democratic Party	193	4.28
	Gustave R. Dowling	Democratic Party	120	2.66
	Randolph L. Thomas	Democratic Party	105	2.33
	Darien L. Wheatley	Democratic Party	95	2.11
	Wilma Marsh Monsanto	Independent	62	1.38
	Robert Max Schanfarber	Republican Party	55	1.22
	Gilmore A. Estrill, Sr.	Independent	19	0.42
Write in			21	0.47
Total			4,509	100.00

Valid votes			4,509	99.32
Invalid/blank votes			31	0.68
Total votes			4,540	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			24,433	18.58
Source:

Results by Precinct

Precinct	Sarauw	Harrigan	Francis-Heyliger	Total
0020 Ivanna Eudora Kean HS	66 (36.46%)	38 (20.99%)	20 (11.05%)	124
0021 Joseph A. Gomez Elementary	45 (22.17%)	53 (26.99%)	32 (15.76)	130
0025 Bertha C. Boschulte MS	40 (21.28%)	45 (23.94%)	32 (17.02%)	117
0026 CAHS Gymnasium	140 (26.82%)	131 (25.10%)	42 (8.05%)	313
0028 Oswald Harris Court	29 (31.87%)	14 (15.38%)	11 (12.09%)	54
0029 Winston Raymo Community Center	52 (22.03%)	66 (27.97%)	34 (14.41%)	152
0030 Glady’s Abraham ES	213 (29.71%)	169 (23.57%)	65 (9.07%)	447
0032 Addelita Cancryn JHS	145 (21.55%)	161 (23.92%)	76 (11.29%)	382
0036 Joseph Sibilly ES	233	81	46	360
0038 Julius E. Sprauve ES	82 (50.31%)	28 (17.18%)	10 (6.13%)	120
0039 Charles W. Turnbull Library	164 (24.70%)	187 (28.16%)	76 (11.45%)	427
0040 Guy Benjamin ES	25 (56.82%)	7 (15.91)	0	32

References

"Janelle Sarauw Wins Special Election In St. Thomas-St. John District". The Virgin Islands Consortium. April 9, 2017. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
"Governor Mapp Calls Special Election For St. Thomas-St. John District". The Virgin Islands Consortium. February 7, 2017.
"2017 Special Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.

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