Primary election ballot counting continued on St. Thomas-St. John Wednesday and Thursday, and while there are no changes to the winners in the gubernatorial and Senate races, the additional votes have helped to solidify the leads of several candidates.
According to Elections System officials, provisional ballots have been the focus of the past few days and since all provisionals have been counted on St. Croix, the focus has been on St. Thomas-St. John.
The next updates will come on Aug. 14, when remaining mail-in absentee votes are counted, followed by an official certification of the results by the board on Aug. 18.
With counting up to Wednesday complete, updated results are as follows:
Gubernatorial
– Albert Bryan and Tregenza Roach: 3,236
– Allison “Allie” Petrus and Sammuel Sanes: 2,749
– Angel Dawson, Jr. and Marise James: 2,202
St. Thomas-St. John Senator-At-Large
– Steven Payne, Sr.: 3,385
– Stacie B. January: 2,016
– Brian A. Smith: 1,304
Senate, St. Thomas-St. John
– Donna Frett-Gregory: 2,877
– Marvin Blyden: 2,429
– Athneil “Bobby” Thomas: 2,187
– Myron D. Jackson: 2,106
– Stedmann Hodge, Jr.: 1,999
– Carla Joseph: 1,736
– Jean A. Forde: 1,613
– Kent Bernier, Sr.: 1,550
Senate, St. Croix:
– Alicia Barnes: 2,645
– Allison DeGazon: 2,322
– Kurt Vialet: 1,839
– Novelle Francis, Sr.: 1,836
– Javan James: 1,638
– Kenneth “Kenny” Gittens: 1,557
– Oakland Benta: 1,465
– Nevilles James: 1,453
Questions or concerns can be phoned into Elections System offices on St. Croix at (340) 773-1021 or on St. Thomas at (340) 774-3107.