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Gustav James

Independent candidate for Governor

Independent

Gustav James

Independent candidate for Governor

U.S. Virgin Islands Governor winner?

$75.0K

NOV 4, 2026

General Election

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1%chance to win

$75.0K

NOV 4, 2026

Candidate Overview

Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.

Current roleEngineer

PartyIndependent

GenderMale

BackgroundEngineer

Notable personal detailsGustav James is a Virgin Islands public-sector engineer and government official who served as Commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Public Works from January 2015 to August 2017 in the Kenneth E. Mapp administration. He has been publicly described as a would-be gubernatorial candidate in 2026 and has been involved in federal civil litigation related to an alleged July 15, 2021 detention incident on St. Croix.

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Political Positions

LiberalConservative

Climate & Energy

As a Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority commissioner, Gustav James was part of actions to pursue energy-efficient LED streetlights and add distributed solar panels to the territory’s grid. He later worked on electric service restoration and LED streetlight reinstallation after hurricanes, which aligns with support for practical clean-energy and efficiency measures rather than aggressive anti-fossil-fuel policy.

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