2020 Puerto Rican general election

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2020 Puerto Rican general election
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Gubernatorial election
  Pedro R. Pierluisi (cropped).jpg Carlos Delgado Altieri (PPD).png Alexandra Lugaro in 2016.png
Nominee Pedro Pierluisi Carlos Delgado Altieri Alexandra Lúgaro
Party New Progressive Popular Democratic Citizens' Victory
Alliance Democratic Independent
Popular vote427,016407,817179,265
Percentage33.16%31.67%13.92%
  Senador-17 (closer crop).jpg Eliezer Molina Perez.png
Nominee Juan Dalmau César Vázquez MuñizEliezer Molina
Party Independence Project Dignity Independent
Popular vote175,40287,3798,751
Percentage13.54%6.79%0.68%
Puerto Rico Governor Municipalities 2020.svg
Results by municipality
Pierluisi:      20-30%     30-40%     40-50%
Delgado:      20–30%     30–40%     40–50%
Governor before election

Wanda Vázquez Garced
New Progressive

Elected Governor

Pedro Pierluisi
New Progressive

Resident Commissioner election
  Official portrait of Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez (cropped).jpg Anibal Acevedo Vila.jpg 3x4.svg
Candidate Jenniffer González-Colón Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Zayira Jordán Conde
Party New Progressive Popular Democratic Citizens' Victory
Alliance Republican Democratic
Popular vote512,697400,412157,679
Percentage41.14%32.13%12.65%
 
CandidateAda Norah HenriquezLuis Roberto Piñero
Party Project Dignity Independence
Popular vote95,87378,503
Percentage7.69%6.30%
Puerto Rico RC Municipalities 2020.svg
Results by municipality
González:      30-40%     40-50%     50-60%
Acevedo:      30–40%     40–50%
Resident Commissioner before election

Jenniffer González
New Progressive

Elected Resident Commissioner

Jenniffer González
New Progressive

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 3, 2020, to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government who will serve from January 2021 to January 2025, most notably the position of Governor and Resident Commissioner. In addition, there was a non-binding status referendum to ask voters if Puerto Rico should become the 51st state of the Union.

Contents

Incumbent New Progressive Party Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, who succeeded to the governorship on August 7, 2019, was eligible to run for a full term in office, which she announced on December 16, 2019. However, Vázquez Garced lost her bid when former Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi won the New Progressive Party membership vote on the nomination for governor. [1]

Pierluisi ultimately won the election on November 3, 2020, albeit by a narrow margin of 1.37%. As a result, this election was the closest race of the 2020 gubernatorial election cycle. Pierlusi's winning 33% of the vote was the lowest obtained by a successful gubernatorial candidate in Puerto Rico since the first direct election in 1948. Jenniffer González-Colón was re-elected as Resident Commissioner.

Electoral system

The Governor and Resident Commissioner are elected via first-past-the-post voting. The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is the only member of the United States House of Representatives who is elected every four years instead of a two-year term.

Candidates

Governor

New Progressive Party

On March 3, 2019, Ricardo Rosselló announced he would seek re-election as governor in the 2020 elections; however, following the Telegramgate scandal and subsequent protests in front of La Fortaleza, Rosselló announced on July 21, 2019, that he would withdraw his bid for re-election. Shortly thereafter, on August 2, he resigned as governor.

On September 9, 2019, Pedro Pierluisi, who served briefly as de facto governor following Rosselló's resignation, announced he would seek the PNP nomination for governor for the 2020 elections. On December 19, 2019, Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, who was elevated to governor on August 7, 2019, after Pierluisi's appointment was deemed unconstitutional, announced her intention to seek re-election to a full term as governor.

On August 16, 2020, in an extended primary process marred by troubles delivering ballots to polling places for the original primary date of August 9, Pierluisi defeated Vázquez Garced. [2]

After the defeat of Popular Democratic candidate David Bernier in the 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial elections, the party was mostly divided in opinions on how to move forward to the 2020 elections. While many in the party wanted to keep going with the same ideology of the Free Associated State, Carmen Yulín Cruz expressed a desire to create a new movement in the party, one that would support a free association of Puerto Rico as an independent country from the United States. [3] [4]

On August 16, 2020, in an extended primary process marred by troubles delivering ballots to polling places for the original primary date of August 9, Delgado defeated Bhatia and Cruz.

Other candidates

On December 27, 2019, the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) filed its list of candidates for the general election, including Sen. Juan Dalmau as governor. [5] Dalmau previously ran as the PIP candidate in the 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election.

After the defeat of Alexandra Lúgaro as an independent candidate and Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl as the candidate for the Working People's Party in the 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, the two candidates joined with other Puerto Rican politicians in March 2019 to form a new political party called Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (Citizen's Victory Movement). On November 19, 2019, Alexandra Lúgaro announced her second run for governor, this time running as the MVC candidate.

Proyecto Dignidad was certified as an official party by the CEE (State Commission on Elections) on January 22, 2020. It needed 47,406 petitions of endorsement to be certified, of which it received 47,856. [6] On May 20, 2020, the party announced that César Vazquez would be their gubernatorial nominee. [7] [8]

On May 5, 2020, the CEE (State Commission on Elections) certified the candidacy of Eliezer Molina after a legal dispute over the amount of endorsements required to ratify his nomination. [9] [10] [11]

Resident Commissioner

On November 3, 2019, incumbent resident commissioner Jenniffer González of the PNP announced that she would run for a second term for the office of resident commissioner.

On December 10, 2019, former governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá of the PPD announced that he would run for a second non-consecutive term for resident commissioner. His first term was from 2001 to 2005. He became the official nominee on January 31, 2020, after his opponent José Nadal Power did not receive enough endorsements to officialize his candidacy. [12]

On December 27, 2019, the Puerto Rican Independence Party nominated Dr. Luis Roberto Piñero for resident commissioner.

On February 5, 2020, the Citizen's Victory Movement had a general assembly, where Dr. Zayira Jordán Conde was chosen as the candidate for resident commissioner.

The final candidates were:

Senate

House of Representatives

Referendum

The referendum asked one yes-or-no question: [13]

"¿Debe Puerto Rico ser admitido inmediatamente dentro de la Unión como un Estado?" (Should Puerto Rico be admitted immediately into the Union as a State?) [14]

There were 655,505 votes in favor of statehood (52.52%) and 592,671 votes opposed (47.48%). [15] The referendum was non-binding, as the power to grant statehood lies with the United States Congress.

Opinion polls

Governor

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Pedro Pierluisi (PNP-D)Charlie Delgado (PPD)Juan Dalmau (PIP)Alexandra Lúgaro (MVC)César Vázquez (PD)OtherUndecided
The Research Office/El Nuevo Día [16] October 27–30, 20201000 (RV)± 3%35%34%10%11%5%2% [b] 3%
Jorge Benítez Nazario/Radio Isla/Telemundo Puerto Rico [17] October 23–November 1, 20201,010 (LV)± 2.5%32%35%15%11%3%1% [c] –
Data for Progress [18] October 19–26, 2020439 (LV)± 5%39%35%8%10%1%2% [d] 5%
Radio Isla/Jorge Benítez [19] October 12–17, 2020676 (RV)± 3.16%31%35%14%12%1%1% [e] 5%
Gaither International/El Vocero [20] September 21 – October 6, 20202,401 (A)± 2%27%24%8%9%2%6% [f] 23%
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [21] October 1–5, 20201,200 (LV)–31%24%8%9%3%7% [g] 18% [h]
El Nuevo Día [22] September 19–23, 20201,000 (RV)± 3.1%38%37%6%13%1%2% [i] 5% [h]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [23] September 14–18, 2020803 (RV)—29%27%6%8%3%9% [j] 17% [h]
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [24] July 20–26, 2020802 (V)–26%24%7%6%2%18% [k] 16% [h]
El Nuevo Día [25] February 21–25, 20201,000 (RV)± 3.1%40%19%7%6%4% [l] 18% [m] 6% [h]
Hypothetical polling

with Pedro Pierluisi

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Pedro Pierluisi (PNP-D)Eduardo Bhatia (PPD-D)Juan Dalmau Ramírez (PIP)Alexandra Lúgaro (MVC)OtherUndecided
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [26] July 20–26, 2020802 (V)–27%16%7%7%26% [n] 17% [h]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [27] May 3–7, 2020903 (LV)–25%15%5%8%34% [o] 14% [h]
Diario Las Américas [28] March 30-April 21, 20201,500 (RV)± 2.6%42%22%15%–10%11%
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [29] March, 2020– (V) [p] –22%20%5%7%28% [q] 18% [h]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [30] February, 2020– (V) [p] –29%20%5%8%24% [r] 14% [h]
El Nuevo Día [31] February 21–25, 20201,000 (RV)± 3.1%38%23%6%7%20% [s] 6% [h]
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Pedro Pierluisi (PNP-D)Carmen Yulín Cruz (PPD-D)Juan Dalmau Ramírez (PIP)Alexandra Lúgaro (MVC)OtherUndecided
Diario Las Américas [32] March 30-April 21, 20201,500 (RV)± 2.6%42%21%14%–12%12%
El Nuevo Día [33] February 21–25, 20201,000 (RV)± 3.1%40%19%7%6%22% [t] 6% [h]

with Wanda Vázquez

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Wanda Vázquez (PNP-R)Eduardo Bhatia (PPD-D)Juan Dalmau Ramírez (PIP)Alexandra Lúgaro (MVC)OtherUndecided
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [34] July 20–26, 2020802 (V)–24%17%9%7%27% [u] 16% [h]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [35] May 3–7, 2020903 (LV)–29%14%5%8%31% [v] 14% [h]
Diario Las Américas [36] March 30-April 21, 20201,500 (RV)± 2.6%41%27%12%–9%11%
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [37] February, 2020– (V) [p] –26%20%4%9%27% [w] 11% [h]
El Nuevo Día [38] February 21–25, 20201,000 (RV)± 3.1%40%20%7%6%21% [x] 6% [h]
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Wanda Vázquez (PNP-R)Carmen Yulín Cruz (PPD-D)Juan Dalmau Ramírez (PIP)Alexandra Lúgaro (MVC)OtherUndecided
Diario Las Américas [39] March 30-April 21, 20201,500 (RV)± 2.6%46%21%12%–10%11%
El Nuevo Día [40] February 21–25, 20201,000 (RV)± 3.1%41%15%6%5%21% [x] 6% [h]
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Wanda Vázquez (PNP-R)Charlie Delgado (PPD)Juan Dalmau Ramírez (PIP)Alexandra Lúgaro (MVC)OtherUndecided
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [41] July 20–26, 2020802 (V)–24%23%7%7%23% [y] 17% [h]
El Nuevo Día [42] February 21–25, 20201,000 (RV)± 3.1%42%20%5%6%21% [x] 6% [h]

Resident Commissioner

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Jenniffer González (PNP-R)Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PPD-D)Luis Roberto Piñero (PIP)Zayira Jordán Conde (MVC)Ada Norah Henriquez (PD)OtherUndecided
The Research Office/El Nuevo Día [43] October 27–30, 20201000 (RV)± 3%44%32%7%9%4%–4%
Jorge Benítez Nazario/Radio Isla/Telemundo Puerto Rico [44] October 23 – November 1, 20201,010 (LV)± 2.5%43%39%7%4%3%––
Data For Progress [45] October 19–26, 2020439 (LV)± 5.0%46%34%4%8%0%0% [z] 7%
Radio Isla/Jorge Benítez [46] October 12–17, 2020676 (RV)± 3.16%43%40%7%2%2%–6%
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [47] October 13–15, 2020809 (RV)–44%26%–5%2%7% [aa] 16% [ab]
Gaither International/El Vocero [48] September 21 – October 6, 20202,401 (A)± 2%44%16%3%5%3%6% [ac] 5%
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [49] October 1–5, 20201,200 (LV)–47%22%–7%2%8% [ad] 14% [ab]
El Nuevo Día [50] September 19–23, 20201,000 (RV)± 3.1%43%33%6%11%1%1% [ae] 5% [ab]
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [51] September 14–18, 2020803 (RV)–51%18%–7%3%8% [af] 13% [ab]
Radio Isla/Jorge Benítez [52] July 28–August 3, 2020983 (LV)± 2.5%40%34%6%8%3%–9%
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [53] July 20–26, 2020802 (V)–50%21%–4%2%10% [ag] 12% [ab]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [54] May 3–7, 2020903 (LV)–48%15%–4%–25% [ah] 8% [ab]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [55] March, 2020– (V) [ai] –32%21%–5%–26% [aj] 16% [ab]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [56] February, 2020– (V) [ai] –39%22%–5%–25% [ak] 9% [ab]
Hypothetical polling

with Generic Project Dignity

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Jenniffer González (PNP-R)Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PPD-D)Luis Roberto Piñero (PIP)Zayira Jordán Conde (MVC)Generic Project DignityOtherUndecided
El Nuevo Día [57] February 21–25, 20201,000 (RV)± 3.1%41%20%5%5%4%19% [al] 6% [ab]

San Juan Mayoralty

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Rossana
Lopez (PPD)		Miguel
Romero (PNP)		Manuel
Natal (MVC)		Adrian
Gonzalez (PIP)		Nelson
Rosario (PD)		OtherUndecided
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [58] October 13–15, 2020258 (RV)–26%37%10%2%1%2% [am] 23% [an]
Gaither International/El Vocero [59] October 1–7, 2020500 (V)± 4%17%38%18%2%1%–24%

Referendum

Poll sourceDate(s)

administered

Sample

size [a]

Margin

of error

YesNoOther /

Undecided

Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [60] September 14–18, 2020803 (V)± 3.5%53%35%12% [ao]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald [61] July 20–26, 2020802 (V)± 3.5%54%33%14% [ap]

Results

Governor

The gubernatorial election was won by former resident commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (PNP/D), narrowly defeating Isabela Mayor Carlos Delgado (PPD/I). The margin of victory was of 1.49%, making it the third closest election in the last 20 years, the former being the 2004 election (0.18%) and the 2012 election (0.7%). In a surprising turn of events, all five parties remained registered, including the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) which had failed to remain registered in the last four elections. [62]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Pedro Pierluisi New Progressive Party 427,01633.16
Carlos Delgado Altieri Popular Democratic Party 407,81731.67
Alexandra Lúgaro Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana 179,26513.92
Juan Dalmau Puerto Rican Independence Party 174,40213.54
César Vázquez Muñiz Proyecto Dignidad 87,3796.79
Eliezer Molina PérezIndependent8,7510.68
Write-ins3,1150.24
Total1,287,745100.00
Valid votes1,287,74599.70
Invalid votes8380.06
Blank votes3,0550.24
Total votes1,291,638100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,355,89454.83
Source: CEEPUR

Resident commissioner

The resident commissioner election was won by incumbent resident commissioner Jennifer Gonzalez (PNP/R), defeating former governor Anibal Acevedo Vila (PPD/D) by a wide margin (9.02%). Gonzalez received the most votes out of any candidate. She will become the first female and youngest resident commissioner to be re-elected to her seat. [63]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Jenniffer González-Colón New Progressive Party 512,69741.14
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Popular Democratic Party 400,41232.13
Zayira Jordán Conde Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana 157,67912.65
Ada Norah Henriquez Proyecto Dignidad 95,8737.69
Luis Roberto Piñero Puerto Rican Independence Party 78,5036.30
Write-ins9280.07
Total1,246,092100.00
Valid votes1,246,09299.69
Invalid votes8380.07
Blank votes3,0550.24
Total votes1,249,985100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,355,89453.06
Source: Puerto Rico Election Archive

Senate

While the New Progressive Party lost their 2/3 majority, the Popular Democratic Party failed to get the 1/2 majority by two seats. This senate will be the most diverse, having at least one senator of each party, including one independent senator. [64] [65]

PartyAt-largeDistrictTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
New Progressive Party 404,11433.344859,71956.07610
Popular Democratic Party 378,73831.25283,6895.461012
Puerto Rican Independence Party 136,67911.281205,13713.3801
Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana 133,06910.982324,31921.1502
Proyecto Dignidad 88,7167.32159,1893.8601
Independents69,8105.7611
Write-ins9900.0801,1190.0700
Total1,212,116100.00111,533,172100.001627
Valid votes1,212,11699.12
Invalid votes9910.08
Blank votes9,8020.80
Total votes1,222,909100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,355,89451.91
Source: Puerto Rico Election Archive

House of Representatives

The New Progressive Party lost their 2/3 majority and the Popular Democratic Party gained enough seats to receive the 1/2 majority. This House of Representatives will be the most diverse, having at least one representative of each party. [66] [67]

PartyAt-largeDistrictTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Popular Democratic Party 435,32536.032459,36839.092426
New Progressive Party 408,86933.845461,32339.261621
Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana 154,97112.822128,79710.9602
Puerto Rican Independence Party 127,57710.561102,2668.7001
Proyecto Dignidad 81,3606.73118,7901.6001
Independents3,2770.2800
Write-ins2940.0201,2080.1000
Total1,208,396100.00111,175,029100.004051
Valid votes1,208,39699.111,175,02999.09
Invalid votes9910.089910.08
Blank votes9,8020.809,8020.83
Total votes1,219,189100.001,185,822100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,355,89451.752,355,89450.33
Source: Puerto Rico Election Archive

Mayoral

The Popular Democratic Party kept the majority of municipalities, but it lowered from 45 to 41. Many incumbent mayors lost their races after years in the position, like Ponce (12 years under PNP) and Humacao (20 years under PPD). [68] The closest race was of Guánica, where both Ismael Rodríguez (PPD) [69] and Edgardo Cruz (Ind) [70] claimed victory. At the end, the Supreme Court confirmed Rodríguez as the winner. [71]

PartyMayoralties
Popular Democratic Party 41
New Progressive Party 37
Puerto Rican Independence Party 0
Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana 0
Proyecto Dignidad 0
Independents0
Total78
Source: CEEPUR

Referendum

The option of "yes" won in the referendum, making the third time statehood won the majority of votes. The referendum is non-binding, as the power to grant statehood lies with the United States Congress. [72]

ChoiceVotes%
For655,50552.52
Against592,67147.48
Total1,248,176100.00
Valid votes1,248,17696.89
Invalid votes4640.04
Blank votes39,5463.07
Total votes1,288,186100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,355,89454.68
Source: Puerto Rico Election Archive

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Molina (I) and "Other candidate" with 1%
  3. ↑ Molina (I) with 1%
  4. ↑ Would not vote with 2%; Molina (I) and "Other candidate" with 0%
  5. ↑ Molina (I) with 1%
  6. ↑ "None" with 3%; Molina (I) with 2%; "Other" with 1%
  7. ↑ Would not vote with 3%; Molina (I) and "Someone else" with 2%
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Includes "refused"
  9. ↑ "Other candidate" with 1%; would not vote with 1%
  10. ↑ Independent Eliezer Molina with 2%, "Someone else" with 4%, "Would not vote" with 3%
  11. ↑ Would not vote with 11%; "Someone else" with 7%
  12. ↑ Polled as "Candidate of Project Dignity"
  13. ↑ "Other candidate" with 11%; would not vote with 7%
  14. ↑ Would not vote with 14%; "Someone else" with 9%; Vázquez (PD) with 3%
  15. ↑ Would not vote with 23%; "Someone else" with 11%
  16. 1 2 3 Not yet released
  17. ↑ "Someone else" and would not vote with 14%
  18. ↑ Would not vote with 15%; "Someone else" with 9%
  19. ↑ "Other candidate" with 9%; would not vote with 7%; Generic Project Dignity with 4%
  20. ↑ "Other candidate" with 11%; would not vote with 7%; Generic Project Dignity with 4%
  21. ↑ Would not vote with 14%; "Someone else" with 9%; Vázquez (PD) with 4%
  22. ↑ Would not vote with 21%; "Someone else" with 10%
  23. ↑ Would not vote with 18%; "Someone else" with 9%
  24. 1 2 3 Would not vote with 9%; "Other candidate" with 8%; Generic Project Dignity with 4%
  25. ↑ Would not vote with 13%; "Someone else" with 7%; Vázquez (PD) with 3%
  26. ↑ "Other candidate" and would not vote with 0%
  27. ↑ Would not vote with 6%; "Someone else" with 1%
  28. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Includes "Refused"
  29. ↑ "None" with 6%
  30. ↑ Would not vote with 6%; "Someone else" with 2%
  31. ↑ Would not vote with 1%
  32. ↑ Would not vote with 5%; "Someone else" with 3%
  33. ↑ Would not vote with 8%; "Someone else" with 2%
  34. ↑ Would not vote with 17%; "Someone else" with 8%
  35. 1 2 Not yet released
  36. ↑ Would not vote with 17%; "Someone else" with 9%
  37. ↑ Would not vote with 16%; "Someone else" with 9%
  38. ↑ "Other candidate" with 12%; would not vote with 7%
  39. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%
  40. ↑ Includes "Refused"
  41. ↑ Would not vote with 4%; "Refused" with 1%; Undecided with 7%
  42. ↑ Would not vote with 4%; "Refused" with 2%; Undecided with 8%

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