Results
Adjuntas
Incumbent mayor Jaime Barlucea Maldonado won the PNP primary. [2] Barlucea lost the election to José Soto Rivera, ending the 12 years of PNP control of the municipality. [3]
Aguada
Incumbent PNP mayor Manuel Santiago Mendoza lost his party's primaries to Luis Echevarría Santiago. [4] He went on to lose to PPD candidate Christian Cortés Feliciano. [5]
Aguadilla
Previous PNP mayor Carlos Méndez Martínez renounced to his post on January 21, 2020, after 23 years in the job, stating "...it's time to rest and travel." [6] Yanitsia Irizarry Méndez became interim mayor and won the PNP primary. [7] She lost to PPD candidate Julio Roldán Concepción, ending 32 years of PNP control of the municipality. [8]
Aguas Buenas
Incumbent mayor Javier García Pérez won his second term. [9]
Añasco
Incumbent mayor Jorge Estévez Martínez ran for a 4th term, but lost to PNP primary winner [12] Kabir Solares García, ending 12 years of PPD control of the municipality. [13]
Arecibo
Incumbent mayor Carlos Molina Rodríguez ran for a 3rd term, won the PNP primary, [14] but lost to PPD primary winner [15] Carlos Ramírez Irizarry, ending 16 years of PNP control of the municipality. [16]
Barranquitas
Previous PNP mayor Francisco López López renounced to his post on September 18, 2019, after 22 years in the job. [20] Later, on November 14, 2019, Elliot Colón Blanco was elected mayor in a special election to finish López's term. [21] Colón Blanco was re-elected to serve his first full term in office. [22]
Cataño
Incumbent mayor Félix Delgado Montalvo won his second term. [35]
Ceiba
Incumbent mayor Angelo Cruz Ramos lost the PNP primary to Samuel Rivera Báez. [37] Rivera Báez went on to win the election. [38]
Ciales
Previous PNP mayor Luis Maldonado Rodríguez announced on September 21, 2018, that he would not seek re-election for a 4th term. [39] Alexander Burgos Otero won the PNP primary, [40] while José Carrer González won the PPD primary. [41] Alexander Burgos Otero ultimately won the mayoral race. [42]
Culebra
Incumbent mayor Iván Solís Bermúdez ran for a 3rd term, but lost to Edilberto Romero Llovet. [48]
Fajardo
Previous PNP mayor Aníbal Meléndez Rivera renounced to his post on February 19, 2020, after 31 years in the job. [50] His son, José Meléndez Méndez became mayor for the rest of his father's term, [51] won the PNP primary [52] and the election. [53]
Guánica
Both PPD candidate Ismael Rodríguez Ramos [55] and Write-In candidate Edgardo Cruz Vélez [56] claimed victory, with the official count stating that Cruz Vélez was the winner. [57] The case was taken to court, where it was determined that 38 votes had been duplicated, and had to be eliminated, giving Rodíguez Ramos the win. [58] After multiple court revisions, Rodíguez Ramos was declared the official winner, and ratified as mayor of Guánica. [59] [60]
Guayanilla
Incumbent mayor Nelson Torres Yordán ran for a second term, but lost to PNP candidate Raúl Rivera Rodríguez, ending 20 years of PPD control of the municipality. [62]
Guaynabo
Previous PNP mayor Hector O'Neill Garcia was suspended on May 24, 2017, on complaints filled against him for sexual harassment, [63] and then resigned on June 5, 2017. [64] Later, on August 7, 2017, Ángel Pérez Otero was elected mayor in a special election to finish O'Neill Garcia's term. [65] Pérez Otero was re-elected to serve her first full term in office. [66]
Gurabo
Previous PNP mayor Víctor Ortiz Díaz was arrested on December 7, 2016, on charges related to extortion and soliciting a bribe. [67] Later, on April 2, 2017, Rosachely Rivera Santana was elected mayor in a special election to finish Ortiz Díaz's term. [68] Rivera Santana was re-elected to serve her first full term in office. [69]
Humacao
Previous PPD mayor Marcelo Trujillo Panisse passed away while in office on September 15, 2019. [72] Later, on November 10, 2019, Luis Sánchez Hernández was elected mayor in a special election to finish Trujillo Panisse's term. [73] Reinaldo Vargas Rodríguez won the PNP primary. [74] Vargas won the election, ending 20 years of PPD control of the municipality. [75]
Isabela
Incumbent PPD mayor Carlos Delgado Altieri announced he would not seek re-election, instead opting to run for governor. [76] Miguel Méndez Pérez won the PPD primary, beating 3 other candidates, including the incumbent mayor's son, Carlos Delgado Irizarry. [77] Melvin Concepción Corchado won the PNP primary. [78] Méndez ultimately won the election. [79]
Lajas
Incumbent mayor Marcos Irizarry Pagán ran for a 3rd term, won the PPD primary, [84] but lost to PNP candidate Jayson Martínez Maldonado. [85]
Lares
Previous mayor Roberto Pagán Centeno renounced to his post on January 3, 2020, after 16 years in the job. [86] The municipal committee quickly confirmed Pagán Centeno's son, Carlos Pagán Crespo as a candidate for mayor, without waiting for the PNP directory's orders. [87] The directory's evaluating committee ultimately rejected Pagán Crespo's candidacy for endorsing independent candidate Abel Nazario Quiñones for the senate. [88] After that, José Rodríguez Ruiz became mayor [89] and ran for a full term in office, but lost to PPD candidate Fabián Arroyo Rodríguez. [90]
Loíza
Lymarie Escobar Quiñones won the PNP primary. [93] Nonetheless, incumbent mayor Julia Nazario Fuentes won her second term. [94]
Manatí
Incumbent mayor José Sánchez González won his second term. [96]
Maricao
Incumbent mayor Gilberto Pérez Valentín ran for a 7th term, won the PNP primary, [97] but lost to Wilfredo Ruiz Feliciano, ending 28 years of PNP control of the municipality. [98]
Maunabo
Incumbent mayor Jorge Márquez Pérez ran for 6th term, but lost to PNP candidate Ángel Lafuente Amaro, ending 20 years of PPD control in the municipality. [99]
Moca
Previous PNP mayor José Avilés Santiago confirmed on October 24, 2018, that he would not run for re-election, leaving after 20 years as mayor. [102] Ángel Pérez Rodríguez ended up winning PNP primary [103] and the mayoral seat. [104]
Naguabo
Incumbent mayor Noé Marcano Riveri ran for a 3th term, won the PNP primary, [106] but lost to Miraidaliz Rosario Pagán, ending 12 years of PNP control of the municipality. [107]
Peñuelas
Previous PPD mayor Walter Torres Maldonado renounced to his post on December 31, 2018, after 21 years in the job. [112] The party, knowing beforehand that Torres Maldonado was going to renounce, did an internal primary in the municipality, with Gregory Gonsález Souchet being chosen as the new mayor. [113] [114] While Josean González Febres won PNP primary, [115] the incumbent mayor Gregory Gonsález Souchet won his first full term. [116]
Río Grande
Mayra Pérez Bulerín won the PNP primary. [123] Nonetheless, incumbent mayor Ángel González Damudt won the PPD primary [124] and his second term. [125]
Sabana Grande
Previous PPD mayor Miguel Ortiz Vélez was arrested on July 5, 2018, for running a corruption scheme, [126] With Noel Matías Borrero working as interim mayor and later mayor till the end of the term. [127] Luis Flores Santiago won the PNP primary, [128] while Marcos Valentín Flores won the PPD primary. [129] Marcos Valentín Flores ultimately won the mayoral race. [130]
San Germán
Incumbent mayor Isidro Negrón Irizarry ran for a 6th term, won the PPD primary, [133] but lost to Virgilio Olivera Olivera, ending 20 years of PPD control of the municipality. [134]
San Juan
Incumbent PPD mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz announced she would not seek re-election, instead opting to run for governor. [135] Miguel Romero Lugo won the PNP primary, and later the mayoral race. [136] The major surprise was that the PPD candidate Rossana López León came 3rd, while MVC candidate Manuel Natal Albelo came in a very close second. It was the only municipality to have a mayoral candidate of every party running in the election. [137]
San Lorenzo
Jaime Alverio Ramos won against incumbent mayor José Román Abreu, ending 20 years of PPD control of the municipality. [138]
Yauco
Incumbent mayor Ángel Torres Ortiz won his second term. [157]
