2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico, mayoral election

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2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico, mayoral election
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Nominee Miguel Romero Manuel Natal Albelo Rossana López León
Party New Progressive Citizens' Victory Popular Democratic
Popular vote46,42742,96229,451
Percentage36.60%33.87%23.22%
Mayor before election

Carmen Yulín Cruz
Popular Democratic

Elected mayor

Miguel Romero
New Progressive

San Juan, Puerto Rico, held an election for mayor on November 3, 2020. Among other elections, it was held concurrently with the 2020 Puerto Rico general election. It saw the election of New Progressive Party nominee Miguel Romero.

Contents

Incumbent mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, a member of the Popular Democratic Party did not seek reelection to a third term, and instead ran an unsuccessful campaign for her party's nomination in the gubernatorial election.

Nominations

New Progressive Party primary

The New Progressive Party held their party's primary election on August 9, nominating Miguel Romero (a district member of the Senate of Puerto Rico) over Manuel Colón. [1]

New Progressive Party primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Progressive Miguel Romero 20,549 76.24
New Progressive Mauel "Palomo" Colón6,40623.77
Total votes26,955 100

The Popular Democracy Party cancelled its party primary election. It nominated Rossana López León, an at-large member of the Senate of Puerto Rico, without holding a primary. [1] [3]

Project Dignity

Project Dignity nominated Nelson Rosario Rodríguez. [1]

Citizen's Victory Movement

Citizen's Victory Movement nominated Manuel Natal Albelo, an at-large member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives. [1] [4]

Puerto Rican Independence Party

The Puerto Rican Independence Party nominated Adrián González Costa. [1]

General

Polls

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 [5] October 13–15, 2020258 (RV)–26%37%10%2%1%2% [b] 23% [c]
Gaither International/El Vocero [6] October 1–7, 2020500 (V)± 4%17%38%18%2%1%–24%
  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%
  3. ↑ Includes "Refused"

Results

San Juan mayoral election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Progressive Miguel Romero 46,427 36.60
Citizens' Victory Manuel Natal Albelo 42,96233.87
Popular Democratic Rossana López León 29,45123.22
Independence Adrián González Costa4,1573.28
Project Dignity Nelson Rosario Rodríguez3,8483.03
Total votes126,845 100

Litigation

Manuel Natal Albelo launched a legal challenge demanding that a new election be held for the municipality's 77th Unit, which groups together several forms of absentee-voting and mail-in ballots. In his litigation, he alleged widespread irregularities during the counting process and leading to the election. [8] The lawsuit was dismissed by a judge in January 2021 due to a total lack of evidence supporting the claim. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mayoral election in San Juan, Puerto Rico (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  2. ↑ "CEE Event". primarias2020.ceepur.org. August 20, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Rossana López León". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Manuel Natal Albelo". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  5. ↑ Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald
  6. ↑ Gaither International/El Vocero
  7. ↑ "CEE Event". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. November 7, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Manuel Natal insiste en que la ilegalidad de 6,500 papeletas en la unidad 77 de San Juan "está documentada"". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Manuel Natal's lawsuit dismissed – PR Headline News". www.puertoricoheadlinenews.com. January 29, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
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