Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1977 to 1985. He was the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party (PNP). He also served 2 terms in Congress as the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001.
Pedro Juan RossellóGonzález is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008,and served as Senator for the District of Arecibo from 2005 to 2008. His son,Ricardo,was also Governor of Puerto Rico from 2017 to 2019.
The New Progressive Party is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates statehood. The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds both the seat of the governor and of the resident commissioner.
Kenneth Davison McClintock-Hernández is a politician who served as the twenty-second Secretary of State of Puerto Rico,one of the four longest serving in that post. McClintock served as co-chair of Hillary Clinton’s National Hispanic Leadership Council in 2008,he co-chaired her successful Puerto Rico primary campaign that year and served as the Thirteenth President of the Senate of Puerto Rico until December 31,2008. He chaired Luis Fortuño’s Incoming Committee on Government Transition in 2008 and the Outgoing Committee on Government Transition in 2012,the only Puerto Rican to serve in both capacities. He was sworn into office as secretary of state on January 2,2009,by Chief Justice Federico Hernández Denton,fulfilling the role of lieutenant governor in the islands. He was appointed by Governor Pedro Pierluisi as a member of the Civil Rights Commission on February 8,2024,a nomination pending Senate confirmation.
Orlando Parga Figueroa is a Puerto Rican politician and former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico. He served as President pro tempore of the Senate from 2005 to 2009.
Jorge Adolfo de Castro-Font is a former Puerto Rican senator and former member of the House of Representatives. Originally,he was a member of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) but became an independent representative in 2001 after inner disputes with his party. In 2002,he became a member of the New Progressive Party (PNP) and was elected Senator in 2004 and 2008,despite inner struggles within the party and legal issues.
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday,November 4,2008,to elect the officials of the government that would serve for the next four years,most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico.
Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer currently serving as governor of Puerto Rico since January 2,2021. He has previously served as secretary of justice,resident commissioner,acting secretary of state,de facto governor of Puerto Rico and as private attorney for Puerto Rico's fiscal oversight board under the Puerto Rico Oversight,Management,and Economic Stability Act. He is a member of the New Progressive Party and the Democratic Party of the United States.
Manuel A. Torres-Nieves,Puerto Rico's longest-serving secretary of the Senate of Puerto Rico in modern times,first served during the tumultuous years of 2005–2008 in which the Senate was controlled by the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (NPP) while the governorship had been controlled by the pro-status quo Popular Democratic Party,served a second consecutive term as Senate Secretary after having served as Acting President of the Senate from January 1–12,2009,between the Senate presidencies of Kenneth McClintock and Thomas Rivera Schatz. He then served as Puerto Rico's first Electoral Comptroller before his third election as secretary of the Senate during Rivera Schatz' historic second non-consecutive term as Senate President,which ended January 11,2021. On March 11,2021,Governor Pedro Pierluisi nominated him as Comptroller of Puerto Rico,a constitutional role which requires the advice and consent of both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Eduardo Bhatia Gautier is a Puerto Rican attorney and politician. Bhatia is a former 15th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico and executive director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration.
JoséLuis Dalmau Santiago is an attorney and politician. He is the current president of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
Roberto Nicolás Rexach Benítez also known as his stage name Bobby,was a Puerto Rican politician,and former Senator and Representative. Rexach Benítez served as the tenth President of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 1996. He also served as a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976,under the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and as a member of the Senate (1985–1998) under the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP).
Lawrence N. "Larry" Seilhamer Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican politician who was the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico. He is affiliated with the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP),and was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from January 7,2009 until January 15,2020. Seilhamer is also a former basketball player for the Baloncesto Superior Nacional from 1972 to 1984. On December 2,2020,he was nominated as Puerto Rico Secretary of State by Governor-elect Pedro R. Pierluisi.
The Popular Democratic Party is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates to continue as a Commonwealth of the United States with self-governance. The party was founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party and originally promoted policies on the centre-left. In recent years,however,its leaders have described the party as centrist.
Antonio "Toñito" Soto Díaz,commonly known as El Chuchín,was a Puerto Rican politician and former Senator.
Kimmey Raschke Martínez is a politician and Senator. She was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2012.
Nicolás Nogueras Cartagena was a Puerto Rican politician,commentator and senator. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico for two separate periods of time. First from 1973 to 1985,and then from 1992 to 1996.
ZoéLaboy Alvarado is an American attorney and public servant. Laboy served as Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 1997 to 2000. in 2016 she was elected to become a senator with the New Progressive Party (PNP) where she was the leader of the liberal wing of the party. On August 21,2019,she was appointed as Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced's Chief of Staff. In December 2019,she endorsed former Vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and has served as co-chair on his 2020 presidential campaign "Puerto Rico for Biden Leadership Committee".
The 26th Senate of Puerto Rico is the upper house of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico. Its counterpart in the lower house is the 30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.
Gubernatorial elections were held on Tuesday,November 5,2024,to elect the governor of Puerto Rico,concurrently with the election of the Resident Commissioner,the Senate,the House of Representatives,and the mayors of the 78 municipalities. This election is historic as it marks the first time since 1952 in which a candidate from the Puerto Rican Independence Party came runner-up in a gubernatorial race,the first time since 1964 in which the incumbent governing party was re-elected after two terms in office,the second time Puerto Rico has elected a female governor,with the first time being in 2000 with Sila María Calderón. This election also saw the Popular Democratic Party lose control of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and finish third for the first time in its entire history in a gubernatorial election,albeit retaining a majority of mayoral races and its candidate for Resident Commissioner,Pablo Hernández Rivera,won in a landslide.
