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.
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday,November 2,2004. After a count by the State Commission of Elections,the winner was inaugurated to a four-year term as Governor of Puerto Rico on January 2,2005.
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.
Norma E. Burgos Andújar is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor and the 16th Secretary of State under Governor Pedro Rossellófrom 1995 to 1999. She also served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 2000 to 2012.
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday,November 4,2008,to elect the officials of the Government of Puerto Rico that would serve for the next four years,most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico.
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.
Roberto Arango-Vinent is an American politician who served in the Senate of Puerto Rico from January 2005 until August 2011 representing the San Juan district for the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (NPP),which is a conservative group derived from the Republican Statehood Party.
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).
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.
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government that would serve for the next four years,most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. A status referendum was held on the same date.
The Senate of Puerto Rico majority and minority leaders are Puerto Rican Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minorities respectively. These leaders serve as the chief Senate spokespeople for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate. By rule,the Presiding Officer gives the Majority Leader priority in obtaining recognition to speak on the floor of the Senate. The Majority Leader customarily serves as the chief representative of his or her party in Senate.
General election were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday,November 8,2016,to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government to serve from January 2017 to January 2021,most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. Ricardo Rossellówas elected governor and Jenniffer González-Colón was elected Resident Commissioner. The elections saw a 23 percentage point drop in turnout and was the lowest voter turnout in Puerto Rican history.
Telegramgate,also known as Chatgate or RickyLeaks,was a political scandal involving Ricardo Rosselló,then Governor of Puerto Rico,which began on July 8,2019,with the leak of hundreds of pages of a group chat on the messaging application Telegram between Rossellóand members of his cabinet. The messages were considered vulgar,misogynistic,racist,and homophobic toward several individuals and groups,and discussed how they would use the media to target potential political opponents. The leak came in the midst of allegations by former Secretary of Treasury of Puerto Rico,Raúl Maldonado Gautier,that his department boasted an "institutional mafia" that Rossellówas involved in. The leaks also came a year after a previous scandal,dubbed WhatsApp Gate,involving other members of Rosselló's cabinet.
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.
Andrés Waldemar Volmar Méndez was a Puerto Rican politician and public servant for the New Progressive Party (PNP). He served as the Secretary of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico from 2017 to 2018,under Governor Ricardo Rosselló. Volmar ran for mayor of his hometown of Dorado,Puerto Rico on the 2020 Puerto Rican general election,but was defeated by the incumbent Carlos López Rivera. He is currently the host of La Bóveda de TeleOnce.
A special election to elect shadow senators and shadow representatives from Puerto Rico was held on May 16,2021. Voters chose two special delegates to the United States Senate and four special delegates to the United States House of Representatives. Their work is to demand that the US Congress respect and enforce the results of the 2020 status referendum,and admit Puerto Rico as the 51st state of the Union.
The 2024 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election will be held on 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. Incumbent New Progressive Party Governor Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia is running for re-election to a second term in office.
