The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 6, 1984, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States elections, 1984.
The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives elected by the voters of Puerto Rico every four years, the only member of the House of Representatives who serves a four-year term. Commissioners function in every respect as a member of Congress, including sponsoring legislation and serving on congressional committees, where they can vote on legislation, except that they are denied a vote on the final disposition of legislation on the House floor. They receive a salary of $174,000 per year.
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they comprise the legislature of the United States.
Jaime Benito Fuster Berlingeri was a politician who served as an Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Justice Fuster, along with Justice Liana Fiol Matta, was considered the leading liberal voice in the Puerto Rico Supreme Court.
Attorney Ángel Viera Martínez was a prominent pro-statehood public servant in Puerto Rico during the second half of the 20th century.
The Puerto Rican Renewal Party — or Partido Renovación Puertorriqueña (PRP) in Spanish — was a short-lived Puerto Rican political party founded on August 28, 1983 in Ponce, Puerto Rico The party was disbanded in 1987.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Popular Democratic | Jaime Fuster | 825,598 | 48.54 | |||
New Progressive | Nelson Femadas | 771,818 | 45.38 | |||
Puerto Rican Independence | Francisco Catalá Oliveras | 64,028 | 3.76 | |||
Puerto Rican Renewal | Angel Viera Martínez | 39,326 | 2.31 | |||
Total votes | 1,700,770 | 100.00 | ||||
Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive | ||||||
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