United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 2004

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The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 2, 2004, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States general elections, 2004.

Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives

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.

United States House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

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.

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Candidates for Resident Commissioner

Luis Fortuño Puerto Rican politician

Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the tenth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States of America, and as president of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (PNP) until 2013, served as president of the Council of State Governments during 2012 and served as president of the Southern Governors Association from 2011 to 2012. On 26 June 2011 he announced his plans to run for reelection. He was defeated in the 2012 Elections by Alejandro Garcia Padilla.

Edwin Irizarry Mora is an economist, professor and pro-independence leader in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican Independence Party political party

The Puerto Rican Independence Party is a social-democratic political party in Puerto Rico that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from United States suzerainty.

Election results

Puerto Rico's At-large congressional district election, 2004 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Progressive Luis Fortuño 956,82848.84
Popular Democratic Roberto Prats Palerm945,69148.27
Puerto Rican Independence Edwin Irizarry Mora 56,5892.89
Total votes1,959,108100.00
New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic

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