2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election

The 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, 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 Wanda Vázquez Garced, who succeeded to the governorship on August 7, 2019, was eligible to run for a full term in office, which she announced on December 16, 2019.

However, Vázquez Garced lost her bid when former Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi won the New Progressive Party membership vote on the nomination for governor.^[1] Pierluisi ultimately won the election on November 3, 2020, albeit by a narrow margin of 1.37%. As a result, this election was the closest race of the 2020 gubernatorial election cycle. Pierlusi's winning 32.93% of the vote was the lowest obtained by a successful gubernatorial candidate in Puerto Rico since the first direct election in 1948.

Electoral system

The Governor of Puerto Rico is elected via first-past-the-post voting.

New Progressive Party

On March 3, 2019, Ricardo Rosselló announced he would seek re-election as governor in the 2020 elections; however, following the Telegramgate scandal and subsequent protests in front of La Fortaleza, Rosselló announced on July 21, 2019, that he would withdraw his bid for re-election. Shortly thereafter, on August 2, he resigned as governor.

On September 9, 2019, Pedro Pierluisi, who served briefly as de facto governor following Rosselló's resignation, announced he would seek the PNP nomination for governor for the 2020 elections.

On December 19, 2019, Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, who was elevated to governor on August 7, 2019, after Pierluisi's appointment was deemed unconstitutional, announced her intention to seek re-election to a full term as governor.

On August 16, 2020, in an extended primary process marred by troubles delivering ballots to polling places for the original primary date of August 9, Pierluisi defeated Vázquez Garced.^[2]

Candidates

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[b]	Margin of error	Wanda Vázquez	Pedro Pierluisi	Other	Undecided
Radio Isla	July 28–August 3, 2020	~295 (LV)^[c]	–	49%	45%	—	6%
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	July 20–26, 2020	~289 (V)^[d]	–	43%	43%	–	13%^[e]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	May 3–7, 2020	~316 (LV)^[f]	–	45%	40%	–	15%^[e]
Diario Las Américas	March 30-April 21, 2020	— (RV)^[g]	—	52%	36%	1%	11%
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	March, 2020	– (V)^[h]	–	37%	49%	–	13%^[e]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	February, 2020	– (V)^[h]	–	28%	61%	–	11%^[e]
El Nuevo Día	February 21–25, 2020	247 (RV)	± 6.2%	48%	47%	2%^[i]	3%

Results

New Progressive Party primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Progressive	Pedro Pierluisi	162,345	57.67%
	New Progressive	Wanda Vázquez Garced (incumbent)	119,184	42.33%
Total votes			281,529	100.00%

Popular Democratic Party

After the defeat of Popular Democratic candidate David Bernier in the 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial elections, the party was mostly divided in opinions on how to move forward to the 2020 elections. While many in the party wanted to keep going with the same ideology of the Free Associated State, Carmen Yulín Cruz expressed a desire to create a new movement in the party, one that would support a free association of Puerto Rico as an independent country from the United States.^[7]^[8]

On August 16, 2020, in an extended primary process marred by troubles delivering ballots to polling places for the original primary date of August 9, Delgado defeated Bhatia and Cruz.

Candidates

Nominated

Carlos Delgado Altieri, mayor of Isabela^[9]

Eliminated in primary

Eduardo Bhatia, Minority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate^[10]
Carmen Yulín Cruz, mayor of San Juan, and former member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives^[11]^[12]

Withdrawn

Roberto Prats, former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico^[13]^[14]
Juan Zaragoza, former Secretary of Treasury of Puerto Rico^[15]^[16]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[b]	Margin of error	Carlos Delgado Altieri	Eduardo Bhatia	Carmen Yulín Cruz	Other/Undecided
Radio Isla	July 28–August 3, 2020	~246 (LV)^[j]	–	39%	35%	21%	5%^[k]
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	July 20–26, 2020	~192 (V)^[l]	–	44%	26%	16%	14%^[m]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	May 3–7, 2020	~181 (LV)^[n]	–	25%	35%	17%	23%^[o]
Diario Las Américas	March 30-April 21, 2020	— (RV)^[p]	—	—	49%	25%	26%^[q]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	March, 2020	– (V)^[h]	–	17%	52%	16%	15%^[r]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	February, 2020	– (V)^[h]	–	21%	42%	12%	25%^[s]
El Nuevo Día	February 21–25, 2020	170 (RV)	± 7.5%	12%	50%	24%	14%^[t]

Results

Popular Democratic Party primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Popular Democratic	Carlos Delgado Altieri	128,638	62.97%
	Popular Democratic	Eduardo Bhatia	48,563	23.77%
	Popular Democratic	Carmen Yulín Cruz	27,068	13.25%
Total votes			204,269	100.00%

Other candidates

Independence Party

On December 27, 2019, the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) filed its list of candidates for the general election, including Sen. Juan Dalmau as governor.^[17] Dalmau previously ran as the PIP candidate in the 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election.

Nominee

Juan Dalmau Ramírez, at-large member of the Senate of Puerto Rico^[6]

Citizens Victory Movement

After the defeat of Alexandra Lúgaro as an independent candidate and Rafael Bernabe as the candidate for the Working People's Party in the 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, the two candidates joined with other Puerto Rican politicians in March 2019 to form a new political party called Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (Citizen's Victory Movement).

On November 19, 2019, Alexandra Lúgaro announced her second run for governor, this time running as the MVC candidate.

Nominee

Alexandra Lúgaro, businesswoman, lawyer, and 2016 independent candidate for governor.^[18]^[19]

Project Dignity

Project Dignity was certified as an official party by the CEE (State Commission on Elections) on January 22, 2020. It needed 47,406 petitions of endorsement to be certified, of which it received 47,856. ^[20]

On May 20, 2020, the party announced that Dr. César Vazquez would be their gubernatorial nominee. ^[21]

Nominee

César Vázquez, Cardiologist^[21]^[22]

Independent

On May 5, 2020, the CEE (State Commission on Elections) certified the candidacy of Eliezer Molina after a legal dispute over the amount of endorsements required to ratify his nomination.^[23]^[24]^[25]

Declared

Eliezer Molina, Agroculturist and Civil Engineer^[25]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[b]	Margin of error	Pedro Pierluisi (PNP-D)	Charlie Delgado (PPD)	Juan Dalmau (PIP)	Alexandra Lúgaro (MVC)	César Vázquez (PD)	Other	Undecided
The Research Office/El Nuevo Día	October 27–30, 2020	1000 (RV)	± 3%	35%	34%	10%	11%	5%	2%^[u]	3%
Jorge Benítez Nazario/Radio Isla/Telemundo Puerto Rico	October 23–November 1, 2020	1,010 (LV)	± 2.5%	32%	35%	15%	11%	3%	1%^[v]	–
Data for Progress	October 19–26, 2020	439 (LV)	± 5%	39%	35%	8%	10%	1%	2%^[w]	5%
Radio Isla/Jorge Benítez	October 12–17, 2020	676 (RV)	± 3.16%	31%	35%	14%	12%	1%	1%^[x]	5%
Gaither International/El Vocero	September 21 – October 6, 2020	2,401 (A)	± 2%	27%	24%	8%	9%	2%	6%^[y]	23%
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	October 1–5, 2020	1,200 (LV)	–	31%	24%	8%	9%	3%	7%^[z]	18%^[e]
El Nuevo Día	September 19–23, 2020	1,000 (RV)	± 3.1%	38%	37%	6%	13%	1%	2%^[aa]	5%^[e]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	September 14–18, 2020	803 (RV)	—	29%	27%	6%	8%	3%	9%^[ab]	17%^[e]
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	July 20–26, 2020	802 (V)	–	26%	24%	7%	6%	2%	18%^[ac]	16%^[e]
El Nuevo Día	February 21–25, 2020	1,000 (RV)	± 3.1%	40%	19%	7%	6%	4%^[ad]	18%^[ae]	6%^[e]

Hypothetical polling

with Pedro Pierluisi

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[b]	Margin of error	Pedro Pierluisi (PNP-D)	Eduardo Bhatia (PPD-D)	Juan Dalmau Ramírez (PIP)	Alexandra Lúgaro (MVC)	Other	Undecided
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	July 20–26, 2020	802 (V)	–	27%	16%	7%	7%	26%^[af]	17%^[e]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	May 3–7, 2020	903 (LV)	–	25%	15%	5%	8%	34%^[ag]	14%^[e]
Diario Las Américas	March 30-April 21, 2020	1,500 (RV)	± 2.6%	42%	22%	15%	–	10%	11%
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	March, 2020	– (V)^[h]	–	22%	20%	5%	7%	28%^[ah]	18%^[e]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	February, 2020	– (V)^[h]	–	29%	20%	5%	8%	24%^[ai]	14%^[e]
El Nuevo Día	February 21–25, 2020	1,000 (RV)	± 3.1%	38%	23%	6%	7%	20%^[aj]	6%^[e]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[b]	Margin of error	Pedro Pierluisi (PNP-D)	Carmen Yulín Cruz (PPD-D)	Juan Dalmau Ramírez (PIP)	Alexandra Lúgaro (MVC)	Other	Undecided
Diario Las Américas	March 30-April 21, 2020	1,500 (RV)	± 2.6%	42%	21%	14%	–	12%	12%
El Nuevo Día	February 21–25, 2020	1,000 (RV)	± 3.1%	40%	19%	7%	6%	22%^[ak]	6%^[e]

with Wanda Vázquez

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[b]	Margin of error	Wanda Vázquez (PNP-R)	Eduardo Bhatia (PPD-D)	Juan Dalmau Ramírez (PIP)	Alexandra Lúgaro (MVC)	Other	Undecided
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	July 20–26, 2020	802 (V)	–	24%	17%	9%	7%	27%^[al]	16%^[e]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	May 3–7, 2020	903 (LV)	–	29%	14%	5%	8%	31%^[am]	14%^[e]
Diario Las Américas	March 30-April 21, 2020	1,500 (RV)	± 2.6%	41%	27%	12%	–	9%	11%
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	February, 2020	– (V)^[h]	–	26%	20%	4%	9%	27%^[an]	11%^[e]
El Nuevo Día	February 21–25, 2020	1,000 (RV)	± 3.1%	40%	20%	7%	6%	21%^[ao]	6%^[e]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[b]	Margin of error	Wanda Vázquez (PNP-R)	Carmen Yulín Cruz (PPD-D)	Juan Dalmau Ramírez (PIP)	Alexandra Lúgaro (MVC)	Other	Undecided
Diario Las Américas	March 30-April 21, 2020	1,500 (RV)	± 2.6%	46%	21%	12%	–	10%	11%
El Nuevo Día	February 21–25, 2020	1,000 (RV)	± 3.1%	41%	15%	6%	5%	21%^[ao]	6%^[e]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[b]	Margin of error	Wanda Vázquez (PNP-R)	Charlie Delgado (PPD)	Juan Dalmau Ramírez (PIP)	Alexandra Lúgaro (MVC)	Other	Undecided
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	July 20–26, 2020	802 (V)	–	24%	23%	7%	7%	23%^[ap]	17%^[e]
El Nuevo Día	February 21–25, 2020	1,000 (RV)	± 3.1%	42%	20%	5%	6%	21%^[ao]	6%^[e]

Results

Candidates' Vote Share

Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia (PNP-D) (32.93%)

Carlos Delgado Altieri (PPD) (31.56%)

Alexandra Lúgaro Aponte (MVC) (14.21%)

Juan Dalmau Ramírez (PIP) (13.72%)

César Vázquez Muñiz (PD) (6.90%)

Eliezer Molina Pérez (Independent) (0.69%)

Write-in (0.002%)

2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia	406,830	32.93%	−8.87%
	Popular Democratic	Carlos Delgado Altieri	389,896	31.56%	−7.30%
	Citizens' Victory	Alexandra Lúgaro Aponte	175,583	14.21%	+3.08%
	Independence	Juan Dalmau Ramírez	169,516	13.72%	+11.59%
	Project Dignity	César Vázquez Muñiz	85,211	6.90%	N/A
	Independent	Eliezer Molina Pérez	8,485	0.69%	N/A
	Write-in		2,513	0.20%
Total votes			1,238,034	100.00%
	New Progressive hold

Notes

^ Pierluisi also served as de facto governor between August 2 and 7, 2019, until the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ruled his ascension to the governorship unconstitutional.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
^ 30% of a full sample of 983 likely voters
^ 36% of a full sample of 802 voters
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Includes "refused"
^ 35% of a full sample of 903 likely voters
^ PNP subsample of 1500 registered voter sample
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Not yet released
^ "Other candidate" with 2%; "refused" and would not vote with 0%
^ 25% of a full sample of 983 likely voters
^ Undecided with 5%
^ 24% of a full sample of 802 voters
^ "Undecided/Refused" with 8%; "None of the above" with 6%
^ of a full sample of 802 voters
^ "None of the above" with 16%; "Undecided/Refused" with 7%
^ PPD subsample of 1500 registered voter sample
^ "Other" with 7%; Undecided with 19%
^ "None of the above" with 7%; "Undecided/Refused" with 8%
^ "None of the above" with 11%; "Undecided/Refused" with 14%
^ "Other candidate" with 4%; "refused" with 1%; would not vote with 0%; undecided with 9%
^ Molina (I) and "Other candidate" with 1%
^ Molina (I) with 1%
^ Would not vote with 2%; Molina (I) and "Other candidate" with 0%
^ Molina (I) with 1%
^ "None" with 3%; Molina (I) with 2%; "Other" with 1%
^ Would not vote with 3%; Molina (I) and "Someone else" with 2%
^ "Other candidate" with 1%; would not vote with 1%
^ Independent Eliezer Molina with 2%, "Someone else" with 4%, "Would not vote" with 3%
^ Would not vote with 11%; "Someone else" with 7%
^ Polled as "Candidate of Project Dignity"
^ "Other candidate" with 11%; would not vote with 7%
^ Would not vote with 14%; "Someone else" with 9%; Vázquez (PD) with 3%
^ Would not vote with 23%; "Someone else" with 11%
^ "Someone else" and would not vote with 14%
^ Would not vote with 15%; "Someone else" with 9%
^ "Other candidate" with 9%; would not vote with 7%; Generic Project Dignity with 4%
^ "Other candidate" with 11%; would not vote with 7%; Generic Project Dignity with 4%
^ Would not vote with 14%; "Someone else" with 9%; Vázquez (PD) with 4%
^ Would not vote with 21%; "Someone else" with 10%
^ Would not vote with 18%; "Someone else" with 9%
^ ^a ^b ^c Would not vote with 9%; "Other candidate" with 8%; Generic Project Dignity with 4%
^ Would not vote with 13%; "Someone else" with 7%; Vázquez (PD) with 3%

References

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External links

Official campaign websites

Juan Dalmau (PIP) for Governor
Carlos Delgado Altieri (PPD) for Governor Archived January 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
Eliezer Molina (I) for Governor Archived October 3, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
Pedro Pierluisi (PNP / D) for Governor Archived August 4, 2020, at the Wayback Machine

[a-4] Pierluisi also served as de facto governor between August 2 and 7, 2019, until the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ruled his ascension to the governorship unconstitutional.

[key-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[9] 30% of a full sample of 983 likely voters

[10] 36% of a full sample of 802 voters

[refuse-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Includes "refused"

[12] 35% of a full sample of 903 likely voters

[13] PNP subsample of 1500 registered voter sample

[norelease-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Not yet released

[15] "Other candidate" with 2%; "refused" and would not vote with 0%

[26] 25% of a full sample of 983 likely voters

[27] Undecided with 5%

[28] 24% of a full sample of 802 voters

[29] "Undecided/Refused" with 8%; "None of the above" with 6%

[30] ull sample of 802 voters

[31] "None of the above" with 16%; "Undecided/Refused" with 7%

[32] PPD subsample of 1500 registered voter sample

[33] "Other" with 7%; Undecided with 19%

[34] "None of the above" with 7%; "Undecided/Refused" with 8%

[35] "None of the above" with 11%; "Undecided/Refused" with 14%

[36] "Other candidate" with 4%; "refused" with 1%; would not vote with 0%; undecided with 9%

[46] Molina (I) and "Other candidate" with 1%

[47] Molina (I) with 1%

[48] Would not vote with 2%; Molina (I) and "Other candidate" with 0%

[49] Molina (I) with 1%

[50] "None" with 3%; Molina (I) with 2%; "Other" with 1%

[51] Would not vote with 3%; Molina (I) and "Someone else" with 2%

[52] "Other candidate" with 1%; would not vote with 1%

[53] Independent Eliezer Molina with 2%, "Someone else" with 4%, "Would not vote" with 3%

[54] Would not vote with 11%; "Someone else" with 7%

[55] Polled as "Candidate of Project Dignity"

[56] "Other candidate" with 11%; would not vote with 7%

[57] Would not vote with 14%; "Someone else" with 9%; Vázquez (PD) with 3%

[58] Would not vote with 23%; "Someone else" with 11%

[59] "Someone else" and would not vote with 14%

[60] Would not vote with 15%; "Someone else" with 9%

[61] "Other candidate" with 9%; would not vote with 7%; Generic Project Dignity with 4%

[62] "Other candidate" with 11%; would not vote with 7%; Generic Project Dignity with 4%

[63] Would not vote with 14%; "Someone else" with 9%; Vázquez (PD) with 4%

[64] Would not vote with 21%; "Someone else" with 10%

[65] Would not vote with 18%; "Someone else" with 9%

[dup_result-66] Would not vote with 9%; "Other candidate" with 8%; Generic Project Dignity with 4%

[67] Would not vote with 13%; "Someone else" with 7%; Vázquez (PD) with 3%

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