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2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
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Nominee Pedro Pierluisi Carlos Delgado Altieri
Party New Progressive Popular Democratic
Alliance Democratic Democratic
Incumbent Governor

Wanda Vázquez Garced
New Progressive



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The 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election will be 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, is eligible to run for a full term in office, which she announced she would do on December 16, 2019.[1]

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.

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

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 983 (LV) ± 2.5% 49% 45% 6% —
El Nuevo Día February 21–25, 2020 247 (RV) ± 6.2% 48% 47% 2% 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%

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.[6][7]

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

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

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 983 (LV) ± 2.5% 39% 35% 21% 5%
El Nuevo Día February 21–25, 2020 170 (RV) ± 7.5% 12% 50% 24% 14%

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.[15] Dalmau previously ran as the PIP candidate in the 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election.

Nominee

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

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 endorsment to be certified, of which it received 47,856. [18]

On May 20, 2020, the party announced that Dr. César Vazquez would be their gubernatorial nominee. [19]

Nominee

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.[21][22][23]

Declared

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Pedro Pierluisi (PNP-D) Charlie Delgado (PPD-D) Other/Undecided
El Nuevo Día February 21–25, 2020 1,000 (RV) ± 3.1% 40% 19% 41%

Results

2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Progressive Pedro Pierluisi
Popular Democratic Carlos Delgado Altieri
Independence Juan Dalmau Ramírez
Citizens' Victory Alexandra Lúgaro
Project Dignity César Vázquez
Independent Eliezer Molina
Write-in
Total votes

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

  1. ^ a b "Wanda Vázquez retará a Pedro Pierluisi en las primarias por la candidatura a la gobernación por el PNP". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). December 16, 2019. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Pedro Pierluisi: "Puerto Rico va a echar hacia adelante conmigo al mando"". ElNuevoDia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 10, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "Rosselló pone fecha al inicio de su campaña para la reelección". www.wapa.tv. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "Rosselló no renunciará, pero no buscará la reelección en 2020". CNN (in European Spanish). July 21, 2019. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "PUERTO RICO". Politics1. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  6. ^ Marzo 2019, Por: Primera Hora | 22 de. "Alcaldesa de San Juan Carmen Yulín Cruz aspirará a la gobernación de Puerto Rico". El Diario NY (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Saldaña, José M. "Yulín gobernadora... mucho cuidado". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  8. ^ González, Jennifer. "Carlos Delgado Altieri aspirará a la gobernación en 2020". Metro (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  9. ^ "Puerto Rico Senate Minority Leader Bhatia running for governor". Caribbean Business. October 18, 2018. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  10. ^ "San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz to run for Puerto Rico governor in 2020". Nbcnews.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  11. ^ "San Juan Mayor Announces Run for Puerto Rico Governor". Bloomberg. Associated Press. March 22, 2019. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  12. ^ Ruiz Kuilan, Gloria (December 2, 2018). "Roberto Prats oficializa su candidatura a la gobernación por el PPD". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  13. ^ "Roberto Prats se quita de aspiración a la gobernación por el PPD". Primera Hora (in Spanish). November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  14. ^ "Juan Zaragoza confirma que aspirará a la gobernación por el PPD". ElNuevoDia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  15. ^ "Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño primer partido en radicar candidaturas". Claridad (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico. December 28, 2019. Archived from the original on February 7, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  16. ^ Rolón Cintrón, Heidee (November 19, 2019). "Alexandra Lúgaro anuncia su candidatura a la gobernación por Victoria Ciudadana". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on November 20, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  17. ^ Reichard, Raquel (November 20, 2019). "The First Female Independent Candidate for Puerto Rico Governor Is Running for the Spot Again". Remezcla. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Archived from the original on October 15, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  18. ^ "CEE certifica al Proyecto Dignidad como partido político | Metro". www.metro.pr. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  19. ^ a b García, Lyanne Meléndez. "Proyecto Dignidad oficializa su candidato a gobernador". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  20. ^ "César Vázquez es el candidato a la gobernación bajo Proyecto Dignidad". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  21. ^ Marrero, Juan. "Eliezer Molina demanda a la CEE por la entrega de endosos". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  22. ^ González, Jennifer. "Juez ordena a la CEE aceptar endosos de Eliezer Molina". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  23. ^ a b "CEE certifica a Eliezer Molina como candidato a la gobernación". Primera Hora. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
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