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Gubernatorial elections were held on Tuesday, 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. Two parties filed to hold a primary election: the New Progressive Party and the Popular Democratic ...
Elections for the Senate of Puerto Rico were held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections. [33] Primaries were held on June 2, 2024. [ 4 ] Left-of-center parties PIP and MVC formed an electoral alliance for the 2024 elections, called the Alianza de País .
Puerto Rico governor's race is upended by a third party for the first time in 70 years. ... Juan Dalmau, and Jesús Manuel Ortiz, candidates in Puerto Rico's upcoming gubernatorial elections.
In the 2016 gubernatorial election, the independent candidate Alexandra Lúgaro managed to arrive in third with 11.13%, María De Lourdes Santiago of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) and Rafael Bernabe from the Working People's Party (PPT) failed to reach the 3% threshold required to remain registered with 2.13% and 0.34% respectively. [1]
Puerto Rico’s next governor will have to work alongside a federal control board that oversees the island’s finances and was created after the government declared bankruptcy. Ahead of Sunday's primaries, more than 4,900 inmates voted in prisons across the U.S. territory.
This year’s election is unlike any other in the 76 years since the U.S. began allowing Puerto Ricans to vote for their governor. Puerto Rico Might Elect Its First Pro-Independence Governor Skip ...
During these elections the people of Puerto Rico elect both local and central government candidates. These include the governor , resident commissioner , members of the legislative assembly , including senators and representatives , mayors , and municipal assembly representatives .
The future of Puerto Rico’s political status and its rebounding but fragile economy are at the center of fiery debates as the island’s two biggest political parties hold contentious ...