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, is eligible to run for a full term in office, which she announced she would do on December 16, 2019. However she lost her bid when former Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi won the New Progressive Party membership vote on the nomination for governor.[1]

2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Pedro Pierluisi Carlos Delgado Altieri Alexandra Lúgaro
Party New Progressive Popular Democratic Citizen's Victory Movement
Alliance Democratic
Popular vote 427,016 407,817 179,265
Percentage 33.24% 31.75% 13.95%
 
Nominee Juan Dalmau César Vázquez Muñiz
Party Puerto Rican Independence Project Dignity
Popular vote 175,402 87,379
Percentage 13.58% 6.80%
Governor before election

Wanda Vázquez Garced
New Progressive

 Elected Governor

Pedro Pierluisi
New Progressive

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Transition processes

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]

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]		 Margin
of error		 Wanda Vázquez Pedro Pierluisi Other Undecided
Radio Isla July 28–August 3, 2020 ~295 (LV)[lower-alpha 3] – 49% 45% — 6%
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald July 20–26, 2020 ~289 (V)[lower-alpha 4] – 43% 43% – 13%[lower-alpha 5]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald May 3–7, 2020 ~316 (LV)[lower-alpha 6] – 45% 40% – 15%[lower-alpha 5]
Diario Las Américas March 30-April 21, 2020 — (RV)[lower-alpha 7] — 52% 36% 1% 11%
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald March, 2020 – (V)[lower-alpha 8] – 37% 49% – 13%[lower-alpha 5]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald February, 2020 – (V)[lower-alpha 8] – 28% 61% – 11%[lower-alpha 5]
El Nuevo Día February 21–25, 2020 247 (RV) ± 6.2% 48% 47% 2%[lower-alpha 9] 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.[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.

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]		 Margin
of error		 Carlos Delgado Altieri Eduardo
Bhatia		 Carmen Yulín Cruz Other/Undecided
Radio Isla July 28–August 3, 2020 ~246 (LV)[lower-alpha 10] – 39% 35% 21% 5%[lower-alpha 11]
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald July 20–26, 2020 ~192 (V)[lower-alpha 12] – 44% 26% 16% 14%[lower-alpha 13]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald May 3–7, 2020 ~181 (LV)[lower-alpha 14] – 25% 35% 17% 23%[lower-alpha 15]
Diario Las Américas March 30-April 21, 2020 — (RV)[lower-alpha 16] — — 49% 25% 26%[lower-alpha 17]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald March, 2020 – (V)[lower-alpha 8] – 17% 52% 16% 15%[lower-alpha 18]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald February, 2020 – (V)[lower-alpha 8] – 21% 42% 12% 25%[lower-alpha 19]
El Nuevo Día February 21–25, 2020 170 (RV) ± 7.5% 12% 50% 24% 14%[lower-alpha 20]

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.[16] 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 endorsement to be certified, of which it received 47,856. [19]

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

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.[22][23][24]

Declared

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]		 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%[lower-alpha 21] 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%[lower-alpha 22] –
Data for Progress October 19–26, 2020 439 (LV) ± 5% 39% 35% 8% 10% 1% 2%[lower-alpha 23] 5%
Radio Isla/Jorge Benítez October 12–17, 2020 676 (RV) ± 3.16% 31% 35% 14% 12% 1% 1%[lower-alpha 24] 5%
Gaither International/El Vocero September 21 – October 6, 2020 2,401 (A) ± 2% 27% 24% 8% 9% 2% 6%[lower-alpha 25] 23%
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald October 1–5, 2020 1,200 (LV) – 31% 24% 8% 9% 3% 7%[lower-alpha 26] 18%[lower-alpha 5]
El Nuevo Día September 19–23, 2020 1,000 (RV) ± 3.1% 38% 37% 6% 13% 1% 2%[lower-alpha 27] 5%[lower-alpha 5]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald September 14–18, 2020 803 (RV) — 29% 27% 6% 8% 3% 9%[lower-alpha 28] 17%[lower-alpha 5]
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald July 20–26, 2020 802 (V) – 26% 24% 7% 6% 2% 18%[lower-alpha 29] 16%[lower-alpha 5]
El Nuevo Día February 21–25, 2020 1,000 (RV) ± 3.1% 40% 19% 7% 6% 4%[lower-alpha 30] 18%[lower-alpha 31] 6%[lower-alpha 5]

Results
2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election[25]
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%
Citizen's Victory Movement Alexandra Lúgaro Aponte 175,583 14.21% 3.08%
Puerto Rican 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
Total votes 1,238,034

See also

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. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. 30% of a full sample of 983 likely voters
  4. 36% of a full sample of 802 voters
  5. Includes "refused"
  6. 35% of a full sample of 903 likely voters
  7. PNP subsample of 1500 registered voter sample
  8. Not yet released
  9. "Other candidate" with 2%; "refused" and would not vote with 0%
  10. 25% of a full sample of 983 likely voters
  11. Undecided with 5%
  12. 24% of a full sample of 802 voters
  13. "Undecided/Refused" with 8%; "None of the above" with 6%
  14. of a full sample of 802 voters
  15. "None of the above" with 16%; "Undecided/Refused" with 7%
  16. PPD subsample of 1500 registered voter sample
  17. "Other" with 7%; Undecided with 19%
  18. "None of the above" with 7%; "Undecided/Refused" with 8%
  19. "None of the above" with 11%; "Undecided/Refused" with 14%
  20. "Other candidate" with 4%; "refused" with 1%; would not vote with 0%; undecided with 9%
  21. Molina (I) and "Other candidate" with 1%
  22. Molina (I) with 1%
  23. Would not vote with 2%; Molina (I) and "Other candidate" with 0%
  24. Molina (I) with 1%
  25. "None" with 3%; Molina (I) with 2%; "Other" with 1%
  26. Would not vote with 3%; Molina (I) and "Someone else" with 2%
  27. "Other candidate" with 1%; would not vote with 1%
  28. Independent Eliezer Molina with 2%, "Someone else" with 4%, "Would not vote" with 3%
  29. Would not vote with 11%; "Someone else" with 7%
  30. Polled as "Candidate of Project Dignity"
  31. "Other candidate" with 11%; would not vote with 7%
  32. Would not vote with 14%; "Someone else" with 9%; Vázquez (PD) with 3%
  33. Would not vote with 23%; "Someone else" with 11%
  34. "Someone else" and would not vote with 14%
  35. Would not vote with 15%; "Someone else" with 9%
  36. "Other candidate" with 9%; would not vote with 7%; Generic Project Dignity with 4%
  37. "Other candidate" with 11%; would not vote with 7%; Generic Project Dignity with 4%
  38. Would not vote with 14%; "Someone else" with 9%; Vázquez (PD) with 4%
  39. Would not vote with 21%; "Someone else" with 10%
  40. Would not vote with 18%; "Someone else" with 9%
  41. Would not vote with 9%; "Other candidate" with 8%; Generic Project Dignity with 4%
  42. Would not vote with 13%; "Someone else" with 7%; Vázquez (PD) with 3%

References
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