Proyecto Dignidad

Proyecto Dignidad (lit. 'Project Dignity', PD) is a Puerto Rican political party founded in 2019.[3] In the 2020 general election it ran on a Christian democracy[1] and anti-corruption[2] platform.

Proyecto Dignidad
PresidentCésar Váquez Muñiz
FoundedMarch 24, 2019 (2019-03-24)
HeadquartersSan Juan, Puerto Rico
IdeologyChristian democracy[1]
Anti-corruption[2]
Political positionCenter-right to right-wing
Colours  Cyan
Seats in the Senate
1 / 27
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 51
Municipalities
0 / 78
Seats in the U.S. House
0 / 1
Website
www.proyectodignidad.org

History

Project Dignity was first announced on March 24, 2019. On January 22, 2020, the party was officially certified as the 5th political party running in the 2020 general election. Afterwards in May, César Vázquez Muñiz, cardiologist; and Ada Norah Henriquez, attorney at law, were nominated for Governor and Resident Commissioner respectively.[3]

2020

On November 3, 2020, the party contested its first election. For the campaign, the party did not run candidates for every office. They opted to run for the governorship and resident commissary, as well as 1 candidate at-large for both legislative chambers.[4] They also ran candidates in some representative and senatorial districts. Similarly, they only had a candidate in the mayoral race for San Juan, although they had previously certified Edgardo Cruz Vélez as candidate for Guánica, who won the race as an independent candidate after being disqualified.[5] While their candidates for Governor and Resident Commissioner came 5th and 4th respectively, they won 1 at-large seat in both the House of Representatives and Senate.

Electoral history

Gubernamental elections
Election year PD Candidate Votes Vote % +/- Outcome of election
2020 César Vázquez Muñiz 85,211
6.90 / 100
 6.90% Lost

Resident Commissioner elections
Election year PD Candidate Votes Vote % +/- Outcome of election
2020 Ada Norah Henriquez 94,059
7.84 / 100
 7.84% Lost

Legislative elections

References
  1. "Declaración de Principios". Proyecto Dignidad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  2. "Implementar un Gobierno de Integridad, Confiabilidad y Honestidad". Proyecto Dignidad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. "Historia". Proyecto Dignidad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  4. "Legisladores por Acumulación". Proyecto Dignidad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  5. "De la milicia a la batalla por Guánica". Primera Hora. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
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