Election Name: | 2020 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries |
Country: | Puerto Rico |
Type: | primary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2016 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Election Date: | August 9 and 16, 2020 |
Image1: | Pedro-Pierluisi-cropped 2.jpg |
Nominee1: | Pedro Pierluisi |
Party1: | New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico |
Alliance1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 134,330 |
Percentage1: | 57.91% |
Nominee2: | Wanda Vázquez Garced |
Party2: | New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico |
Alliance2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 97,641 |
Percentage2: | 42.09% |
New Progressive Party nominee for Governor of Puerto Rico | |
Before Election: | Ricardo Rosselló |
Posttitle: | 2020 New Progressive Party nominee for Governor of Puerto Rico |
After Election: | Pedro Pierluisi |
The 2020 New Progressive Party primaries was the primary elections by which voters of the New Progressive Party (PNP) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico for 2020. The primaries, originally scheduled for June 2020, were delayed until August 9, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The August 9 elections, however, were marred by a lack of ballots leading a suspension of the election; polling locations that could not open on August 9 were scheduled to be open for voting on August 16.[1] The winner for the party's nomination for Governor of Puerto Rico is Pedro Pierluisi, former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico and acting Governor after Ricardo Rosselló's resignation, over incumbent Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced.
The PNP holds 21 seats in the Senate of Puerto Rico, 6 at-large seats and 15 district seats.
The PNP holds 34 seats in the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Wanda Vázquez | Pedro Pierluisi | Other | Undecided | ||
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Radio Isla | July 28–August 3, 2020 | ~295 (LV) | – | 49% | 45% | — | 6% | ||
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald | July 20–26, 2020 | ~289 (V) | – | 43% | 43% | – | 13% | ||
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald | May 3–7, 2020 | ~316 (LV) | – | 45% | 40% | – | 15% | ||
Diario Las Américas | March 30-April 21, 2020 | — (RV) | — | 52% | 36% | 1% | 11% | ||
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald | March, 2020 | – (V) | – | 37% | 49% | – | 13% | ||
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald | February, 2020 | – (V) | – | 28% | 61% | – | 11% | ||
El Nuevo Día | February 21–25, 2020 | 247 (RV) | ± 6.2% | 48% | 47% | 2% | 3% |