2024 Puerto Rican municipal elections explained

Election Name:2024 Puerto Rican municipal elections
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2020 Puerto Rican municipal elections
Previous Year:2020
Election Date:November 5, 2024
Next Election:2028 Puerto Rico Puerto Rican municipal elections
Next Year:2028
Seats For Election:All 78 municipalities
Party1:Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico
Country:Puerto Rico
Seats Before1:41
Leader1:Luis Hernández Ortiz

(did not seek re-election)

Leaders Seat1:Villalba
Leader Since1:January 27, 2021
Party2:New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
Leader2:Gabriel Hernández Rodríguez
Leader Since2:December 12, 2021
Leaders Seat2:Camuy
Seats Before2:36
Party3:Project Dignity
Leader3:Javier Jiménez Pérez

(did not seek re-election)

Leader Since3:Octubre 2, 2023
Leaders Seat3:San Sebastián
Seats Before3:1

The 2024 Puerto Rican municipal election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayors of the 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the Governor, the Resident Commissioner, the Senate, the House of Representatives, a Status referendum and a Presidential straw poll. The winners were elected to a four-year term from January 3, 2025, to January 3, 2029.

Results

Aguada

Wilbert Nieves Chaparro won the PNP primary.[1]

Aguadilla

Dennis Morales Rodríguez won the PNP primary.[2]

Aguas Buenas

Previous PNP mayor Javier García Pérez was arrested on May 5, 2022, on accounts of conspiracy, bribery and extortion scheme.[3] The next day, he would renounce to his post effective May 16.[4] Later, on June 12, Karina Nieves Serrano won the special election to finish García Pérez's term.[5] She was challenged by former mayor Carlos Aponte Silva in the PNP primary,[6] but Nieves Serrano won the candidacy.[7]

Barranquitas

Incumbent mayor Elliot Colón Blanco won the PNP primary.[8]

Cabo Rojo

Roberto Ramírez Kurtz won the PPD primary.[9]

Caguas

Roberto J. López Román won the PNP primary.[10]

Cataño

Previous PNP mayor Félix Delgado Montalvo renounced to his post on November 30, 2021, and later he declared himself guilty of a corruption charge for profiting from a scheme involving the companies Waste Collection and J.R Asphalt.[11] Julio Alicea Vasallo was sworn in as mayor on December 19 after he was the only candidate in the mayoral race.[12] Alicea Vasallo later won the PNP primary,[13] while Norberto Torres Serrano won the PPD primary.[14]

Ceiba

Incumbent mayor Samuel Rivera Báez won the PNP primary.[15]

Ciales

Incumbent mayor Alexander Burgos Otero won the PNP primary,[16] while Jesús W. Resto Rivera won the PPD primary.[17]

Cidra

Incumbent mayor Ángel D. Concepción González won the PPD primary,[18] while Delvis J. Pagán Clajivo won the PNP primary.[19]

Comerío

Incumbent mayor José A. Santiago Rivera announced on December 5, 2023, that he would not seek re-election, instead opting to run for at-large senator.[20]

Dorado

Incumbent mayor Carlos A. López Rivera won the PPD primary.[21]

Guayama

Previous PPD mayor Eduardo Cintrón Suárez renounced to his post on April 8, 2022, and later he declared himself guilty of federal crimes of for a bribery scheme in his government.[22] Later, on May 7, O'brain Vázquez Molina won the special election to finish Cintrón Suárez's term.[23]

Guayanilla

Incumbent mayor Raúl Rivera Rodríguez won the PNP primary.[24]

Guaynabo

Previous PNP mayor Ángel Pérez Otero was arrested on December 9, 2021, on account of conspiracy, bribes with federal funds and kickbacks, and then resigned the next day.[25] Later, on January 15, 2022, Edward O'Niell Rosa, son of previous mayor Héctor O'Neill García, won the controversial special election to finish Pérez Otero's term.[26]

Hatillo

Previous PPD mayor José Rodríguez Cruz renounced to his post on March 23, 2022, after 22 years in the job.[27] Later, on May 1, Carlos E. Román Román won the special election to finish Rodríguez Cruz's term.[28] Román Román later won the PPD primary,[29] while Manuel A. Orriola Pérez won the PNP primary.[30]

Humacao

Previous PNP mayor Reinaldo Vargas Rodríguez was arrested on May 5, 2022, on accounts of conspiracy, bribery and extortion scheme. On May 7, he would renounce to his post effective May 16.[31] Later, on June 12, Julio Geigel Pérez won the special election to finish Vargas Rodríguez's term.[32]

Isabela

Carlos J. Tavárez Santiago won the PNP primary.[33]

Juncos

Incumbent mayor Alfredo Alejandro Carrión won the PPD primary,[34] while William Serrano Serrano won the PNP primary.[35]

Lajas

Alcides Martínez Valentín won the PPD primary.[36]

Lares

Michael A. Quiñones Irizarry won the PNP primary.[37]

Loíza

Jhondee N. Canales Lora won the PNP primary.[38]

Luquillo

Julio S. Menéndez Román won the PNP primary.[39]

Mayagüez

Incumbent mayor José G. Rodríguez Rodríguez was accused on March 31, 2022, of embezzlement of public funds,[40] being suspended from his position the next day.[41] Jorge L. Ramos Ruiz became the interim mayor.[42] Later, on June 1, they found cause for arrest against Rodríguez Rodríguez.[43] There was supposed to be a preliminary hearing, but it kept being posponed,[44] [45] until August 15, 2023.[46] Later on November 3, it was determined that there was sufficient probable cause to go to trial.[47] Ramos Ruiz later won the PPD primary,[48] while Evelyn Vázquez Nieves won the PNP primary.[49]

Moca

Incumbent mayor Ángel A. Pérez Rodríguez won the PNP primary.[50]

Morovis

Incumbent mayor Carmen Maldonado González announced on October 17, 2022, that she would not seek re-election, instead opting to run for governor.[51] Later on January 18, 2023, she announced that she would be running for president of the PPD.[52] On May 7, after coming last on the PPD presidency election, she conceded and announced that she would instead be running for re-election.[53] Olvin A. Santiago Díaz won the PNP primary.[54]

Naguabo

Incumbent mayor Miraidaliz Rosario Pagán won the PPD primary,[55] while Harry Ocacio Henríquez won the PNP primary.[56]

Peñuelas

Incumbent mayor Gregory Gonsález Souchet won the PPD primary.[57]

Ponce

Incumbent mayor Luis Irizarry Pabón was accused on November 1, 2023, of corruption, using his position for personal gains,[58] being suspended from his position the next day.[59] Nonetheless, Irizarry Pabón announced that he would run for reelection,[60] which the =PPD allowed with the caveat that he would step down from the race if the result of the preliminary hearing proved there was sufficient probable cause.[61] Nonetheless, when February 28, 2024 came, Irizarry Pabón did no step down, stating that he was innocent, and the PPD threatened to take him to court.[62] [63] Later, on April 28, Irizarry Pabón officially stepped down, after it was determined that there was sufficient probable cause to go to trial.[64] After this, the PPD chose interim mayor Marlese Sifre Rodríguez as their candidate during their convention,[65] while the PNP chose Pablo Colón Santiago during the primaries.[66]

Quebradillas

Incumbent mayor Heriberto Vélez Vélez won the PPD primary.[67]

Rincón

Incumbent mayor Carlos D. López Bonilla won the PPD primary.[68]

Sabana Grande

Incumbent mayor Marcos G. Valentn Flores won the PPD primary.[69]

Salinas

Joshua Rivera Carrasquillo won the PNP primary.[70]

San Germán

Incumbent mayor Virgilio Olivera Olivera won the PNP primary,[71] while Jorge A. Ramos Vélez won the PPD primary.[72] On September 28, 2024, municipal legislator and MVC candidate Geraldo Acosta Hernández passed away, who had been fighting cancer during his campaign.[73] His name will remain on the ballot, as these were already being printed.

San Lorenzo

John Dávila Andino won the PPD primary.[74]

San Sebastián

Incumbent mayor Javier Jiménez Pérez announced on September 25, 2023, that he was leaving the PNP because the party had abandoned it's roots.[75] Later, on October 2, he affiliated with Project Dignity, becoming the first mayor of this party.[76] Two days later he announced that he would not seek re-election, instead opting to run for governor.[77] The vice mayor Camilo Ortiz Maldonado also left the PNP, choosing to run for mayor under PD.[78] [79]

Santa Isabel

Incumbent mayor Rafael J. Burgos Santiago won the PPD primary,[80] while Meldwin Rivera Rodríguez won the PNP primary.[81]

Toa Alta

Héctor J. Collazo Ayala won the PNP primary.[82]

Trujillo Alto

Previous PPD mayor José Cruz Cruz renounced to his post on June 17, 2022, after months of silence from his part since the announcement that the FBI was investigating him.[83] Later, on July 16, former senator and representative Pedro Rodríguez González won the special election to finish Cruz Cruz's term.[84]

Utuado

Rafael A. Juarbe Pagán won the PPD primary.[85]

Vega Baja

Incumbent mayor Marcos Cruz Molina won the PPD primary,[86] while Evelyn M. Meléndez Marrero won the PNP primary.[87]

Vieques

Emir T. Mercado Martínez won the PPD primary.[88]

Villalba

On February 8, 2023, incumbent mayor Luis Hernández Ortiz announced that he would be running for president of the =PPD.[89] On May 7, Hernández Ortiz and representative Jesús Ortiz González declared themselves the winner of the party presidential election.[90] After four days of recounting the ballots, it was confirmed that Hernández Ortiz had lost the election.[91] Later, on October 30, Hernández Ortiz announced that he would be running for a at-large seat in the senate.[92] Wilfredo Santos Colón, won the PPD primary,[93] while Danny A. Santiago Núñez won the PNP primary.[94]

Yabucoa

Yesenia Feliciano Camacho won the PNP primary.[95]

Yauco

Incumbent mayor Ángel L. Torres Ortíz won the PNP primary.[96]

References

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  75. Web site: 2023-09-25 . Abandona el PNP el alcalde de San Sebastián por entender que la colectividad se alejó de sus "raíces" . 2023-10-19 . El Nuevo Día . es.
  76. Web site: 2023-10-02 . Javier Jiménez ingresa a Proyecto Dignidad: "Es un proceso sumamente difícil" . 2023-10-19 . El Nuevo Día . es.
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  78. Web site: VOCERO . Redacción, EL . 2023-09-29 . El vicealcalde de San Sebastián Camilo Ortiz abandona el PNP . 2024-09-04 . El Vocero de Puerto Rico . es.
  79. Web site: NotiCel . Proyecto Dignidad divulga candidatos del partido, incluyendo la aspirante a la comisaría en Washington . 2024-09-04 . www.noticel.com . en-US.
  80. Web site: Santa Isabel 2024 PPD primary result . 2024-09-04 . CEEPUR.
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  82. Web site: Toa Alta 2024 PNP primary result . 2024-09-04 . CEEPUR.
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  85. Web site: Utuado 2024 PPD primary result . 2024-09-04 . CEEPUR.
  86. Web site: Vega Baja 2024 PPD primary result . 2024-09-04 . CEEPUR.
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  88. Web site: Vieques 2024 PPD primary result . 2024-09-04 . CEEPUR.
  89. Web site: 2023-02-08 . Se lanza por la presidencia del PPD y en busca de la gobernación el Alcalde de Villalba . 2023-04-26 . Primera Hora . spanish.
  90. Web site: Dattari . Leoncio Pineda . PPD: Hernández y Ortiz se declaran ganadores y todo indica que habrá recuento . 2023-10-31 . www.noticel.com . en-US.
  91. Web site: NotiCel . Jesús Manuel Ortiz gana la presidencia del PPD . 2023-10-31 . www.noticel.com . en-US.
  92. Web site: Narváez . Carlos . Pérez . Dennise Y. . Se quita de la carrera a la gobernación el Alcalde de Villalba . 2023-10-31 . www.noticel.com . en-US.
  93. Web site: Villalba 2024 PPD primary result . 2024-09-04 . CEEPUR.
  94. Web site: Villalba 2024 PNP primary . 2024-09-04 . CEEPUR.
  95. Web site: Yabucoa 2024 PNP primary result . 2024-09-04 . CEEPUR.
  96. Web site: Yauco 2024 PNP primary result . 2024-09-04 . CEEPUR.

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