2024 Puerto Rican general election explained

Country:Puerto Rico
Previous Election:2020 Puerto Rican general election
Previous Year:2020
Next Election:2028 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
Next Year:2028
Election Date:November 5, 2024
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Type:presidential
Election Name:Gubernatorial election
Image1:Jenniffer Gonzalez (alt crop).jpg
Nominee1:Jennifer Gonzalez Colon
Party1:New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)
Nominee2:Jesús Manuel Ortiz
Party2:Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)
Nominee3:Javier Córdova Iturregui
Party3:Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana
Image4:Senador-17 (closer crop).jpg
Nominee4:Juan Dalmau
Party4:Independence Party (Puerto Rico)
Alliance4:Alianza de País
Image5:Javier Jiménez (cropped).jpg
Nominee5:Javier Jiménez
Party5:Project Dignity
Governor
Before Election:Pedro Pierluisi
Before Party:New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)
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Type:presidential
Election Name:Resident Commissioner election
Image1:WILLIAN VILLAFAÑE (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:William Villafañe
Party1:New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)
Alliance1:Republican Party (United States)
Nominee2:Pablo Hernández Rivera
Party2:Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)
Alliance2:Democratic Party (United States)
Image3:Ana Irma Rivera Lassén 2021 (cropped).jpg
Nominee3:Ana Irma Rivera Lassén
Party3:Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana
Alliance3:Alianza de País
Nominee4:Viviana Ramírez Morales
Party4:Project Dignity
Nominee5:Roberto Velázquez
Party5:Puerto Rican Independence Party
Resident Commissioner
Before Election:Jenniffer González
Before Party:New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)

General elections will be held in Puerto Rico on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections,[1] electing the governor, resident commissioner and members of the House of Representatives and Senate. A non-binding status referendum and a straw poll for the 2024 United States presidential election are also set to be held.[2]

Background

Primaries were held on June 2, 2024, with Incumbent Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón winning the New Progressive primary defeating Incumbent Governor Pedro Pierluisi. [3] This continued the tradition of the Governor of Puerto Rico only serving one term that started with Governor Sila María Calderón and the Popular Democratic Party twenty years prior in the 2004 Gubernatorial Election.

Territorial representative and president of the Popular Democratic Party, Jesús Manuel Ortiz, would secure the party's nomination for Governor, defeating at-large territorial senator and former Puerto Rico Secretary of Treasury, Juan Zaragoza.

Governor

See main article: 2024 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election.

Resident commissioner

See main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico.

Senate

See main article: 2024 Puerto Rico Senate election. The 2024 Puerto Rico Senate election will be held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections.[4]

Primaries were held on June 2, 2024.[5]

House of Representatives

See main article: 2024 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election. The 2024 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election will be held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections.[6]

Primaries were held on June 2, 2024.[7]

Referendum

See main article: 2024 Puerto Rican status referendum.

Presidential straw poll

See main article: 2024 United States presidential straw poll in Puerto Rico.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Puerto Rico elections, 2024 . 2024-02-22 . . en.
  2. Web site: Acevedo Irizarry . Marielis . 2024-07-27 . Partido Demócrata en Puerto Rico hará campaña para que boricuas voten por Kamala Harris en cuarta papeleta el 5 de noviembre . 2024-07-27 . . es-PR.
  3. Web site: Puerto Rico 2024 General Election . 2024-02-22 . www.thegreenpapers.com.
  4. Web site: Puerto Rico Senate elections, 2024 . 2024-02-22 . Ballotpedia . en.
  5. Web site: Puerto Rico 2024 General Election . 2024-02-22 . www.thegreenpapers.com.
  6. Web site: Puerto Rico House of Representatives elections, 2024 . 2024-02-22 . Ballotpedia . en.
  7. Web site: Puerto Rico 2024 General Election . 2024-02-22 . www.thegreenpapers.com.