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2024 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
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Nominee Jenniffer González-Colón Juan Dalmau Ramírez
Party New Progressive Independence
Alliance Republican Alianza de País
Popular vote 447,962 370,904
Percentage 39.44% 32.66%
 
Nominee Jesús Manuel Ortiz Javier Jiménez
Party Popular Democratic Project Dignity
Alliance Democratic Republican
Popular vote 239,144 76,270
Percentage 21.06% 6.71%
Results by municipality
González:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60%
Dalmau:      30–40%      40–50%
Governor before election

Pedro Pierluisi
New Progressive

Elected Governor

Jenniffer González-Colón
New Progressive

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Gubernatorial elections were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 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. This election is historic as it marks the first time since 1952 in which a candidate from the Puerto Rican Independence Party came runner-up in a gubernatorial race, the first time since 1964 in which the incumbent governing party was re-elected after two terms in office, the second time Puerto Rico has elected a female governor, with the first time being in 2000 with Sila María Calderón. This election also saw the Popular Democratic Party lose control of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and finish third for the first time in its entire history in a gubernatorial election, albeit retaining a majority of mayoral races and its candidate for Resident Commissioner, Pablo Hernández Rivera, won in a landslide.[1]

Two parties filed to hold a primary election: the New Progressive Party and the Popular Democratic Party. Incumbent New Progressive Party Governor Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia ran for re-election to a second term in office, but lost the PNP primary to Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon.[2] The Popular Democratic Party nominated Jesús Manuel Ortíz, a member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican Independence Party and Citizens' Victory Movement formed an electoral alliance, with both parties agreeing to support former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico, Juan Dalmau. However, since all registered parties are required to nominate a candidate for governor, Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana nominated dummy candidate Javier Córdova Iturregui. Project Dignity nominated San Sebastián mayor Javier Jiménez. The election was held under first-past-the-post voting.

According to results released by the Puerto Rico State Electoral Commission, Jennifer Gonzalez obtained 40% of the votes, compared to 32% for Juan Dalmau, after 73% of the polling stations had been counted.[3] After the 100% vote count, the electoral commission released the final results, Jenniffer González won 39%, or 447,962 votes, Juan Dalmau, candidate of the Puerto Rico Independence Party and the Citizens' Victory Movement, who came in second, won 33% of the vote, or 370,904 votes, making him the first candidate from a party other than the two main parties in Puerto Rico to finish second in the general election.[1]

Parties

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New Progressive primary

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On March 20, 2022, during the New Progressive Party's general assembly, governor Pedro Pierluisi announced that he would run for a second term.[2] In an interview on August 28, he reaffirmed the press that he would be in fact running again, stating that "Puerto Rico is moving forward and there is no one who can stop us" and that they were "going to beat the PDP".[4] Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón won the primary against Governor Pierluisi, becoming the first-ever female gubernatorial nominee for the New Progressive Party.

Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Endorsements

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Jenniffer González Colón
Federal officials
Territorial legislators
Local officials
Pedro Pierluisi
State cabinet officials
Statewide officials
Territorial legislators

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Pedro
Pierluisi 		Jenniffer
González Colón 		Others Undecided
Pasquines 22–30 May 2024 483 (RV) – 63% 35% 1%[b] 1%
Noticel and
Atlas Intel 		8–12 October 2023 2,350[c] (A) ± 2.0% 50.4% 42.4% – 6.1%
El Nuevo Día and
The Research Office 		31 January – 5 February 2023 ~400 (A) ± 6.0% 25% 64% 3% 3%

Results

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Results by municipality
New Progressive primary results[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
New Progressive Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon 159,527 54.57%
New Progressive Pedro Pierluisi (incumbent) 132,805 45.43%
Total votes 292,332 100.0%
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After suffering defeat in the 2020 elections, the Popular Democratic Party suffered a major divide on opinions, from the topic of abortion[12] to what political status should the party pursue in the case of an 8th plebiscite.[13] Some like the former party president José Luis Dalmau say that the party should keep supporting the current political status (ELA), while others within the party like former territorial senator Marco Rigau Jiménez stated that the party should move towards Free Association.[14]

On June 16, 2022, while criticizing the party president José Dalmau, Morovis mayor Carmen Maldonado González challenged him, and announced that she would be running for governor.[15] Later, on October 17, she officialized her candidacy in a press conference.[16] Afterward, on January 18, 2023, she stated that she would run for president of the party.[17] On May 7, after coming last on the presidency election, she conceded and announced that she would instead be running for re-election.[18]

Territorial senator Juan Zaragoza Gómez announced his candidacy for governor during a press conference on September 13, 2022, saying that "If God gives me health, I'm going there".[19] Zaragoza previously had announced that he would run for governor in the 2020 primary,[20] before withdrawing his candidacy to run as territorial senator at-large.[21]

Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Withdrawn
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Endorsements

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Jesús Manuel Ortiz
Territorial legislators
Local officials
Juan Zaragoza
State cabinet officials
Territorial legislators
Local officials

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jesús Manuel
Ortiz 		Carlos
Delgado Altieri 		José Luis
Dalmau 		Juan
Zaragoza 		Luis Javier
Hernández 		Carmen
Maldonado González 		Others Undecided / Abstain
El Nuevo Día and The Research Office 24 October – 29 October 2023 ~1,000 (A) ± 6.0% 30% 26% 17% 13% 13% – – 1%
Noticel and Atlas Intel 8 – 12 October 2023 ~2,350 (A) ± 6.0% 42.6% 16.4% 5.6% 3.8% 17.3% – – 14.4%
El Nuevo Día and The Research Office 31 January – 5 February 2023 ~400 (A) ± 6.0% – 28% 24% 19% 4% 8% 6% –

Results

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Popular Democratic primary results[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Popular Democratic Jesús Manuel Ortiz 83,045 61.71%
Popular Democratic Juan Zaragoza Gómez 51,534 38.29%
Total votes 134,579 100.0%

Alianza de País (MVC-PIP Alliance)

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The Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) and Citizens' Victory Movement (MVC) have formed an alliance for the 2024 elections. MVC has agreed to support PIP's nominee, Juan Dalmau Ramírez. However, Puerto Rico law requires all parties to nominate a candidate for governor, so MVC nominated Javier Córdova Iturregui as a placeholder candidate.[27][28]

PIP nominee

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MVC nominee

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  • Javier Córdova Iturregui, university professor, union leader, and perennial candidate[28]

Endorsements

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Juan Dalmau
Political parties
Newspapers
  • Momento Crítico[31]

Project Dignity

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Candidates

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Ada Norah Henriquez, who ran for resident commissioner in 2020, announced on 23 May 2023, while on the La Trinchera podcast that "we are going to aspire for the executive."[32]

César Vázquez Muñiz, the president of the party and the nominee for governor in 2020, announced on 27 May 2023, while at a protest asking for the resignation of the Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico Domingo Emanuelli, that he would be running again for governor, stating that "What you see is not asked". He later dropped out to run for territorial senate in the Bayamón district.

Javier Jiménez Pérez, mayor of San Sebastián del Pepino, who switched to Proyecto Dignidad earlier, announced his intention to run. This was further confirmed by a party assembly that certified the party will hold primaries to select the candidate.[33]

Henriquez announced in December 2023 that she would run as an independent, leaving Jiménez as the only candidate seeking the PD nomination.[34]

Nominee
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Withdrawn
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  • César Vázquez Muñiz, former president of Project Dignity and nominee for governor in 2020 (running for territorial senate)[35]
  • Ada Norah Henriquez, attorney and nominee for resident commissioner in 2020 (running as a write-in candidate)[34]
Declined
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Endorsements

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Javier Jiménez
Territorial legislators

Independents

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Disqualified

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  • Victor Luis Medina Cruz, physician[38]
  • Ada Norah Henriquez, attorney and Project Dignity nominee for resident commissioner in 2020[34] (running as a write-in candidate)
  • Carlos Cintrón Rivera[39]

General election

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Main article: 2024 Puerto Rican general election

Debate

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Dates Location González-

Colón

Manuel

Ortiz

Dalmau Jiménez Link
October 2, 2024 WAPA Studios
Guaynabo 		Participant Participant Participant Participant YouTube

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[d] 		Margin
of error 		Jenniffer González-
Colón (PNP) 		Jesús Manuel
Ortiz (PPD) 		Juan
Dalmau (PIP) 		Javier
Jiménez (PD) 		Undecided
AtlasIntel November 1–4, 2024 4,914 (LV) ± 1.0% 36% 20% 35% 8% 2%
Lit Data PR November 1–4, 2024 800 (A) ± 3.39% 39.89% 16.01% 34.55% 9.55% —
El Nuevo Día/The Research Office October 29 – November 1, 2024 1,000 (LV) — 37% 22% 29% 7% 5%
Lit Data PR October 25 – November 1, 2024 800 (A) ± 3.39% 35% 15% 34% 8% 9%
38% 16% 36% 10% —
Pasquines October 21 – November 1, 2024 (A) — 37% 23% 31% 7% 3%[e]
IZQ Strategies October 14–31, 2024 1,651 (LV) ± 3.0% 35% 17% 37% 7% 4%
Bacon Research October 25–29, 2024 807 (LV) ± 3.0% 32% 18% 25% 7% 17%[f]
Lit Data PR October 18–25, 2024 800 (A) ± 3.39% 32% 14% 30% 7% 17%
38% 17% 36% 9% —
Consultoría Académica e Investigación Social LLC October 10–22, 2024 784 (V) — 38% 17% 30% 13% 2%
Lit Data PR October 11–18, 2024 800 (A) ± 3.39% 34% 13% 28% 6% 18%
Gaither International October 1–16, 2024 1,109 (A) ± 2.94% 31% 18% 29% 8% 14%
Lit Data PR October 4–11, 2024 800 (A) ± 3.39% 34% 17% 26% 5% 18%
Bacon Research October 3–10, 2024 807 (LV) ± 3.0% 33% 20% 20% 7% 20%[g]
Lit Data PR September 27 – October 4, 2024 800 (A) ± 3.39% 30% 13% 25% 4% 28%
El Nuevo Día/The Research Office September 28 – October 2, 2024 1,000 (RV) ± 3% 37% 22% 25% 9% 7%
Lit Data PR September 21–27, 2024 800 (A) — 35% 12% 21% 5% 26%
Lit Data PR September 5–20, 2024 800 (A) — 34% 10% 21% 5% 30%[h]
Consultoría Académica e Investigación Social LLC August 31 – September 3, 2024 — — 37% 23% 25% 12% 3%[i]
Gaither International[A] June 23 – July 8, 2024 1,109 (A) ± 2% 43% 14% 23% 9% 10%
El Nuevo Día/The Research Office February 20–25, 2024 1,000 (V) — 38% 30% 10% 8% 14%
AtlasIntel[B] February 15–22, 2024 2,200 (V) — 33% 20% 25% 8% 16%[j]

Results

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2024 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election[40]
Party Candidate Votes %
New Progressive Jenniffer González Colón 447,962 39.44%
Independence Juan Dalmau 370,904 32.66%
Popular Democratic Jesús Manuel Ortiz 239,144 21.06%
Project Dignity Javier Jiménez 76,260 6.71%
Citizens' Victory Javier Córdova Iturregui[k] 1,405 0.12%
Total votes 1,135,675 100.00%

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ "None of the above" with 1%
  3. ^ unclear subgroup
  4. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  5. ^ "None of the Above" with 1%; Iturregui[ (MVC) with 1%
  6. ^ "Won't Vote" with 6%
  7. ^ "Won't Vote" with 7%; Iturregui[ (MVC) with 1%
  8. ^ Iturregui[ (MVC) with 1%
  9. ^ Iturregui[ (MVC) with 1%
  10. ^ "No Voteria" with 12%
  11. ^ Paper candidate
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by El Vocero de Puerto Rico, WAPA-TV, and WKAQ
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by Noticel

References

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