Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, 2020
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| General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: December 30, 2019 |
| Primary: August 9, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent(s): Gov.Wanda Vázquez Garced (PNP) |
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| Poll times: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Voting in Puerto Rico |
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Puerto Rico held an election forgovernor onNovember 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for August 9, 2020. The filing deadline was December 30, 2019.
The primary election was partially suspended on August 9 because some polling centers did not receive ballots and others ran out of ballots. The primary was partially delayed until August 16, 2020.[1]
Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia won election in the general election for Governor of Puerto Rico.
Election procedure changes in 2020
Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of thecoronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.
Puerto Rico did not modify any procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak,click here.
Candidates and results
General election
General election for Governor of Puerto Rico
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Puerto Rico on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia (New Progressive Party) | 33.2 | 427,016 |
| Carlos Delgado Altieri (Popular Democratic Party) | 31.7 | 407,817 | ||
| Alexandra Lúgaro (Citizen Victory Movement) | 13.9 | 179,265 | ||
 | Juan Dalmau Ramírez (Puerto Rican Independence Party) | 13.5 | 174,402 | |
| César Augusto Vázquez Muñiz (Project Dignity) | 6.8 | 87,379 | ||
| Eliezer Molina Pérez (Independent) | 0.7 | 8,751 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3,115 | ||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 1,287,745 | ||
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New Progressive Party primary election
New Progressive Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico
Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia defeated incumbentWanda Vázquez Garced in the New Progressive Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico on August 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia | 57.7 | 161,732 |
 | Wanda Vázquez Garced | 42.3 | 118,711 | |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 280,443 | ||
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Popular Democratic Party primary election
Popular Democratic Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico
Carlos Delgado Altieri defeatedEduardo Bhatia Gautier andCarmen Yulín Cruz Soto in the Popular Democratic Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico on August 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carlos Delgado Altieri | 63.0 | 128,638 | |
| Eduardo Bhatia Gautier | 23.8 | 48,563 | ||
| Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto | 13.3 | 27,068 | ||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 204,269 | ||
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About the office
Governor
- Main article:Governor of Puerto Rico
ThePuerto Rico governor is an elected constitutional officer, the head of the executive branch, and the highest office in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. The governor is popularly elected every four years. Heading into the election, the governor wasWanda Vázquez Garced (PNP).
See also
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