Elections to elect the governor of Puerto Rico
2024 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
The 2024 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election will be held on 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 . Incumbent
New Progressive Party Governor
Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia is running for re-election to a second term in office.
[1]
Two parties filed to hold a primary election: the New Progressive Party and the
Popular Democratic Party . The
Puerto Rican Independence Party and
Citizens' Victory Movement have formed an
electoral alliance , with both parties agreeing to support former territorial senator
Juan Dalmau ; however, all parties are required to nominate a candidate for governor, so Citizens' Victory Movement nominated Javier Córdova Iturregui.
Project Dignity nominated
San Sebastián mayor
Javier Jiménez .
No governor has won re-election since
Pedro Rosselló in
1996 .
New Progressive primary
On March 20, 2022, during the New Progressive Party's general assembly, governor
Pedro Pierluisi announced that he would run for a second term.
[1] 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 ".
[2]
Candidates
Declared
Endorsements
Jenniffer González-Colón
Federal officials
Territorial legislators
Local officials
Pedro Pierluisi
State cabinet officials
Statewide officials
Territorial legislators
Polling
Popular Democratic primary
After suffering defeat in the
2020 elections , the
Popular Democratic Party suffered a major divide on opinions, from the topic of
abortion
[8] to what
political status should the party pursue in the case of a
8th plebiscite .
[9] 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 .
[10]
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.
[11] Later, on October 17, she officialized her candidacy in an press conference.
[12] Afterward, on January 18, 2023, she stated that she would run for president of the party.
[13] On May 7, after coming last on the presidency election, she conceded and announced that she would instead be running for re-election.
[14]
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".
[15] Zaragoza previously had announced that he would run for governor in the
2020 primary ,
[16] before withdrawing his candidacy to run as territorial senator at-large.
[17]
Candidates
Declared
Withdrawn
Endorsements
Jesús Manuel Ortiz
Territorial legislators
Local officials
Juan Zaragoza
State cabinet officials
Territorial legislators
Local officials
Polling
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%
-
Alianza de País (MVC-PIP Alliance)
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.
[22]
[23]
PIP nominee
MVC nominee
Javier Córdova Iturregui, university professor, union leader, and perennial candidate
[23]
Endorsements
Project Dignity
Candidates
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."
[24]
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.
[25]
Henriquez announced in December 2023 that she would run as an independent, leaving Jiménez as the only candidate seeking the PD nomination.
[26]
Nominee
Withdrawn
César Vázquez Muñiz, cardiologist, former president of Project Dignity, and nominee for governor in
2020 (
running for territorial senate )
[27]
Ada Norah Henriquez, attorney and nominee for resident commissioner in
2020 (running as an independent)
[26]
Declined
Endorsements
Independents
Declared
Victor Luis Medina Cruz, physician and candidate for governor in
2020
[30]
Ada Norah Henriquez, attorney and Project Dignity nominee for resident commissioner in
2020
[26]
Carlos Cintrón Rivera
[31]
See also
Notes
^
a
b Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear
^ unclear subgroup
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^
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^
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^
a
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^
a
b
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^
a
b PR • •, Por TELEMUNDO.
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^
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^
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^
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^
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c
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^
a
b
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^
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c
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^
a
b
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