2024 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
November 5, 2024
 
Nominee TBD TBD Javier Córdova Iturregui
Party New Progressive Popular Democratic Citizens' Victory
 
Nominee Juan Dalmau Javier Jiménez
Party Independence Project Dignity
Alliance Alianza de País (MVC-PIP Alliance)
Incumbent Governor

Pedro Pierluisi
New Progressive


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, 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.

As of 2023, 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
Pedro Pierluisi
Territorial legislators

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Pedro
Pierluisi		 Jenniffer
González Colón		 Others Undecided
Noticel and
Atlas Intel		 8 - 12 October 2023 2,350 (unclear subgroup) (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%

After their defeat in the 2020 elections, the Popular Democratic Party suffered a major divide on opinions, from the topic of abortion[5] to what political status should the party pursue in the case of a 8th plebiscite.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] Later, on October 17, she officialized her candidacy in an press conference.[9] Afterward, on January 18, 2023, she stated that she would run for president of the party.[10] On May 7, after coming last on the presidency election, she conceded and announced that she would instead be running for re-election.[11]

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".[12] Zaragoza previously had announced that he would run for governor in the 2020 primary,[13] before withdrawing his candidacy to run as territorial senator at-large.[14]

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 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.[17]

PIP nominee

MVC nominee

  • Javier Córdova Iturregui, university professor and union leader[18]

Endorsements

Juan Dalmau
Political parties

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". She stated that she did not know if there would be a primary or how would the candidate be decided, but that she would be there.[19]

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.[20]

Henriquez announced in December 2023 that she would run as an independent, leaving Jiménez as the only candidate seeking the PD nomination.[21]

Nominee

Withdrawn

  • César Vázquez Muñiz, cardiologist, president of Project Dignity, and nominee for governor in 2020 (running for territorial senate)[22]
  • Ada Norah Henriquez, attorney and nominee for resident commissioner in 2020 (running as an independent)[21]

Declined

Endorsements

Javier Jiménez
Territorial legislators

Independents

Declared

  • Victor Luis Medina Cruz, doctor[25]
  • Ada Norah Henriquez, attorney and Project Dignity nominee for resident commissioner in 2020[21]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

  1. 1 2 3 NotiCel; CyberNews. "Pierluisi calienta motores para las elecciones del 2024". www.noticel.com. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  2. ↑ VOCERO, Yaritza Rivera Clemente, EL. "Pedro Pierluisi reafirma que buscará la reelección: "Le vamos a dar una pela al PPD"". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved October 19, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Jenniffer González confirma que buscará la gobernación". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). September 27, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Pierluisi: González Colón's running mate lacks pro-statehood creds". The San Juan Daily Star. December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ VOCERO, Yaritza Rivera Clemente, EL. "Crece la controversia en el Partido Popular Democrático por el tema del aborto". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved October 19, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ VOCERO, Yaritza Rivera Clemente, EL. "Dividido el Partido Popular Democrático por definiciones sobre estatus". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved October 19, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Exsenador popular exhorta a votar por la libre asociación - CB en Español". cb.pr. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Crece la división dentro del Partido Popular Democrático tras propuesta de consulta y cambios". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). June 17, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  9. 1 2 VOCERO, Istra Pacheco, EL. "Carmen Maldonado buscará ser candidata a la gobernación por el Partido Popular Democrático". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved October 19, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ Dattari, Leoncio Pineda. "Carmen Maldonado, quien aspira ahora a la presidencia del PPD, se lanza contra líderes del partido". www.noticel.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Alcaldesa de Morovis acepta derrota en elección especial por presidencia del PPD". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). May 7, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  12. 1 2 PR • •, Por TELEMUNDO. "Juan Zaragoza confirma que aspirará a la gobernación". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Juan Zaragoza confirma que aspirará a la gobernación por el PPD". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). August 15, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Juan Zaragoza se retira de la carrera a la gobernación por el PPD". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). December 23, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Cambios en la carrera por la gobernación del PPD crean un nuevo escenario para Jesús Manuel Ortiz y Juan Zaragoza". El Nuevo Dia. November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Charlie Delgado anuncia que no buscará la gobernación ni ningún otro cargo electivo". Primera Hora (in Spanish). October 30, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  17. 1 2 Bauzá, Nydia (November 15, 2023). "Juan Dalmau y Manuel Natal anuncian que la 'alianza va para hacer frente al bipartidismo'". Primera Hora (in Spanish).
  18. 1 2 Pérez Méndez, Osman (January 2, 2023). "Dalmau cataloga candidatura de médico a comisionado residente como 'un acto de generosidad y desprendimiento'". Primera Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  19. ↑ "César Vázquez tiene contrincante en su aspiración a la gobernación por el Proyecto Dignidad". Metro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). May 23, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Se activó el Proyecto Dignidad: van a primarias". Ey Boricua (in Spanish). November 9, 2023.
  21. 1 2 3 "Ada Norah Henriquez buscará la gobernación de manera independiente". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). December 28, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  22. 1 2 "Alcalde de San Sebastián confirma que aspirará a la gobernación por el Proyecto Dignidad". Metro. October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  23. ↑ Isla, Radio (August 30, 2022). "César Vázquez confirma pudiera haber primarias para la gobernación en Proyecto Dignidad". Radio Isla 1320 AM. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  24. 1 2 3 Pérez Pintado, Amanda (November 18, 2023). "Viviana Ramírez aspirará a la comisaría residente por Proyecto Dignidad y busca 'una manera distinta de hacer política'". El Nuevo Día. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  25. ↑ "Doctor anuncia su candidatura a la gobernación de manera independiente". Metro.Pr. November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
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