2020 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries
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The 2020 New Progressive Party primaries was the primary elections by which voters of the New Progressive Party (PNP) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico for 2020. The primaries, originally scheduled for June 2020, were delayed until August 9, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The August 9 elections, however, were marred by a lack of ballots leading a suspension of the election; polling locations that could not open on August 9 were scheduled to be open for voting on August 16.[1] The winner for the party's nomination for Governor of Puerto Rico is Pedro Pierluisi, former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico and acting Governor after Ricardo Rosselló's resignation, over incumbent Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced.
Candidates
[edit]Governor
[edit]- Wanda Vázquez Garced, incumbent Governor
- Pedro Pierluisi, former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico[2]
Withdrawn
[edit]- Ricardo Rosselló, former Governor of Puerto Rico[3][4]
- Iván González Cancel, former Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico and PNP candidate for the 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election[5]
Resident Commissioner
[edit]- Jenniffer González, incumbent Resident Commissioner
Senate
[edit]The PNP holds 21 seats in the Senate of Puerto Rico, 6 at-large seats and 15 district seats.
House of Representatives
[edit]The PNP holds 34 seats in the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.
Opinion polling
[edit]Governor
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Wanda Vázquez | Pedro Pierluisi | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Isla | July 28–August 3, 2020 | ~295 (LV)[b] | – | 49% | 45% | — | 6% |
| Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald | July 20–26, 2020 | ~289 (V)[c] | – | 43% | 43% | – | 13%[d] |
| Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald | May 3–7, 2020 | ~316 (LV)[e] | – | 45% | 40% | – | 15%[d] |
| Diario Las Américas | March 30-April 21, 2020 | — (RV)[f] | — | 52% | 36% | 1% | 11% |
| Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald | March, 2020 | – (V)[g] | – | 37% | 49% | – | 13%[d] |
| Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald | February, 2020 | – (V)[g] | – | 28% | 61% | – | 11%[d] |
| El Nuevo Día | February 21–25, 2020 | 247 (RV) | ± 6.2% | 48% | 47% | 2%[h] | 3% |
Results
[edit]Governor
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Progressive | Pedro Pierluisi | 162,345 | 57.67% | |
| New Progressive | Wanda Vázquez Garced (incumbent) | 119,184 | 42.33% | |
| Total votes | 281,529 | 100.00% | ||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - ^ 30% of a full sample of 983 likely voters
- ^ 36% of a full sample of 802 voters
- ^ a b c d Includes "refused"
- ^ 35% of a full sample of 903 likely voters
- ^ PNP subsample of 1500 registered voter sample
- ^ a b Not yet released
- ^ "Other candidate" with 2%; "refused" and would not vote with 0%
References
[edit]- ^ Ortiz-Blanes, Syra; Padró Ocasto, Bianca (August 9, 2020). "'Never in my life had I seen this.' Puerto Rico to delay primaries amid election chaos". Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "Pedro Pierluisi: "Puerto Rico va a echar hacia adelante conmigo al mando"". ElNuevoDia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 10, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ^ "Rosselló pone fecha al inicio de su campaña para la reelección". www.wapa.tv. February 6, 2019. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "Rosselló no renunciará, pero no buscará la reelección en 2020". CNN (in European Spanish). July 21, 2019. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "PUERTO RICO". Politics1. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
