2020 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries
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The 2020 Popular Democratic Party primaries will be the primary elections by which voters of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) will 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 are scheduled to be open for voting on August 16.[1]
Candidates
Governor
- Carlos Delgado Altieri, mayor of Isabela[2]
- Eduardo Bhatia, Minority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate[3]
- Carmen Yulín Cruz, mayor of San Juan, and former member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives[4][5]
- Eudaldo Báez Rivera, marketing consultant and son of ex-state senator Eudaldo Báez Galib[6]
Resident Commissioner
- Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PPD)[7]
Senate
In the Senate of Puerto Rico, the PPD holds 3 at-large seats and 1 district seat. The PPD also holds 3 additional seats that are temporarily added under Article Three of the Constitution of Puerto Rico whenever the majority party (in this case the New Progressive Party) wins more than two thirds of the original 27 seats in contention.
House of Representatives
The PPD holds 15 seats in the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ González, Jennifer. "Carlos Delgado Altieri aspirará a la gobernación en 2020". Metro (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
- ^ "Puerto Rico Senate Minority Leader Bhatia running for governor". Caribbean Business. 2018-10-18. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
- ^ "San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz to run for Puerto Rico governor in 2020". Nbcnews.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- ^ "San Juan Mayor Announces Run for Puerto Rico Governor". Bloomberg. Associated Press. March 22, 2019. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
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- ^ Torres Gotay, Benjamín (December 10, 2019). "Aníbal Acevedo Vilá: 'Me hago disponible para la candidatura a comisionado residente'". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Retrieved December 16, 2019.