New Progressive Party Leads Gubernatorial Race in Puerto Rico - State and Federal Communications

November 6, 2024  •  

New Progressive Party Leads Gubernatorial Race in Puerto Rico

Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood New Progressive Party is leading polls early November 6 in the U.S. territory’s race for governor.

With 91% of precincts reporting, González received 39% of votes compared with 33% obtained by Juan Dalmau of the Independence Party and Citizen Victory Movement.

Trailing González and Dalmau is Jesús Manuel Ortiz of the Popular Democratic Party, which supports the island’s territorial status.

For decades, the New Progressive Party and the Popular Democratic Party would receive at least 90% of all votes, but that began to change in 2016.

Newer parties are attracting more voters given Puerto Rico’s economic and political turmoil while a younger generation is decrying corruption, persistent power outages and a lack of affordable housing, among other things.

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