2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election

2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election

The 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of Puerto Rico. Incumbent New Progressive Party Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, who succeeded to the governorship on August 7, 2019, is eligible to run for a full term in office. She lost her bid when former Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi won the Newgressive Party membership vote.

About 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election in brief

Summary 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial electionThe 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of Puerto Rico. Incumbent New Progressive Party Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, who succeeded to the governorship on August 7, 2019, is eligible to run for a full term in office. However she lost her bid when former Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi won the Newgressive Party membership vote on the nomination for governor.

Ricardo Rosselló announced he would seek re-election as governor in the 2020 elections; however, following the Telegramgate scandal and subsequent protests in front of La Fortaleza, he announced on July 21, 2019 that he would withdraw his bid.