2020 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries

The 2020 Popular Democratic Party primaries was the primary elections by which voters of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) 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 Charlie Delgado, mayor of Isabela, over Carmen Yulín Cruz, mayor of San Juan and Eduardo Bhatia, Minority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate.

2020 Popular Democratic Party primaries

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Nominee Charlie Delgado Eduardo Bhatia Carmen Yulín Cruz Party Popular Democratic Popular Democratic Popular Democratic Alliance Independent Democratic Democratic Popular vote 61,317 21,973 12,822 Percentage 63.80% 22.86% 13.34%

Election results by county or municipality

Previous Popular Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Puerto Rico David Bernier 2020 Popular Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Puerto Rico Charlie Delgado

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]

Withdrawn

• Roberto Prats, former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico^[6][7]
• Juan Zaragoza, former Secretary of Treasury of Puerto Rico^[8][9]

Resident Commissioner

• Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico and former Governor of Puerto Rico^[10]

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.

Opinion polls

Governor

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Carlos Delgado Altieri	Eduardo Bhatia	Carmen Yulín Cruz	Other/Undecided
Radio Isla	July 28–August 3, 2020	~246 (LV)^[b]	–	39%	35%	21%	5%^[c]
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	July 20–26, 2020	~192 (V)^[d]	–	44%	26%	16%	14%^[e]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	May 3–7, 2020	~181 (LV)^[f]	–	25%	35%	17%	23%^[g]
Diario Las Américas	March 30-April 21, 2020	— (RV)^[h]	—	—	49%	25%	26%^[i]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	March, 2020	– (V)^[j]	–	17%	52%	16%	15%^[k]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald	February, 2020	– (V)^[j]	–	21%	42%	12%	25%^[l]
El Nuevo Día	February 21–25, 2020	170 (RV)	± 7.5%	12%	50%	24%	14%^[m]

Results

Governor

Popular Democratic Party primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Popular Democratic	Carlos Delgado Altieri	128,638	62.97%
	Popular Democratic	Eduardo Bhatia	48,563	23.77%
	Popular Democratic	Carmen Yulín Cruz	27,068	13.25%
Total votes			204,269	100.00%

See also

• 2020 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. 25% of a full sample of 983 likely voters
3. Undecided with 5%
4. 24% of a full sample of 802 voters
5. "Undecided/Refused" with 8%; "None of the above" with 6%
6. of a full sample of 802 voters
7. "None of the above" with 16%; "Undecided/Refused" with 7%
8. PPD subsample of 1500 registered voter sample
9. "Other" with 7%; Undecided with 19%
10. Not yet released
11. "None of the above" with 7%; "Undecided/Refused" with 8%
12. "None of the above" with 11%; "Undecided/Refused" with 14%
13. "Other candidate" with 4%; "refused" with 1%; would not vote with 0%; undecided with 9%

References

1. 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. from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
2. González, Jennifer. "Carlos Delgado Altieri aspirará a la gobernación en 2020". Metro (in Spanish). from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
3. "Puerto Rico Senate Minority Leader Bhatia running for governor". Caribbean Business. October 18, 2018. from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
4. "San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz to run for Puerto Rico governor in 2020". Nbcnews.com. from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
5. "San Juan Mayor Announces Run for Puerto Rico Governor". Bloomberg. Associated Press. March 22, 2019. from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
6. Ruiz Kuilan, Gloria (December 2, 2018). "Roberto Prats oficializa su candidatura a la gobernación por el PPD". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
7. "Roberto Prats se quita de aspiración a la gobernación por el PPD". Primera Hora (in Spanish). November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
8. "Juan Zaragoza confirma que aspirará a la gobernación por el PPD". ElNuevoDia (in Spanish). August 15, 2019. from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
9. "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.
10. 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. from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2019.

External links

• Comisión Estatal de Elecciones