Roberto López Román (Puerto Rico)

Roberto López Román (New Progressive Party) is a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, representing District 31. He assumed office on October 7, 2025. His current term ends on January 2, 2029.

López Román (New Progressive Party) ran in a special election to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives to represent District 31. He won in the special general election on September 28, 2025.

Biography

Roberto López Román was born in Caguas, Puerto. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Florida International University and his master's degree in sociology from Florida International University. As of his 2021 campaign, López was attending the Metropolitan Campus of Inter-American University for his doctoral studies in history. His career experience includes working as the head of the Nautical Tourism Division in the Puerto Rico Tourism Company.^[1]

Elections

2025

General election

Special general election for Puerto Rico House of Representatives District 31

Roberto López Román defeated Alberto Fradera, Michael López Saldaña, Ana Margarita Ruiz Ramos, and José Cabán in the special general election for Puerto Rico House of Representatives District 31 on September 28, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roberto López Román (New Progressive Party)	31.5	677
	Submit photo	Alberto Fradera (New Progressive Party)	29.5	633
	Submit photo	Michael López Saldaña (New Progressive Party)	19.6	420
	Submit photo	Ana Margarita Ruiz Ramos (New Progressive Party)	15.6	336
	Submit photo	José Cabán (New Progressive Party)	3.8	82

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 2,148
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Endorsements

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2024

General election

General election for Mayor of Caguas

Incumbent William Miranda Torres defeated Roberto López Román, Jason Domenech Miller, and Dora Colon Almodovar in the general election for Mayor of Caguas on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	William Miranda Torres (Popular Democratic Party)	52.8	24,963
		Roberto López Román (New Progressive Party)	31.9	15,078
	Submit photo	Jason Domenech Miller (Puerto Rican Independence Party)	11.3	5,320
		Dora Colon Almodovar (Project Dignity)	4.0	1,880

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 47,241
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New Progressive Party primary election

New Progressive Party primary for Mayor of Caguas

Roberto López Román defeated Julio Enrique Roman Barreto in the New Progressive Party primary for Mayor of Caguas on June 2, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roberto López Román	81.1	6,611
	Submit photo	Julio Enrique Roman Barreto	18.9	1,541

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,152
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Popular Democratic Party primary election

The Popular Democratic Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent William Miranda Torres advanced from the Popular Democratic Party primary for Mayor of Caguas.

Project Dignity primary election

The Project Dignity primary election was canceled. Dora Colon Almodovar advanced from the Project Dignity primary for Mayor of Caguas.

Puerto Rican Independence Party primary election

The Puerto Rican Independence Party primary election was canceled. Jason Domenech Miller advanced from the Puerto Rican Independence Party primary for Mayor of Caguas.

Endorsements

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2021

General election

Special general election for U.S. Shadow Senator Puerto Rico (2 seats)

Melinda Romero Donnelly and Zoraida Buxó Santiago defeated Victor Perez Rentas and Roberto López Román in the special general election for U.S. Shadow Senator Puerto Rico on May 16, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Melinda Romero Donnelly (Nonpartisan)	34.3	57,916
✔		Zoraida Buxó Santiago (Nonpartisan)	27.3	46,222
	Submit photo	Victor Perez Rentas (Nonpartisan)	16.5	27,900
		Roberto López Román (Nonpartisan)	11.6	19,565
		Other/Write-in votes	10.3	17,424

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 169,027
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2020

General election

General election for Mayor of Caguas

Incumbent William Miranda Torres defeated Roberto López Román and Jason Domenech Miller in the general election for Mayor of Caguas on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	William Miranda Torres (Popular Democratic Party)	44.7	20,370
		Roberto López Román (New Progressive Party)	41.2	18,778
	Submit photo	Jason Domenech Miller (Puerto Rican Independence Party)	13.8	6,300
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	95

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,543
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New Progressive Party primary election

New Progressive Party primary for Mayor of Caguas

Roberto López Román defeated Ramón Díaz in the New Progressive Party primary for Mayor of Caguas on August 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roberto López Román	56.4	4,661
	Submit photo	Ramón Díaz	43.6	3,596

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,257
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Popular Democratic Party primary election

The Popular Democratic Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent William Miranda Torres advanced from the Popular Democratic Party primary for Mayor of Caguas.