United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 2016
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June 5, 2016 |
November 8, 2016 |
Jennifer Gonzalez Colon  |
Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia  |
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The 2016 U.S. House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico took place on November 8, 2016. Voters elected one nonvoting resident commissioner to serve in the U.S. House from Puerto Rico's At-Large Congressional District.
Incumbent Pedro Pierluisi (D) did not seek re-election in 2016. Jennifer Gonzalez Colon (PNP) won election, defeating Mariana Nogales-Molinelli (PPT), Hugo Rodriguez Diaz (PIP), and Hector Ferrer Rios (PPD) in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: Puerto Rico held a primary election on June 5, 2016.[2]
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia (D), who was first elected in 2008. Pierluisi did not seek re-election in 2016.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 8 election, the Democratic Party held the one congressional seat from Puerto Rico.
| Members of the U.S. House from Puerto Rico -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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| Party | As of November 2016 | After the 2016 Election | |
| PNP | 0 | 1 | |
| Democratic Party | 1 | 0 | |
| Republican Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | |
Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Progressive Party (PNP) |  Jennifer Gonzalez Colon |
48.8% | 718,591 | |
| Popular Democratic Party (PPD) | Hector Ferrer Rios | 47.2% | 695,073 | |
| Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) | Hugo Rodriguez Diaz | 2.7% | 39,704 | |
| Working People's Party (PPT) | Mariana Nogales-Molinelli | 1.3% | 19,033 | |
| Total Votes | 1,472,401 | |||
| Source: The Green Papers | ||||
Candidates
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General election candidates: Mariana Nogales-Molinelli Hugo Rodriguez Diaz Jennifer Gonzalez Colon  Héctor Ferrer Ríos |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic |
Republican |
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Third Party/Other Hugo Rodriguez Diaz (PIP)[1] Jennifer Gonzalez Colon (PNP)[1] Carlos Ignacio Pesquera (PNP)[1] Héctor Ferrer Ríos (PPD)[1] Angel Rosa (PPD)[1] |
District history
2012
Pierluisi won re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Puerto Rico as a New Progressive Party candidate. He defeated Rafael Cox Alomar (Popular Democratic Party) in the general election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| New Progressive Party (PNP) | Pedro Pierluisi Incumbent |
48.4% | 905,066 | |
| Popular Democratic Party (PPD) | Rafael Cox Alomar | 47.2% | 881,181 | |
| Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) | Juan Manuel Mercado | 2.1% | 38,941 | |
| Sovereign Union Movement (MUS) | Maria de Lourdes Guzman | 0.6% | 11,764 | |
| Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party (PPR) | Sadiasept Guillont | 0.3% | 5,647 | |
| Working People's Party (PPT) | Félix Córdova Iturregui | 0.7% | 13,120 | |
| N/A | Others | 0% | 626 | |
| N/A | White | 0.2% | 4,523 | |
| N/A | Null | 0.4% | 7,488 | |
| Total Votes | 1,868,356 | |||
| Source: Puerto Rico Election Commission, "Elections in Puerto Rico: Canvass General Election November 6, 2012 Results for Resident Commissioner Candidate" | ||||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The Green Papers, "The Green Papers: Puerto Rico 2016 General Election," accessed August 22, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "list16" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Federal Election Commission, "2016 CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY DATES AND CANDIDATE FILING DEADLINES FOR BALLOT ACCESS," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
- ↑ Puerto Rico Election Commission, "Elections in Puerto Rico: Canvass General Election November 6, 2012," accessed May 2, 2014
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