United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 2024
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| Puerto Rico's At-large Congressional District |
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| General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: 50% of signatures due January 31, 2024; 100% of signatures due: February 15, 2024 |
| Primary: June 2, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Voting in Puerto Rico |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024 |
| See also |
At-large Puerto Rico elections, 2024 U.S. Congress elections, 2024 U.S. Senate elections, 2024 U.S. House elections, 2024 |
The U.S. House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico was on November 5, 2024. Voters elected one non-voting member to serve in the U.S. House from the territory’s one at-large U.S. House district. The primary was June 2, 2024. All parties canceled uncontested primary elections, with all qualified candidates automatically advancing to the general election. Candidates had to submit 50% of their signatures by January 31, 2024, and 100% of their signatures by February 15, 2024.
To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.
Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
Pablo Jose Hernandez Rivera defeated William Villafañe Ramos, Ana Irma Rivera Lassén, Viviana Ramirez-Morales, and Roberto Karlo Velazquez Correa in the general election for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Pablo Jose Hernandez Rivera (Popular Democratic Party) | 43.5 | 530,540 |
 | William Villafañe Ramos (New Progressive Party) | 37.1 | 452,615 | |
 | Ana Irma Rivera Lassén (Citizen's Victory Movement) | 9.5 | 115,710 | |
 | Viviana Ramirez-Morales (Project Dignity) | 5.0 | 60,512 | |
 | Roberto Karlo Velazquez Correa (Puerto Rican Independence Party) | 4.9 | 60,161 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 624 | ||
| Total votes: 1,220,162 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jenniffer González-Colón (New Progressive Party)
- Melin Sotiriou Droz (Independent)
New Progressive Party primary election
New Progressive Party primary for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
William Villafañe Ramos defeated Elmer Roman in the New Progressive Party primary for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico on June 2, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Villafañe Ramos | 54.5 | 172,844 |
 | Elmer Roman | 45.5 | 144,122 | |
| Total votes: 316,966 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- José Enrique Meléndez Ortiz (New Progressive Party)
- Marigdalia K. Ramírez Fort (New Progressive Party)
Popular Democratic Party primary election
The Popular Democratic Party primary election was canceled. Pablo Jose Hernandez Rivera advanced from the Popular Democratic Party primary for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.
Project Dignity primary election
The Project Dignity primary election was canceled. Viviana Ramirez-Morales advanced from the Project Dignity primary for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rican Independence Party primary election
The Puerto Rican Independence Party primary election was canceled. Roberto Karlo Velazquez Correa advanced from the Puerto Rican Independence Party primary for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.
Citizen's Victory Movement convention
Citizen's Victory Movement convention for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
Ana Irma Rivera Lassén defeated Edgardo Cruz in the Citizen's Victory Movement convention for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico on March 16, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ana Irma Rivera Lassén (Citizen's Victory Movement) | 85.5 | 1,043 |
| Edgardo Cruz (Citizen's Victory Movement) | 14.5 | 177 | ||
| Total votes: 1,220 | |||
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Candidate profiles
There were no candidate profiles created for this race. Candidate profiles would have appeared here as candidates completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Puerto Rico
Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
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No candidate in this race completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Edgardo Cruz | Citizen's Victory Movement | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Ana Irma Rivera Lassén | Citizen's Victory Movement | $138,316 | $74,791 | $41,696 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Elmer Roman | New Progressive Party | $88,050 | $80,274 | $0 | As of October 24, 2024 |
| William Villafañe Ramos | New Progressive Party | $828,164 | $819,993 | $8,171 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Pablo Jose Hernandez Rivera | Popular Democratic Party | $1,540,340 | $1,528,373 | $11,966 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Viviana Ramirez-Morales | Project Dignity | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Roberto Karlo Velazquez Correa | Puerto Rican Independence Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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District history
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2016.
2020
See also: United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 2020
General election
General election for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
Incumbent Jenniffer González-Colón defeated Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Zayira Jordán Conde, Ada Norah Henriquez, and Luis Roberto Piñero in the general election for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jenniffer González-Colón (New Progressive Party) | 41.1 | 512,697 |
 | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (Popular Democratic Party) | 32.1 | 400,412 | |
 | Zayira Jordán Conde (Citizen's Victory Movement) | 12.7 | 157,679 | |
 | Ada Norah Henriquez (Project Dignity) | 7.7 | 95,873 | |
 | Luis Roberto Piñero (Puerto Rican Independence Party) | 6.3 | 78,503 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 928 | ||
| Total votes: 1,246,092 | |||
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Popular Democratic Party primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- José Nadal Power (Popular Democratic Party)
- Juan Carlos Albors (Popular Democratic Party)
2016
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]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| 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 | ||||
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