2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico, mayoral election

2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico, mayoral election

November 3, 2020

Nominee Miguel Romero Manuel Natal Albelo Rossana López León Party New Progressive Citizens' Victory Popular Democratic Popular vote 46,427 42,962 29,451 Percentage 36.60% 33.87% 23.22%

Mayor before election Carmen Yulín Cruz Popular Democratic Elected mayor Miguel Romero New Progressive

San Juan, Puerto Rico, held an election for mayor on November 3, 2020. Among other elections, it was held concurrently with the 2020 Puerto Rico general election. It saw the election of New Progressive Party nominee Miguel Romero.

Incumbent mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, a member of the Popular Democratic Party did not seek reelection to a third term, and instead ran an unsuccessful campaign for her party's nomination in the gubernatorial election.

Nominations

New Progressive Party primary

The New Progressive Party held their party's primary election on August 9, nominating Miguel Romero (a district member of the Senate of Puerto Rico) over Manuel Colón.[1]

New Progressive Party primary results[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Progressive	Miguel Romero	20,549	76.24
	New Progressive	Mauel "Palomo" Colón	6,406	23.77
Total votes			26,955	100

Popular Democratic Party

The Popular Democracy Party cancelled its party primary election. It nominated Rossana López León, an at-large member of the Senate of Puerto Rico, without holding a primary.[1][3]

Project Dignity

Project Dignity nominated Nelson Rosario Rodríguez.[1]

Citizen's Victory Movement

Citizen's Victory Movement nominated Manuel Natal Albelo, an at-large member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives.[1][4]

Puerto Rican Independence Party

The Puerto Rican Independence Party nominated Adrián González Costa.[1]

General

Polls

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Rossana Lopez (PPD)	Miguel Romero (PNP)	Manuel Natal (MVC)	Adrian Gonzalez (PIP)	Nelson Rosario (PD)	Other	Undecided
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald[5]	October 13–15, 2020	258 (RV)	–	26%	37%	10%	2%	1%	2%[b]	23%[c]
Gaither International/El Vocero[6]	October 1–7, 2020	500 (V)	± 4%	17%	38%	18%	2%	1%	–	24%

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Someone else" with 2%
3. Includes "Refused"

Results

San Juan mayoral election[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Progressive	Miguel Romero	46,427	36.60
	Citizens' Victory	Manuel Natal Albelo	42,962	33.87
	Popular Democratic	Rossana López León	29,451	23.22
	Independence	Adrián González Costa	4,157	3.28
	Project Dignity	Nelson Rosario Rodríguez	3,848	3.03
Total votes			126,845	100

Litigation

Manuel Natal Albelo launched a legal challenge demanding that a new election be held for the municipality's 77th Unit, which groups together several forms of absentee-voting and mail-in ballots. In his litigation, he alleged widespread irregularities during the counting process and leading to the election.[8] The lawsuit was dismissed by a judge in January 2021 due to a total lack of evidence supporting the claim.[9]

See also

• 2020 Puerto Rican general election

References

1. "Mayoral election in San Juan, Puerto Rico (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
2. "CEE Event". primarias2020.ceepur.org. August 20, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
3. "Rossana López León". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
4. "Manuel Natal Albelo". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
5. Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald
6. Gaither International/El Vocero
7. "CEE Event". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. November 7, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
8. "Manuel Natal insiste en que la ilegalidad de 6,500 papeletas en la unidad 77 de San Juan "está documentada"". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved March 1, 2021.
9. "Manuel Natal's lawsuit dismissed – PR Headline News". www.puertoricoheadlinenews.com. January 29, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.