# 2020 Puerto Rico Senate election

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The 2020 Puerto Rico Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the members of the 27th Senate of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the Governor, the Resident Commissioner, the House of Representatives, and the mayors of the 78 municipalities. The winners will be elected to a four-year term from January 2, 2021, to January 2, 2025.
The New Progressive Party lost their two-thirds super-majority, but the Popular Democratic Party failed to win the 14 seats needed for a majority. The Puerto Rican Independence Party and Independent senator Vargas Vidot retained their seats, while the Citizen's Victory Movement and Project Dignity gained 2 and 1 seats respectively. José Luis Dalmau (PPD) was elected Senate President on January 2.

## Summary

There are 88 candidates running for senator:
* New Progressive Party (PNP) have 22 candidates, 15 of which are incumbent.
* Popular Democratic Party (PPD) have 22 candidates, 2 of which are incumbent.
* Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) have 19 candidates.
* Citizen's Victory Movement (MVC) have 19 candidates.
* Project Dignity (PD) have 5 candidates.
* 1 candidate is independent, 1 of which is incumbent.

## Senate Composition
### 26th Senate of Puerto Rico (2017-2021)

| PNP$_1$ | PNP$_2$ | PNP$_3$ | PNP$_4$ | PNP$_5$ | PNP$_6$ | PNP$_7$ | PNP$_8$ | PNP$_9$ |
| PNP$_{10}$ | PNP$_{11}$ | PNP$_{12}$ | PNP$_{13}$ | PNP$_{14}$ | PNP$_{15}$ | PNP$_{16}$ | PNP$_{17}$ | PNP$_{18}$ |
| PNP$_{19}$ | PNP$_{20}$ | PNP$_{21}$ | PPD$_1$ | PPD$_2$ | PPD$_3$ | PPD$_4$ | PPD$_5$ | PPD$_6$ |
| PPD$_7$ | PIP$_1$ | IND$_1$ |

### 27th Senate of Puerto Rico (2021-2025)

| PPD$_1$ | PPD$_2$ | PPD$_3$ | PPD$_4$ | PPD$_5$ | PPD$_6$ | PPD$_7$ | PPD$_8$ | PPD$_9$ |
| PPD$_{10}$ | PPD$_{11}$ | PPD$_{12}$ | PNP$_1$ | PNP$_2$ | PNP$_3$ | PNP$_4$ | PNP$_5$ | PNP$_6$ |
| PPD$_7$ | PPD$_8$ | PPD$_9$ | PPD$_{10}$ | MVC$_1$ | MVC$_2$ | PIP$_1$ | PD$_1$ | IND$_1$ |

## Results
### Summary

| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats | Composition | ±% |
| | Popular Democratic Party (PPD) | 797,203 | 36.50% | 10 | 377,195 | 31.21% | 2 | 12 | 12 / 27 | 9 |
| | New Progressive Party (PNP) | 814,941 | 37.32% | 6 | 402,774 | 33.33% | 4 | 10 | 10 / 27 | 12 |
| | Citizen's Victory Movement (MVC) | 315,931 | 14.46% | 0 | 133,069 | 11.01% | 2 | 2 | 2 / 27 | 2 |
| | Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) | 198,093 | 9.07% | 0 | 136,679 | 11.32% | 1 | 1 | 1 / 27 | 1 |
| | Project Dignity (PD) | 57,465 | 2.63% | 0 | 88,716 | 7.35% | 1 | 1 | 1 / 27 | 1 |
| | Independents | 0 | 0% | 0 | 69,810 | 5.78% | 1 | 1 | 1 / 27 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 2,183,633 | 100.0 | 16 | 1,208,243 | 100.0 | 11 | 27 | | |

### Senator At-Large

2020 At-Large Senate Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independence | María de Lourdes Santiago | 136,679 | 11.29% | N/A |
| | Project Dignity | Joanne Rodríguez Veve | 88,716 | 7.33% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | William Villafañe | 81,863 | 6.76% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | Thomas Rivera Schatz (incumbent) | 80,139 | 6.62% | 3.74 |
| | Popular Democratic | Juan Zaragoza Gómez | 73,809 | 6.09% | N/A |
| | Popular Democratic | José Dalmau Santiago (incumbent) | 71,896 | 5.94% | N/A |
| | Independent | José Vargas Vidot (incumbent) | 69,810 | 5.76% | 4.97 |
| | Citizens' Victory | Ana Irma Rivera Lassén | 68,760 | 5.68% | N/A |
| | Citizens' Victory | Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl | 64,309 | 5.31% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | Gregorio Matías (incumbent) | 64,140 | 5.30% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | Keren Riquelme | 63,154 | 5.21% | N/A |
| | Popular Democratic | Aníbal José Torres (incumbent) | 61,202 | 5.05% | 0.56 |
| | Popular Democratic | Brenda López de Arrarás | 59,961 | 4.95% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | Itzamar Peña Ramírez (incumbent) | 57,220 | 4.72% | 2.33 |
| | Popular Democratic | Ada Álvarez Conde | 55,677 | 4.80% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | Carlos Rodríguez Mateo (incumbent) | 56,258 | 4.65% | N/A |
| | Popular Democratic | Luis Vega Ramos | 54,650 | 4.51% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,208,243 | 52.32% | 0.13 |
Every party has a seat in the senate, making it the first time since 2004 that all parties are represented. María de Lourdes Santiago placed 1st for the second time (1st being 2012) and won a third non-consecutive term; Joanne Rodríguez Veve came in 2nd place, while Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz came in 4th place, losing 3.74% of the vote relative to his last performance.

### Senator by District
#### I San Juan

2020 Puerto Rico San Juan District Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Progressive | Henry Neumann (incumbent) | 52,492 | 19.81% | 5.20 |
| | New Progressive | Nitza Morán | 44,063 | 16.63% | N/A |
| | Citizens' Victory | Rosa Seguí Cordero | 35,739 | 13.49% | N/A |
| | Popular Democratic | Jesús Manuel Laboy | 34,639 | 13.07% | N/A |
| | Popular Democratic | Claribel Martínez Marmolejos | 33,651 | 12.57% | N/A |
| | Citizens' Victory | Marilú Guzmán | 31,651 | 11.94% | N/A |
| | Independence | Adriana Guitiérrez Colón | 18,091 | 6.83% | N/A |
| | Independence | Andrés González Berdecia | 15,037 | 5.67% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 265,025 | 53.28% | 1.13 |

#### II Bayamón

2020 Bayamón District Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Progressive | Carmelo Rios (incumbent) | 52,108 | 20.69% | 7.69 |
| | New Progressive | Migdalia Padilla Alvelo (incumbent) | 50,009 | 19.86% | 7.83 |
| | Popular Democratic | Magdiel Colon | 32,978 | 13.10% | N/A |
| | Popular Democratic | Carlos Roberto Hyland | 32,239 | 12.80% | N/A |
| | Citizens' Victory | Myrna Conty | 26,712 | 10.61% | N/A |
| | Citizens' Victory | Ruthie Arroyo | 23,108 | 9.18% | N/A |
| | Independence | Hugo Rodríguez Díaz | 17,520 | 6.96% | N/A |
| | Independence | Yelitza Lucena Quiles | 17,136 | 6.81 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 251,810 | 51.70% | 2.75 |

#### III Arecibo

2020 Arecibo District Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Popular Democratic | Elizabeth Rosa Vélez | 55,592 | 19.09% | 1.21 |
| | Popular Democratic | Rubén Soto Rivera | 55,051 | 18.91% | 1.41 |
| | New Progressive | Ángel Martínez (incumbent) | 54,824 | 18.83% | 8.55 |
| | New Progressive | José Pérez Rosa (incumbent) | 54,744 | 18.80% | 8.58 |
| | Citizens' Victory | Yamira Colón Rosa | 19,649 | 6.74% | N/A |
| | Citizens' Victory | Annette Jiménez Collet | 17,041 | 5.85% | N/A |
| | Project Dignity | Arnaldo López Rosado | 15,881 | 5.45% | N/A |
| | Independence | Luis Romero Nieves | 11,042 | 3.79% | N/A |
| | Independence | Roberto Rivera Olivencia | 7,357 | 2.53% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 291,181 | 52.72% | 3.71 |

#### IV Mayagüez-Aguadilla

2020 Mayagüez-Aguadilla District Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Popular Democratic | Ada Garciá Montes | 60,068 | 21.07% | N/A |
| | Popular Democratic | Migdalia González | 59,204 | 20.77% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | Marcos Gonzalez | 54,332 | 19.06% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | Luis Daniel Muñiz (incumbent) | 54,111 | 18.98 | 6.13 |
| | Citizens' Victory | Marisol Vega | 17,743 | 6.22% | N/A |
| | Citizens' Victory | Luis Ferren | 16,664 | 5.50% | N/A |
| | Independence | Luis Casiano Rodríguez | 12,556 | 4.40% | N/A |
| | Independence | Juan Mari Pesquera | 11,375 | 3.99% | 0.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 285,053 | 53.32% | 3.84 |

#### V Ponce

2020 Ponce District Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Popular Democratic | Marially González | 56,846 | 20.07% | N/A |
| | Popular Democratic | Ramón Ruiz | 51,465 | 18.17% | 4.43 |
| | New Progressive | Luis Berdiel (incumbent) | 50,091 | 17.68% | 7.68 |
| | New Progressive | Nelson Cruz (incumbent) | 48,224 | 17.03% | 7.66 |
| | Project Dignity | Elaine Arrufat Berastain | 16,217 | 5.73% | N/A |
| | Citizens' Victory | Daniel Ortíz Lugo | 14,626 | 5.16% | N/A |
| | Citizens' Victory | Maikel González | 14,562 | 5.14% | N/A |
| | Project Dignity | Luis Yordár Frau | 11,976 | 4.23% | N/A |
| | Independence | Ángel Comas Nazario | 10,060 | 3.55% | N/A |
| | Independence | José Ortiz Lugo | 9,181 | 3.24% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 283,248 | 51.23% | 2.98 |

#### VI Guayama

2020 Guayama District Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Popular Democratic | Gretchen Hau | 69,386 | 23.63% | N/A |
| | Popular Democratic | Albert Torres Berrios | 67,419 | 22.96% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | Alex Roque (incumbent) | 57,943 | 19.73% | 4.92 |
| | New Progressive | Wanda Cruz | 57,300 | 19.51% | N/A |
| | Citizens' Victory | Tomas Flores Torres | 18,866 | 6.42% | N/A |
| | Independence | Victor Alvarado Guzmán | 13,240 | 4.51% | N/A |
| | Independence | Justo Echevarriá Figueroa | 9,485 | 3.23% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 293,639 | 54.62% | 3.22 |

#### VII Humacao

2020 Humacao District Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Popular Democratic | Rosamar Trujillo Plumey | 57,004 | 19.77% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | Wanda Soto | 54,822 | 19.01% | N/A |
| | Popular Democratic | Hill Román Abreu | 54,780 | 19.00% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | Miguel Laureano (incumbent) | 54,688 | 18.96 | 4.54 |
| | Citizens' Victory | Mayra Vicil Bernier | 22,999 | 7.98% | N/A |
| | Citizens' Victory | Xander Torres | 17,509 | 6.07% | N/A |
| | Independence | Edda López Serrano | 15,154 | 5.25% | N/A |
| | Independence | Juan Lebrón López | 11,431 | 3.96% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 288,387 | 56.02% | 0.81 |

#### VIII Carolina

2020 Carolina District Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Popular Democratic | Javier Aponte Dalmau | 43,473 | 17.97% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | Marissa Jiménez | 42,740 | 17.66% | N/A |
| | Popular Democratic | Christian Rodríguez | 40,375 | 16.69% | N/A |
| | New Progressive | Nayda Venegas Brown (incumbent) | 40,344 | 16.67% | 7.54 |
| | Citizens' Victory | Alice Pérez Fernandez | 21,952 | 9.07% | N/A |
| | Citizens' Victory | Reginald Smith Pizarro | 19,374 | 8.01% | N/A |
| | Project Dignity | Janise Santiago Ramos | 13,391 | 5.53% | N/A |
| | Independence | Marisol Quiñones Algarín | 11,136 | 4.60% | 1.48 |
| | Independence | Wanda Alemán Alemán | 9,173 | 3.79% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 241,958 | 48.80% | 3.09 |