San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jur ...

, held an election for

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on November 3, 2020. Among other elections, it was held concurrently with the

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. It saw the election of New Progressive Party nominee

Miguel Romero Miguel Alberto Romero Lugo (born February 17, 1970) is a Puerto Rican lawyer, who is the current Mayor of San Juan. He was also Secretary of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico (2009–2012) and former Chief of Staff of Puerto Rico durin ...

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mayor

Carmen Yulín Cruz Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto (born February 25, 1963) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as mayor of the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico from 2013 to 2020. From 2009 through 2013, Cruz served in the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico. Ea ...

, 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

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Nominations

Citizen's Victory Movement

Citizen's Victory Movement nominated

Manuel Natal Albelo Manuel Natal Albelo (born March 25, 1986) is a former member of the 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico. Natal is currently affiliated with the Citizen's Victory Movement party after being previously affiliated with the Popular Democra ...

, an at-large member of the

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New Progressive Party primary

The New Progressive Party held their party's

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on August 9, nominating

(a district member of the

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) over Manuel Colón.

Popular Democratic Party

The Popular Democracy Party cancelled its party primary election. It nominated

Rossana López León Rossana López León (born March 6, 1969) is a Puerto Rican politician and public servant from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). López was elected to the Senate of Puerto Rico in 2012. Before that, she served as Director of the Office of Af ...

, an at-large member of the Senate of Puerto Rico, without holding a primary.

Project Dignity

Project Dignity nominated Nelson Rosario Rodríguez.

Puerto Rican Independence Party

The Puerto Rican Independence Party nominated Adrián González Costa.

General

Polls

Results

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

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. In his litigation, he alleged widespread irregularities during the counting process and leading to the election. The lawsuit was dismissed by a judge in January 2021.

References

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