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2024 Puerto Rico House of Representatives elections

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All 51 seats in the House of Representatives 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Tatito Hernández (Retiring) Johnny Méndez Mariana Nogales (Running Write-In) Party Popular Democratic New Progressive Citizens' Victory Leader since January 3, 2017 January 3, 2017 January 2, 2021 Seats before 25 21 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Denis Márquez Lebrón Lisie Burgos Muñiz Luis Raúl Torres Cruz Party Independence Project Dignity Independent Leader since January 3, 2017 January 2, 2021 May 4, 2022 Seats before 1 1 1
Speaker of the House before election Tatito Hernández Popular Democratic Elected Speaker of the House TBD

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The 2024 Puerto Rico House of Representative election were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the members of the 32nd House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the governor, the Resident Commissioner, the Senate, and the mayors of the 78 municipalities. The winners were elected to a four-year term from January 3, 2025, to January 3, 2029.

Summary

167 candidates are running for representative:

• New Progressive Party (PNP) has 46 candidates, 20 of whom are incumbent.
• Popular Democratic Party (PPD) has 44 candidates, 19 of whom are incumbent.
• Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) has 27 candidates, 1 of whom is incumbent.
• Citizen's Victory Movement (MVC) had 20 candidates.
• Project Dignity (PD) has 29 candidates, 1 of whom is incumbent.
• 1 candidate is independent and is incumbent.

House of Representatives composition

31st House of Representatives (2021–2025)

Results

Summary

At-large Representatives

The Popular Democratic Party decided to nominated 4 candidates instead of 6 candidates like they normally do, citing that this would help them win more overall At-large seats. Although the Citizen's Victory Movement originally planned to have 2 at-large candidates, these being incumbent senator Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl and newcomer Alejandro Santiago Calderón, there candidacy were invalidated by the Supreme Court for not having collected the necessary endorsements required by law.

District Representatives

Representative District 1

Representative District 2

On May 4, 2022, incumbent representative Luis R. Torres Cruz announced that he was unaffiliating himself from the Popular Democratic Party, which he had been a part of since 1995. Later, on December 1, 2023, he announced that he would not seek reelection in the district 2 seat which he has held since 2001, instead choosing to run for an At-Large seat.

Representative District 3

On June 11, 2022, PNP San Juan I district senator Henry Neumann Zayas announced that he would be stepping down from his post for personal reasons. To fill the senate seat, on September 11 of that year, the New Progressive Party held a special election, where incumbent representative Juan O. Morales Rodríguez ran and won the seat, leaving the District 3 representative seat open. That meant that the representative seat had to be filled, which was done later on December 6, where José A. Hernández Concepción won the special election.

Representative District 4

Representative District 5

Representative District 6

Incumbent representative Ángel A. Morgy Noble won the PNP primary.

Representative District 7

Representative District 8

Representative District 9

Incumbent representative Er Y. Morales Díaz lost the PNP primaries to Félix E. Pacheco Burgos.

Representative District 10

Pedro J. Santiago Guzmán won the PNP primary.

Representative District 11

Incumbent PPD representative and Speaker of the House Rafael Hernández Montañez announced on August 31, 2023 that he would not run for reelection, instead choosing to run for mayor of Dorado. Rubén Soto Rivera won the PPD primary, while Elinnette González Aguayo won the PNP primary.

Representative District 12

Jesús M. Figueroa Torres won the PNP primary.

Representative District 13

Incumbent PNP representative Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló announced on March 25, 2022 that he would not seek reelection in the district 13 seat which he has held since 2005, instead choosing to run for an At-Large seat. Jerry Z. Nieves Rosario won the PNP primary, while Yulixa A. Paredes Albarrán won the PPD primary.

Representative District 14

Incumbent PNP representative José O. González Mercado announced on November 18, 2023 that he would not run for reelection, instead choosing to run for mayor of Arecibo. Edgar E. Robles Rivera won the PNP primary, while Juan C. Colón González won the PPD primary.

Representative District 15

Iván Serrano Cordero won the PPD primary.

Representative District 16

Incumbent PPD representative Eladio J. Cardona Quiles announced on December 28, 2023 that he would not run for reelection, instead choosing to run for mayor of San Sebastian. Reinaldo Figueroa Acevedo won the PPD primary, while Liza I. Alfaro Mercado won the PNP primary.

Representative District 17

Incumbent representative Wilson J. Román López won the PNP primary, while Kenneth R. Sanabría Domenech won the PPD primary.

Representative District 18

Odalys González González won the PNP primary.

Representative District 19

Incumbent PPD representative Jocelyn M. Rodríguez Negrón announced on December 23, 2023 that she would not run for reelection, instead choosing to run for mayor of Mayagüez. Lilibeth Rosas Vargas won the PPD primary, while Edson R. Rodríguez González won the PNP primary.

Representative District 20

On February 28, 2023, Incumbent PPD representative Kebin Maldonado Martínez announced that he would be stepping down from his post to become a National Guard Officer. Joel Sánchez Ayala was chosen to fill this representative seat. Emilio Carlo Acosta won the PNP primary.

Representative District 21

Incumbent PPD primary Lydia Méndez Silva announced on November 14, 2023 that she would not run for reelection, instead choosing to retire after 28 years of service. José A. Cuevas Garcia won the PPD primary, while Omayra M. Mártinez Vázquez won the PNP primary.

Representative District 22

Joe A. Colón Rodriguez won the PNP primary.

Representative District 23

Representative District 24

Doris E. Alvarado Golderos won the PNP primary.

Representative District 25

Representative District 26

Incumbent PPD representative Orlando Aponte Rosario was accused by his wife on April 13, 2023 of physically abusing her, for which a court gave the representative a restraining order. Even though she later removed this restraining order, the news had affected his political carrier, and he decided to renounce from his post on June 13. To fill this seat, on August 6, the party had a special internal primary where Jesús A. Hernández Arroyo won. Luis J. Jiménez Torres won the PNP primary.

Representative District 27

Representative District 28

Representative District 29

Representative District 30

Fernando Sanabria Colón won the PNP primary.

Representative District 31

Representative District 32

Representative District 33

Representative District 34

Cristian O. Muriel Sánchez won the PNP primary.

Representative District 35

Jean P. Carrillo Cáceres won the PNP primary.

Representative District 36

Representative District 37

Incumbent PNP representative Ángel Bulerín Ramos on January 6, 2024 that he would not run for reelection, instead choosing to retire after 55 years of service, 32 of which where in this seat. Carmen M. Medina Calderón won the PNP primary, while Ángel Osorio Vélez won the PPD primary.

Representative District 38

Incumbent representative Wanda del Valle Correa won the PNP primary, while Christian G. Rodriguez Rivera won the PPD primary.

Representative District 39

Representative District 40

Sergio E. Estévez Vélez won the PNP primary.

Notes

1. Originally elected under the Popular Democratic Party (PPD)

References

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52. "District 40 2024 PNP primary result". CEEPUR. Retrieved October 16, 2024.

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