Puerto Rico Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz, president of the Popular Democratic Party, announced he's running for governor and will face Sen. Juan Zaragoza in a primary.

Over the past seven decades, Puerto Rico has been governed by the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, currently in office held by Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, or by the Popular Democratic Party, which ...

Outgoing Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló signed a law on Friday shifting Puerto Rico’s Democratic primary up from June to March in a push to make the island more influential in selecting the ...

A campaign poster promoting the Puerto Rico’s Independence Party and the Citizen Victory Movement gubernatorial candidate Juan Dalmau, is displayed on an electrical box in San Juan, Puerto Rico ...

This pattern also applies to the governorship, as Puerto Rico has had both Republican and Democratic governors. For example, a Republican governor founded the islands’ pro-statehood party in 1968.

Jenniffer González, Puerto Rico’s New Progressive Party candidate for Governor, shows her ballot during general elections in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

The Democratic Party included in its 2016 platform that it believes “that the people of Puerto Rico should determine their ultimate political status from permanent options that do not conflict ...

Puerto Rico Democratic Party Chair Charles Rodríguez on Friday called on congressional Democrats to oppose a bill proposed by New York Democratic Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Alexandria Ocasio ...

In a yes-or-no referendum on statehood held last November, 52.5 percent of Puerto Ricans supported making Puerto Rico a state. Members of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (NPP), including ...

Over the past seven decades, Puerto Rico has been governed by the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, currently in office held by Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, or by the Popular Democratic Party, which ...

Puerto Rican politics revolve around the island's status, and up until 2016, the New Progressive Party, which supports statehood, and the Popular Democratic Party, which supports the status quo ...