2024 Puerto Rico House of Representatives elections
The 2024 Puerto Rico House of Representative election will be 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.
167 candidates are running for representative:
House of Representatives composition [ edit ]
31st House of Representatives (2021–2025)[ edit ]
PPD1
PPD2
PPD3
PPD4
PPD5
PPD6
PPD7
PPD8
PPD9
PPD10
PPD11
PPD12
PPD13
PPD14
PPD15
PPD16
PPD17
PPD18
PPD19
PPD20
PPD21
PPD22
PPD23
PPD24
PPD25
PNP1
PNP2
PNP3
PNP4
PNP5
PNP6
PNP7
PNP8
PNP9
PNP10
PNP11
PNP12
PNP13
PNP14
PNP15
PNP16
PNP17
PNP18
PNP19
PNP20
PNP21
MVC1
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PIP1
PD1
IND1 [ a]
At-large Representatives [ edit ]
2024 Puerto Rico At-Large Representative Election Candidate Party or alliance Jose E. Torres Zamora (incumbent) PNP Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló PNP José F. Aponte Hernández (incumbent) PNP Maria L. Ramos Rivera (incumbent) PNP Tatiana Pérez Ramirez PNP José J. Pérez Cordero (incumbent) PNP Héctor E. Ferrer Santiago (incumbent) PPD Swanny E. Vargas Laureano PPD Ramón A. Torres Cruz PPD Gabriel J. López Arrieta PPD Denis Márquez Lebrón (incumbent) Alianza PIP Lisie J. Burgos Muñiz (incumbent) PD Luis R. Torres Cruz (incumbent) IND Total
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.[ 1] 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.[ 2]
District Representatives [ edit ]
Representative District 1 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 1 election Candidate Party or alliance Eddie J. Charbonier Chinea (incumbent) PNP Ana V. Piñnero Parés PPD Pedro M. Cardona Roig Alianza MVC Antonio Santos PD Total
Representative District 2 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 2 election Candidate Party or alliance Ricardo R. Ocasio Ramos PNP Bryan Y. Saavedra Santana PPD Joel Vázquez Rosario Alianza MVC Juan G. Zayas Monge PD Total
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.[ 3] 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.[ 4]
Representative District 3 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 3 election Candidate Party or alliance José A. Hernández Concepción (incumbente) PNP Cristofer Malespin Díaz PPD Eva L. Prados Rodríguez Alianza MVC Total
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.[ 5] 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.[ 6] 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.[ 7]
Representative District 4 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 4 election Candidate Party or alliance Victor L. Parés Otero (Incumbent) PNP Manuel A. Calderón Cerame PPD Adriana Guitiérez Colón Alianza PIP Rosalina Varcálcel Ruiz PD Total
Representative District 5 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 5 election Candidate Party or alliance Jorge L. Navarro Suárez (Incumbent) PNP Elba B. Rivera Estrada PPD Gabriel Casal Nazario Alianza PIP Ricardo Rodríguez Quiles PD Total
Representative District 6 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 6 election Candidate Party or alliance Ángel A. Morgy Noble (Incumbent) PNP Magdiel A. Colón Ortiz PPD Effie A. Acevedo Guasp Alianza MVC Carlos R. Aponte Martínez PD Total
Incumbent representative Ángel A. Morgy Noble won the PNP primary.[ 8]
Representative District 7 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 7 election Candidate Party or alliance Luis Pérez Ortiz (Incumbent) PNP Zabdiel Rodríguez Nieves PPD Marisel Álvarez Feliciano Alianza PIP Juan L. Rivera Rivera PD Total
Representative District 8 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 8 election Candidate Party or alliance Yashira M. Lebrón Rodríguez (Incumbent) PNP Carlos A. Sánchez Rivera PPD Jesús M. Dávila Molina Alianza PIP Abdiel E. Contreras Álvarez PD Total
Representative District 9 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 9 election Candidate Party Félix E. Pacheco Burgos PNP Noelia Ramos Vázquez PPD Gabriel Vicéns Rivera MVC Anabel Sánchez Ayala PIP Total
Incumbent representative Er Y. Morales Díaz lost the PNP primaries to Félix E. Pacheco Burgos.[ 9]
Representative District 10 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 10 election Candidate Party or alliance Pedro J. Santiago Guzmán PNP Deborah Soto Arroyo (Incumbent) PPD Sahir I. Pujols Vázquez Alianza MVC María A. Díaz López PD Total
Pedro J. Santiago Guzmán won the PNP primary.[ 10]
Representative District 11 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 11 election Candidate Party or alliance Elinnette González Aguayo PNP Rubén Soto Rivera PPD Eric A. Rossner Marrero Alianza MVC Total
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 .[ 11] Rubén Soto Rivera won the PPD primary,[ 12] while Elinnette González Aguayo won the PNP primary.[ 13]
Representative District 12 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 12 election Candidate Party Jesús M. Figueroa Torres PNP Edgardo Feliciano Sánchez (Incumbent) PPD Ángel G. Torres Maldonado MVC Anamari Ojeda Vilá PIP Benjamin Cardona Rosario PD Total
Jesús M. Figueroa Torres won the PNP primary.[ 14]
Representative District 13 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 13 election Candidate Party or alliance Jerry Z. Nieves Rosario PNP Yulixa A. Paredes Albarrán PPD Teresa Vélez Rolón Alianza MVC Kevin C. Cruz Chacón PD Total
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.[ 15] Jerry Z. Nieves Rosario won the PNP primary,[ 16] while Yulixa A. Paredes Albarrán won the PPD primary.[ 17]
Representative District 14 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 14 election Candidate Party or alliance Edgar E. Robles Rivera PNP Juan C. Colón González PPD Karina García Alianza PIP Deniel Batista Crespo PD Total
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 .[ 18] Edgar E. Robles Rivera won the PNP primary,[ 19] while Juan C. Colón González won the PPD primary.[ 20]
Representative District 15 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 15 election Candidate Party or alliance Joel I. Franqui Atiles (Incumbent) PNP Iván Serrano Cordero PPD Fernando Babilonia Aguilar Alianza PIP Abimatar Ramos Jiménez PD Total
Iván Serrano Cordero won the PPD primary.[ 21]
Representative District 16 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 16 election Candidate Party or alliance Liza I. Alfaro Mercado PNP Reinaldo Figueroa Acevedo PPD Reynaldo Acevedo Vélez Alianza PIP Pedro A. Lebrón Santiago PD Total
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 .[ 22] Reinaldo Figueroa Acevedo won the PPD primary,[ 23] while Liza I. Alfaro Mercado won the PNP primary.[ 24]
Representative District 17 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 17 election Candidate Party or alliance Wilson J. Román López (Incumbent) PNP Kenneth R. Sanabría Domenech PPD Héctor H. Santaella Bultrago Alianza PIP Ramón A. Román Márquez PD Total
Incumbent representative Wilson J. Román López won the PNP primary,[ 25] while Kenneth R. Sanabría Domenech won the PPD primary.[ 26]
Representative District 18 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 18 election Candidate Party or alliance Odalys González González PNP Jessie Cortés Ramon (Incumbent) PPD Christian I. Santiago Orsini Alianza MVC Héctor López Cardona PD Total
Odalys González González won the PNP primary.[ 27]
Representative District 19 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 19 election Candidate Party Edson R. Rodríguez González PNP Lilibeth Rosas Vargas PPD Julia S. Mignucci Sánchez MVC Leonor M. Velázquez Franceschi PIP Felipe A. Morales Nieves PD Total
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 .[ 28] Lilibeth Rosas Vargas won the PPD primary,[ 29] while Edson R. Rodríguez González won the PNP primary.[ 30]
Representative District 20 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 20 election Candidate Party Emilio Carlo Acosta PNP Joel Sánchez Ayala (Incumbent) PPD Jose Linares Hernández MVC Juliana I. Ortiz Rodríguez PIP Edgar Agosto Betancourt PD Total
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 .[ 31] Joel Sánchez Ayala was chosen to fill this representative seat.[ 32] Emilio Carlo Acosta won the PNP primary.[ 33]
Representative District 21 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 21 election Candidate Party or alliance Omayra M. Mártinez Vázquez PNP José A. Cuevas Garcia PPD Luis J. Santiago Cruz Alianza PIP Leonardo Vázquez Santiago PD Total
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.[ 34] José A. Cuevas Garcia won the PPD primary,[ 35] while Omayra M. Mártinez Vázquez won the PNP primary.[ 36]
Representative District 22 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 22 election Candidate Party or alliance Joe A. Colón Rodriguez PNP Jorge A. Rivera Segarra (Incumbent) PPD Astrid R. Cruz Negrón Alianza PIP Total
Joe A. Colón Rodriguez won the PNP primary.[ 37]
Representative District 23 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 23 election Candidate Party Ensol A. Rodriguez Torres PNP José H. Rivera Nadera (Incumbent) PPD Daniel Ortiz Vargas MVC Adalberto Lugo Boneta PIP Josué E. Pagan Carbonell PD Total
Representative District 24 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 24 election Candidate Party or alliance Doris E. Alvarado Golderos PNP Ángel A. Fourquet Cordero (Incumbent) PPD José A. Hernández Lázaro Alianza MVC Elaine M. Arrufat Berastain PD Total
Doris E. Alvarado Golderos won the PNP primary.[ 38]
Representative District 25 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 25 election Candidate Daniel Vega Ortiz PNP Domingo J. Torres Garcia (Incumbent) PPD Gerardo Cruz López Alianza Luis A. Yordán Frau PD Total
Representative District 26 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 26 election Candidate Party or alliance Luis J. Jiménez Torres PNP Jesús A. Hernández Arroyo (Incumbent) PPD Sigredo Torres Cintrón Alianza MVC Total
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 . [ 39] Even though she later removed this restraining order,[ 40] the news had affected his political carrier, and he decided to renounce from his post on June 13.[ 41] To fill this seat, on August 6, the party had an special internal primary where Jesús A. Hernández Arroyo won.[ 42] Luis J. Jiménez Torres won the PNP primary.[ 43]
Representative District 27 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 27 election Candidate Party or alliance Adriach A. Bermúdez Ortiz PNP Estrella Martinez Soto (Incumbent) PPD Andrés A. Román Arguinzoni Alianza PIP Evette Mejías Rivera PD Total
Representative District 28 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 28 election Candidate Party or alliance Axel F. Roque Gracia PNP Juan J. Santiago Nieves (Incumbent) PPD Elsa Berríos López Alianza PIP Total
Representative District 29 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 29election Candidate Party or alliance Christopher García Figueroa PNP Gretchen M. Hau Irizarry (Incumbent) PPD Rebecca I. Cotto Morales Alianza MVC Total
Representative District 30 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 30 election Candidate Party or alliance Fernando Sanabria Colón PNP Luis R. Ortiz Lugo (Incumbent) PPD Justo E. Echevarría Figueroa Alianza PIP Total
Fernando Sanabria Colón won the PNP primary.[ 44]
Representative District 31 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 31 election Candidate Party or alliance Vimarie Peña Dávila PNP Jesús F. Santa Rodríguez (Incumbent) PPD Raúl Tirado Menéndez Alianza PIP Wilfredo E. Bachour Ortiz PD Total
Representative District 32 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 32 election Candidate Party or alliance Evelyn Aponte Vázquez PNP José M. Varela Fernández (Incumbent) PPD Maritza Maymí Hernández Alianza MVC George Mendoza Roque PD Total
Representative District 33 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 33 election Candidate Party Ángel R. Peña Ramírez (Incumbent) PNP José M. Mojica Carrasquillo PPD Julio A. Muriente Pérez MVC Nilda Santana Muñoz PIP Total
Representative District 34 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 34 election Candidate Party or alliance Cristian O. Muriel Sánchez PNP Ramón L. Cruz Burgos (Incumbent) PPD Catalino Santiago Díaz Alianza PIP Total
Cristian O. Muriel Sánchez won the PNP primary.[ 45]
Representative District 35 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 35 election Candidate Party or alliance Jean P. Carrillo Cáceres PNP Sol Y. Higgins Cuadrado (Incumbent) PPD Ricardo Díaz Maldonado Alianza PIP Rosanna Ortiz García PD Total
Jean P. Carrillo Cáceres won the PNP primary.[ 46]
Representative District 36 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 36 election Candidate Party or alliance Carlos J. Méndez Núñez (Incumbent) PNP Juan E. Gómez Rodríguez PPD Johanna L. Santiago Santiago Alianza MVC Ricardo Ruiz Rivera PD Total
Representative District 37 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 37 election Candidate Party or alliance Carmen M. Medina Calderón PNP Ángel Osorio Vélez PPD Reginald M. Carrasquillo Maisonet Alianza PIP Héctor A. Santiago Ramos PD Total
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.[ 47] Carmen M. Medina Calderón won the PNP primary,[ 48] while Ángel Osorio Vélez won the PPD primary.[ 49]
Representative District 38 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 38 election Candidate Party or alliance Wanda del Valle Correa (Incumbent) PNP Christian G. Rodriguez Rivera PPD Roberto Figueroa Acosta Alianza PIP Total
Incumbent representative Wanda del Valle Correa won the PNP primary,[ 50] while Christian G. Rodriguez Rivera won the PPD primary.[ 51]
Representative District 39 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 39 election Candidate Party or alliance Jorge A. López Santiago PNP Roberto Rivera Ruiz de Porras (Incumbent) PPD Juan C. del Valle Figueroa Alianza MVC Janice W. Santiago Ramos PD Total
Representative District 40 [ edit ]
2024 Representative District 40 election Candidate Party or alliance Sergio E. Estévez Vélez PNP Ángel N. Matos Matos (Incumbent) PPD Nelie Lebrón Robles Alianza PIP Gilberto Rodríguez Velázquez PD Total
Sergio E. Estévez Vélez won the PNP primary.[ 52]
^ Originally elected under the Popular Democratic Party (PPD)
^ Cabiya, Pamela Hernández. "El Partido Popular postulará a cuatro candidatos por acumulación en Cámara y en Senado" . www.noticel.com . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ PR, por Microjuris (June 10, 2024). "Supremo invalida cuatro candidaturas legislativas por acumulación del MVC" . Microjuris al Día (in Spanish). Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ Rico, Sofía. "Representante Luis Raúl Torres se desafilia del PPD" . www.noticel.com . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ "Luis Raúl Torres oficialmente deja el distrito 2 de San Juan para correr por independiente por acumulación" . Metro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). December 1, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ "Renuncia el senador Henry Neumann" . Primera Hora (in Spanish). June 21, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ "San Juan I Senate District 2022 special election result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ "District 3 2022 special election result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ "District 6 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ "District 9 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ "District 10 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ CYBERNEWS • •, Por (August 31, 2023). "Tatito Hernández oficializa candidatura a la alcaldía de Dorado" . Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved October 10, 2024 .
^ "District 11 2024 PPD primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ "District 11 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ "District 12 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ Rico, Sofía. "Rodríguez Aguiló aspirará por acumulación luego de casi 20 años como representante de distrito" . www.noticel.com . Retrieved October 10, 2024 .
^ "District 13 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ "District 13 2024 PPD primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ Master, Web (November 19, 2023). "Luego de consultar con él mismo, "Memo" González confirma buscará la alcaldía de Arecibo" . El Expresso (in Spanish). Retrieved October 10, 2024 .
^ "District 14 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ "District 14 2024 PPD primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 9, 2024 .
^ "District 15 2024 PPD primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ NotiCel. "El representante Eladio Cardona buscará la alcaldía de San Sebastián por el PPD" . www.noticel.com . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 16 2024 PPD primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 16 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 17 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 17 2024 PPD primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 18 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "La representante Jocelyne Rodríguez Negrón buscará la alcaldía de Mayagüez por el PPD" . El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). December 23, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 19 2024 PPD primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 19 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ Padró, Naysha Zamira. "Kebin Maldonado renuncia oficialmente a su escaño en la Cámara de Representantes" . www.noticel.com . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ Padró, Naysha Zamira. "Juramenta Joel Sánchez como el nuevo representante del Distrito 20" . www.noticel.com . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 20 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "Lydia Méndez Silva anuncia que no buscará la reelección por el Distrito 21" . Primera Hora (in Spanish). November 14, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 21 2024 PPD primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 21 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 22 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 24 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ VOCERO, La Redacción (April 20, 2023). "Tribunal emite orden de protección contra el representante Orlando Aponte Rosario" . El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "Orlando Aponte dice que su esposa retiró la orden de protección en su contra" . Metro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). May 2, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "Orlando Aponte renuncia a su escaño en la Cámara" . Primera Hora (in Spanish). June 13, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "Jesús Hernández Arroyo será el nuevo representante del PPD" . Primera Hora (in Spanish). August 6, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 26 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 30 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 34 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 35 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ Dávila, Javier Colón. "Ángel Bulerín no buscará un noveno término en la Legislatura" . www.noticel.com . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 37 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 37 2024 PPD primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 38 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 38 2024 PPD primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "District 40 2024 PNP primary result" . CEEPUR . Retrieved October 16, 2024 .