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The Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Partido Demócrata de Puerto Rico) [4] is the local affiliate of the U.S. National Democratic Party in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Party membership consists of supporters of both the current Commonwealth status and those who favor statehood for Puerto Rico.
The Popular Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Popular Democrático, PPD) is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates to continue as a Commonwealth of the United States with self-governance. [ a ] [ b ] The party was founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party and originally promoted policies ...
Also, unlike the Puerto Rican political parties above, all of which are based in Puerto Rico, these parties are headquartered in mainland United States. Democratic Party of Puerto Rico – (Spanish: Partido Demócrata de Puerto Rico) is the Puerto Rico affiliate of the U.S. national Democratic Party.
The Popular Democratic Party (PPD in Spanish) which holds about 34% of the popular vote while advocating for maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico as that of a Commonwealth, [a] [b] Political Party Strength in Puerto Rico 2020. The rest of the strength is held by three minority parties [2]
One of Puerto Rico’s biggest political parties will hold a gubernatorial primary after Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz of the Popular Democratic Party announced his candidacy Monday. Ortiz will face ...
Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives: 11 Alejandro García Padilla: 11 August 2011 24 July 2016 Secretary of Consumer Affairs of Puerto Rico Governor: 12 David Bernier: 24 July 2016 3 January 2017 Secretary of State: 13 Héctor Ferrer Ríos: 3 January 2017 10 December 2018 Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives: 14 ...
Puerto Rico will hold a referendum on Nov. 5 to determine whether the island should become a U.S. state, ... focuses on Puerto Rico becoming a U.S. state, the Popular Democratic Party (Partido ...
first woman to seek the post of governor of Puerto Rico; member of the 18th Senate of Puerto Rico; member of the 19th Senate of Puerto Rico; 13 Héctor Luis Acevedo: 1996: lost 10th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico; former mayor of San Juan; 14 Sila María Calderón: 2000: won first and only woman ever to be elected as Governor of Puerto Rico