The 2020 Puerto Rican municipal election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the mayors of the 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the Governor, the Resident Commissioner, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. As candidates in the 2020 general elections, the winners were elected to serve a four-year term from January 3, 2020, to January 3, 2025.
While the Popular Democratic Party kept most of the municipalities, its majority went down from 45 to 41. A total of 26 municipalities flipped parties, including many party strongholds, like Aguadilla (32 years under PNP) and Humacao (20 years under PPD).
Incumbent mayor Jaime Barlucea Maldonado won the PNP primary. Barlucea lost the election to José Soto Rivera, ending the 12 years of PNP control of the municipality.
Incumbent PNP mayor Manuel Santiago Mendoza lost his party's primaries to Luis EchevarrÃÂa Santiago. He went on to lose to PPD candidate Christian Cortés Feliciano.
Previous PNP mayor Carlos Méndez MartÃÂnez renounced to his post on January 21, 2020, after 23 years in the job, stating "...it's time to rest and travel." Yanitsia Irizarry Méndez became interim mayor and won the PNP primary. She lost to PPD candidate Julio Roldán Concepción, ending 32 years of PNP control of the municipality.
Incumbent mayor Javier GarcÃÂa Pérez won his second term.
Tomás Alvarado won the PPD primary. Nonetheless, incumbent mayor William Alicea Pérez won his fourth term.
Incumbent mayor Jorge Estévez MartÃÂnez ran for a 4th term, but lost to PNP primary winner Kabir Solares GarcÃÂa, ending 12 years of PPD control of the municipality.
Incumbent mayor Carlos Molina RodrÃÂguez ran for a 3rd term, won the PNP primary, but lost to PPD primary winner Carlos RamÃÂrez Irizarry, ending 16 years of PNP control of the municipality.
Incumbent mayor Eric Bachier Román won his third term.
Incumbent mayor Wanda Soler Rosario won the PPD primary and her third term.
Previous PNP mayor Francisco López López renounced to his post on September 18, 2019, after 22 years in the job. Later, on November 14, 2019, Elliot Colón Blanco was elected mayor in a special election to finish López's term. Colón Blanco was re-elected to serve his first full term in office.
Incumbent mayor Ramón Rivera Cruz won his sixth term.
Incumbent mayor Roberto RamÃÂrez Kurtz ran for a 3rd term, but lost to PNP primary winner Jorge Morales Wiscovitch.
Roberto López won the PNP primary. Nonetheless, incumbent mayor William Miranda Torres won his third term.
Previous PNP mayor Edwin GarcÃÂa Feliciano renounced to his post on February 28, 2020, after 16 years in the job, to become the Ombudsman. Gabriel Hernández RodrÃÂguez became mayor for the rest of his GarcÃÂa Feliciano's term and won the election.
Awilda Iglesias Muñoz won the PPD primary. Nonetheless, incumbent mayor Lorna Soto Villanueva won the PNP primary and her second term.
Incumbent mayor José Aponte Dalmau won his fourth term.
Incumbent mayor Félix Delgado Montalvo won his second term.
Incumbent mayor Rolando Ortiz Velázquez won his seventh term.
Incumbent mayor Angelo Cruz Ramos lost the PNP primary to Samuel Rivera Báez. Rivera Báez went on to win the election.
Previous PNP mayor Luis Maldonado RodrÃÂguez announced on September 21, 2018, that he would not seek re-election for a 4th term. Alexander Burgos Otero won the PNP primary, while José Carrer González won the PPD primary. Alexander Burgos Otero ultimately won the mayoral race.
Incumbent mayor Javier Carrasquillo Cruz ran for a 3rd therm, but lost to PPD candidate David Concepción González.
Incumbent mayor Juan GarcÃÂa Padilla won his sixth term.
Incumbent mayor José Santiago Rivera won his sixth term.
Incumbent mayor Sergio Torres Torres ran for a 3rd term, won the PPD primary, but lost to PNP candidate Luis GarcÃÂa Rolón.
Incumbent mayor Iván SolÃÂs Bermúdez ran for a 3rd term, but lost to Edilberto Romero Llovet.
Incumbent mayor Carlos López Rivera won his ninth term.
Previous PNP mayor AnÃÂbal Meléndez Rivera renounced to his post on February 19, 2020, after 31 years in the job. His son, José Meléndez Méndez became mayor for the rest of his father's term, won the PNP primary and the election.
Incumbent mayor José Gerena Polanco won his third term.
Both PPD candidate Ismael RodrÃÂguez Ramos and Write-In candidate Edgardo Cruz Vélez claimed victory, with the official count stating that Cruz Vélez was the winner. The case was taken to court, where it was determined that 38 votes had been duplicated, and had to be eliminated, giving RodÃÂguez Ramos the win. After multiple court revisions, RodÃÂguez Ramos was declared the official winner, and ratified as mayor of Guánica.
Incumbent mayor Eduardo Cintrón Suárez won his third term.
Incumbent mayor Nelson Torres Yordán ran for a second term, but lost to PNP candidate Raúl Rivera RodrÃÂguez, ending 20 years of PPD control of the municipality.
Previous PNP mayor Hector O'Neill Garcia was suspended on May 24, 2017, on complaints filled against him for sexual harassment, and then resigned on June 5, 2017. Later, on August 7, 2017, ÃÂngel Pérez Otero was elected mayor in a special election to finish O'Neill Garcia's term. Pérez Otero was re-elected to serve her first full term in office.
Previous PNP mayor VÃÂctor Ortiz DÃÂaz was arrested on December 7, 2016, on charges related to extortion and soliciting a bribe. Later, on April 2, 2017, Rosachely Rivera Santana was elected mayor in a special election to finish Ortiz DÃÂaz's term. Rivera Santana was re-elected to serve her first full term in office.
Incumbent mayor José RodrÃÂguez Cruz won his fifth term.
Incumbent mayor Pedro GarcÃÂa Figueroa won his fifth term.
Previous PPD mayor Marcelo Trujillo Panisse died while in office on September 15, 2019. Later, on November 10, 2019, Luis Sánchez Hernández was elected mayor in a special election to finish Trujillo Panisse's term. Reinaldo Vargas RodrÃÂguez won the PNP primary. Vargas won the election, ending 20 years of PPD control of the municipality.
Incumbent PPD mayor Carlos Delgado Altieri announced he would not seek re-election, instead opting to run for governor. Miguel Méndez Pérez won the PPD primary, beating 3 other candidates, including the incumbent mayor's son, Carlos Delgado Irizarry. Melvin Concepción Corchado won the PNP primary. Méndez ultimately won the election.
Elvin RodrÃÂguez Pagán won the PNP primary. Nonetheless, incumbent mayor Jorge González Otero won his seventh term.
Incumbent mayor Ramón Hernández Torres won his sixth term.
Incumbent mayor Alfredo Alejandro Carrión won his sixth term.
Incumbent mayor Marcos Irizarry Pagán ran for a 3rd term, won the PPD primary, but lost to PNP candidate Jayson MartÃÂnez Maldonado.
Previous mayor Roberto Pagán Centeno renounced to his post on January 3, 2020, after 16 years in the job. The municipal committee quickly confirmed Pagán Centeno's son, Carlos Pagán Crespo as a candidate for mayor, without waiting for the PNP directory's orders. The directory's evaluating committee ultimately rejected Pagán Crespo's candidacy for endorsing independent candidate Abel Nazario Quiñones for the senate. After that, José RodrÃÂguez Ruiz became mayor and ran for a full term in office, but lost to PPD candidate Fabián Arroyo RodrÃÂguez.
Incumbent mayor Edwin Soto Santiago won his second term.
Incumbent mayor Miguel López Rivera won his fourth term.
Lymarie Escobar Quiñones won the PNP primary. Nonetheless, incumbent mayor Julia Nazario Fuentes won her second term.
Incumbent mayor Jesús Márquez RodrÃÂguez won his fourth term.
Incumbent mayor José Sánchez González won his second term.
Incumbent mayor Gilberto Pérez ValentÃÂn ran for a 7th term, won the PNP primary, but lost to Wilfredo Ruiz Feliciano, ending 28 years of PNP control of the municipality.
Incumbent mayor Jorge Márquez Pérez ran for 6th term, but lost to PNP candidate ÃÂngel Lafuente Amaro, ending 20 years of PPD control in the municipality.
Tania Lugo López won the PNP primary. Nonetheless, incumbent mayor José RodrÃÂguez RodrÃÂguez won his eighth term.
Previous PNP mayor José Avilés Santiago confirmed on October 24, 2018, that he would not run for re-election, leaving after 20 years as mayor. ÃÂngel Pérez RodrÃÂguez ended up winning PNP primary and the mayoral seat.
Incumbent mayor Carmen Maldonado González won her second term.
Incumbent mayor Noé Marcano Riveri ran for a 3rd term, won the PNP primary, but lost to Miraidaliz Rosario Pagán, ending 12 years of PNP control of the municipality.
Joel Chevres Santiago won the PPD primary overwhelmingly Nonetheless, incumbent mayor Orlando Ortiz Chevres won his fourth term.
Incumbent mayor Jesús Colón Berlingeri won his seventh term in office.
Incumbent mayor Norberto Soto Figueroa ran for a 3rd term, but lost to PNP candidate Maritza Sánchez Neris.
Previous PPD mayor Walter Torres Maldonado renounced to his post on December 31, 2018, after 21 years in the job. The party, knowing beforehand that Torres Maldonado was going to renounce, did an internal primary in the municipality, with Gregory Gonsález Souchet being chosen as the new mayor. While Josean González Febres won PNP primary, the incumbent mayor Gregory Gonsález Souchet won his first full term.
Incumbent mayor MarÃÂa Meléndez Altieri ran for a 4th term, won the PNP primary, but lost to PPD primary winner Luis Irizarry Pabón, ending 12 years of PNP control of the municipality.
Incumbent mayor Heriberto Vélez Vélez won his fifth term.
Incumbent mayor Carlos López Bonilla won the PPD primary and his sixth term.
Mayra Pérez BulerÃÂn won the PNP primary. Nonetheless, incumbent mayor ÃÂngel González Damudt won the PPD primary and his second term.
Previous PPD mayor Miguel Ortiz Vélez was arrested on July 5, 2018, for running a corruption scheme, With Noel MatÃÂas Borrero working as interim mayor and later mayor till the end of the term. Luis Flores Santiago won the PNP primary, while Marcos ValentÃÂn Flores won the PPD primary. Marcos ValentÃÂn Flores ultimately won the mayoral race.
Raúl Zayas RodrÃÂguez won the PNP primary. Nonetheless, Karilyn Bonilla Colón won her third term.
Incumbent mayor Isidro Negrón Irizarry ran for a 6th term, won the PPD primary, but lost to Virgilio Olivera Olivera, ending 20 years of PPD control of the municipality.
Incumbent PPD mayor Carmen YulÃÂn Cruz announced she would not seek re-election, instead opting to run for governor. Miguel Romero Lugo won the PNP primary, and later the mayoral race. The major surprise was that the PPD candidate Rossana López León came 3rd, while MVC candidate Manuel Natal Albelo came in a very close second. It was the only municipality to have a mayoral candidate of every party running in the election.
Jaime Alverio Ramos won against incumbent mayor José Román Abreu, ending 20 years of PPD control of the municipality.
Incumbent mayor Javier Jiménez Pérez won his fifth term.
Incumbent mayor Enrique Questell Alvarado ran for a 5th term, won the PNP primary, but lost to Rafael Burgos Santiago.
Héctor Collazo Ayala won the PNP primary. Nonetheless, incumbent mayor Clemente Agosto Lugardo won the PPD primary and his third term.
Incumbent mayor Bernardo Márquez GarcÃÂa won the PNP primary and his second term.
Incumbent mayor José Cruz Cruz won the PPD primary and his fourth term.
Jorge Pérez Heredia won the PNP primary. Pérez won against incumbent mayor Ernesto Irizarry Salvá.
Incumbent mayor Oscar Santiago MartÃÂnez ran for a 2nd term, but lost to MarÃÂa Vega Pagán.
Melvin Carrión Rivera won the PNP primary. Nonetheless, incumbent mayor Marcos Cruz Molina won his third term.
Incumbent mayor VÃÂctor Emeric Catarineau ran for a 3rd term, but lost to José Corcino Acevedo.
Incumbent mayor Luis Hernández Ortiz won his second term.
Incumbent mayor Rafael Surillo Ruiz won his third term.
Incumbent mayor ÃÂngel Torres Ortiz won his second term.