Puerto Rico Democratic Delegation 2024

The Green Papers
2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Puerto Rico Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Secretary of State publishes list of candidates: Friday 5 January 2024
Party-run Primary: Sunday 28 April 2024¹
State Convention: Saturday 8 June 2024

Candidate	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged	Soft Total	Hard Total
(available)	`55.0 100.00%`	`5.0 100.00%`	`60.0 100.00%`	`60 100.00%`
Total	`55.0 100.00%`	`5.0 100.00%`	`60.0 100.00%`	`60 100.00%`

Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary.

60 total delegate votes - 36 district / 12 at large; 7 Pledged PLEOs; 5 Unpledged PLEOs

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Puerto Rico Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress

Puerto Rico State and Local Government

DNC Delegate Selection Plan from the Democratic Party of Puerto Rico.

~~28 July 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting found this plan (the 17 March 2024 state-run primary) in conditional compliance.~~

6 October 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting announced that Puerto Rico will be moving from a state-run primary to a 28 April party-run primary due to funding issues. The party will vote on the new plan on 2 November 2023.

1 December 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee found this plan to be in full compliance. We are missing the date that the Secretary of State publishes list of candidates.

Presidential Primaries are held on dates set by each party no later than 1 December of the year prior to the General Election. [Article 8.6.a. (16 L.P.R.A. § 4646) (2)]

Participation in Puerto Rico's delegate selection process is open voters who wish to participate as Democrats. Participants may not take part in any other party's Presidential Nominating process. Voters declare their Democratic Party preference by signing in the official voter list or signing a party affiliation form [Act 58-2020, § 8.4a, 16 L.P.R.A. §4644].

Sunday 28 April 2024: Puerto Rico Party-run Primary. Hours reportedly 8:00a-3:00p AST (1200-1900 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary.

Party-run Primary (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.

Candidate	Pop Vote	%
Total

55 of 60 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of today's Puerto Rico Party-run Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the senatorial district or islandwide level. Write-ins are not permitted. Uncommitted does not appear on the ballot. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

36 senatorial district delegates (Puerto Rico has no congressional districts) are proportionally pledged to presidential contenders by the Primary. District delegates appear on the ballot and the delegates to the National Convention are selected from the highest vote-getters.
In addition, 12 at-large and 7 Pledged PLEOs delegates are pledged to presidential contenders according to the islandwide primary vote.

12 at-large National Convention delegates
7 Pledged PLEOs

Party-run Primary

Contest
	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del
District 1 San Juan			4
District 2 Bayamón			4
District 3 Arecibo			5
District 4 Mayagüez			5
District 5 Ponce			5
District 6 Guayama			5
District 7 Humacao			4
District 8 Carolina			4
PLEO			7
At-Large			12
Total Delegates			55

Saturday 8 June 2024: State Convention. National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected according to the results of the primary. If a candidate qualified to receive District delegates, but failed to slate a sufficient number of delegates, the additional delegates are selected at the State Convention.

The remaining 5 National Convention delegates consist of

5 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

4 Democratic National Committee members.
0 Member of Congress (the Resident Commissioner is a non-voting Delegate in the House of Representatives).
1 Governor.
0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 5 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

¹ Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Election Authority
	• Commonwealth Elections Commission of Puerto Rico / Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• Puerto Rico Government
Democratic
	• Partido Popular Democrático (Popular Democratic Party, Official site)
	• Puerto Rico Democratic Party; American Airlines Bldg.; 1509 Lopez Landron St., 10th Fl.; San Juan, PR 00911; 787-721-6010
	• The Democratic Party of Puerto Rico
Media & others
	• Claridad
	• El Nuevo Día
	• El Vocero de Puerto Rico
	• Elecciones en Puerto Rico (Español)
	• Elections in Puerto Rico (English)
	• Politics1.com - Puerto Rico
	• Primera Hora
	• RedBetances
	• Semanario El Expresso de Puerto Rico
	• Univision
	• WAPA AM - San Juan
	• WAPA TV - San Juan