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Bloomberg
Puerto Rico was having a do-over of its gubernatorial primary election on Sunday after it mismanaged the first vote so badly that tens of thousands were unable to cast a ballot.
The outcome will set the stage for the November 3 governor’s race and provide the first glimpse of who might lead the US commonwealth out of a record-setting bankruptcy, a grinding economic recession and political turmoil.
Governor Wanda Vazquez is facing a rare primary challenge from within her own New Progressive Party, or PNP.
Her rival, Pedro Pierluisi, is the island’s former non-voting delegate to the US House of Representatives. He was also, for less than a week, the de facto governor last summer when Governor Ricardo Rossello put him in the No. 2 spot just days before stepping down amid widespread protests.
A chaotic succession struggle ensued and the island’s Supreme Court ultimately gave the job to Vazquez.
The rival Popular Democratic Party, or PPD, was also expected to complete its primary on Sunday. That race pits San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz against Puerto Rico Senator Eduardo Bhatia and Isabela Mayor Carlos Delgado Altieri.