Tight gubernatorial contest as Puerto Rico counts votes
Published Date: 11/3/2020
Source: news.yahoo.com
Puerto Rico's two main political parties were in a tight gubernatorial race late Tuesday after voters stood in long lines and forced polling centers to remain open late as they chose new leaders they hope can help heal a U.S. territory wracked by corruption, hurricanes, earthquakes and the coronavirus pandemic. Early results gave a slim lead to Pedro Pierluisi of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, the territory’s former non-voting representative in Congress who briefly served as governor following huge street protests last year that led Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to resign. Carlos Delgado of the Popular Democratic Party, which supports the island’s territorial status, was a close second.