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11/05/2024

Puerto Rico Holds General Election that Promises to be Historic

Young people there are driving a huge political realignment

Puerto Rico is holding elections that will be historic regardless of which of the top two gubernatorial candidates wins.

If Jenniffer González of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party wins Tuesday's election, it will mark the first time in the island's history that the party secures three consecutive terms.

If Juan Dalmau, who is running for Puerto Rico's Independence Party and Citizen Victory Movement, wins, it will be the first win for a candidate not representing either of the two main parties that have dominated the island's politics for decades.

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