2016 Puerto Rican general election
General election were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government to serve from January 2017 to January 2021, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. Ricardo Rosselló was elected governor and Jenniffer González-Colón was elected Resident Commissioner. The elections saw a 23 percentage point drop in turnout and was the lowest voter turnout in Puerto Rican history.
2016 Puerto Rican general election
Ricardo Antonio Rosselló Nevares is a former governor of Puerto Rico who served from 2017 until his resignation in 2019 after overwhelming protests related to the Telegramgate scandal. He is the son of former governor of Puerto Rico and pediatric surgeon Pedro Rosselló.
Ricardo Rosselló
Rosselló (center) speaks in Utuado, Puerto Rico in March 2018.
Rosselló with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump following Hurricane Maria in 2017
Public protests in front of La Fortaleza following the incident