Editing Politics of Puerto Rico (section)

==== 2010s ====
[[File:Puerto Rico Democratic primary, 2016 by municipality.svg|thumb|{{legend|#d4aa00|Hillary Clinton}}
{{legend|#228b22|Bernie Sanders}}
{{legend|#d3d3d3|No votes}} Results for 2016 Presidential Election. Though the votes do not count, voters could select a candidate and they do vote in the primaries, which does count]]
The PNP won the seat for [[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico's sole delegate]] to [[U.S. Congress|Congress]], because of the election of [[Pedro Pierluisi]]. [[Alejandro García Padilla]] (PPD) was elected as the eleventh [[Governor of Puerto Rico]], by a narrow (0.6%) margin, defeating Fortuño 47.73% to 47.13% in the [[Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, 2012|2012 gubernatorial elections]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://div1.ceepur.org/REYDI_Escrutinio/index.html#es/default/GOBERNADOR_ISLA.xml |title= CEE Event|website=div1.ceepur.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115040903/http://div1.ceepur.org/REYDI_Escrutinio/index.html |archive-date=15 January 2013}}</ref> On November 8, 2016, [[Ricardo Rosselló]], the son of former governor Pedro Rosselló (PNP) received 41% of the vote defeating five other gubernatorial candidates and was elected the twelfth Governor of Puerto Rico. He was sworn in on January 2, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Puerto Rico: Pro-Statehood Candidate Ricardo Rosselló Wins Governor Race|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-pro-statehood-candidate-ricardo-rossell-wins-governor-race-n680576|website=www.nbcnews.com|publisher=NBC News|access-date=6 October 2017}}</ref> He resigned in 2019 after mass protest as a result of the [[Telegramgate]].