United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 2000

Puerto Rico's At-large district.

The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 7, 2000, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States general elections, 2000.

Candidates for Resident Commissioner

Election results

Puerto Rico's At-large congressional district election, 2000[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Popular Democratic Anibal Acevedo Vilá 983,488 49.34
New Progressive Carlos Romero Barcelo (inc.) 905,690 45.43
Puerto Rican Independence Manuel Rodríguez Orellana 95,067 4.77
N/A 9,238 0.46
Total votes 1,993,483 100.00
Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

See also

References

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