Puerto Rican governor loses her primary, as the island holds their election a second time

Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez lost the primary of the pro-statehood party on Sunday to Pedro Pierluisi.

The vote marked the second round of balloting, after the initial election on August 9 was delayed in a number of precincts due to a failure to ensure that ballots arrived on time.

Pierluisi served as governor for less than a week last year following the resignation of Ricardo Rosselló, who had been caught up in a texting scandal. Vázquez, who was the Justice secretary at the time of Rosselló's resignation, was ultimately appointed into the position. There are a record six candidates running for governor in the general election, which will occur on November 3.

With a majority of electoral colleges reporting, Vázquez earned 42% of the vote, while Pierluisi earned 57%.

Carlos 'Charlie' Delgado, of the pro-territorial party, won his party's primary, defeating Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, who has feuded publicly will President Trump on several occasions. 

Election officials in Puerto Rico blamed the disarray of the August 9 election on the pandemic, Tropical Storm Isaias, and last minute requests for more ballots from both major parties. Ballots, which typically are sent to polling locations one-to-two days before the election, did not depart until the morning of the election, which resulted in the late opening of several voting facilities. 

A U.S. Supreme Court decision states that a second round of voting in Puerto Rico would take place at facilities that never opened on August 9, or did not remain open the requisite eight hours. 

One resident, who attempted to vote several times on August 9 only to find her polling place closed, told the Associated Press, "They took away our right to vote," referring to  the elections commission. 

Members of both main Puerto Rican political parties are demanding that the president of the elections commission, Juan Ernesto Dávila, resign. Dávila is saying he will consider the request after the primaries.