Puerto Rico Governor Pierluisi Ousted in Shocking Primary Defeat
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Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi conceded defeat in the primary election to Rep. Jenniffer González, ending his re-election bid. González, who is the island's resident commissioner and a Republican, secured 56% of the votes, becoming the first female gubernatorial candidate for the New Progressive Party. The primary also saw power outages and a website crash, complicating the vote count. González will face Jesús Manuel Ortiz of the Popular Democratic Party and Juan Dalmau of the Puerto Rican Independence Party in the general election on November 5.
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