Hiram Torres Montalvo Wins Cataño Mayoral Election

September8 updates

1. Sep 28, 2026

   Hiram Torres Montalvo Wins Cataño Mayoral Election

   via NotiCel

   Hiram Torres Montalvo has been declared the winner of the special election for mayor of Cataño, Puerto Rico, by the president of the Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (CEE), Jorge Rivera Rueda.

2. Sep 27, 2026

   Governor Names Interim DACO Chief After Secretary Wins Cataño Mayoral Race

   via Primera Hora

   Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González announced that Erwin “Farito” Álvarez, subsecretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO), will lead the agency temporarily while she makes a new appointment.

3. Sep 26, 2026

   Deceased Cataño Mayor's Facebook Account Used to Attack His Widow Before Party Election

   via Primera Hora

   The Facebook account of the late Cataño mayor Julio Alicea Vasallo, who died August 13 after a battle with myelofibrosis (bone marrow cancer), has reportedly been used in recent days to attack his widow, Bethzaida Rodríguez Torres, who is seeking to succeed…

4. Sep 25, 2026

   PNP Official: Courts Rejected Four Challenges to Torres Montalvo's Cataño Mayoral Candidacy

   via NotiUno

   Aníbal Vega Borges, electoral commissioner of the New Progressive Party (PNP), said Friday that courts rejected on four separate occasions challenges filed by three municipal legislators seeking to disqualify Hiram Torres Montalvo's candidacy for mayor of…

5. Sep 22, 2026

   Candidates for Cataño Mayor Outline Proposals Ahead of Special PNP Election

   via Primera Hora

   Voters in Cataño affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) will go to the polls this Sunday to choose their next mayor, after the post was left vacant by the death of Julio Alicea Vasallo on August 13, 2026, following a battle with myelofibrosis (bone…

6. Sep 21, 2026

   Former Mayor 'El Cano' Delgado Enters Cataño Special Election

   via Metro PR

   Félix 'El Cano' Delgado Montalvo, the former mayor of Cataño, has announced his entry into the special election to be held by the Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP) on September 27.

7. Sep 15, 2026

   Puerto Rico Supreme Court declines to intervene in Cataño mayoral candidacy dispute

   via El Nuevo Día

   Puerto Rico's Supreme Court decided not to take up a lawsuit filed by three New Progressive Party (PNP) municipal legislators—Gustavo Grana Martínez, Damián Claudio Miranda and José Ortega Rodríguez—who are demanding that party leadership disqualify Hiram…

8. Sep 4, 2026

   PNP Names Six Candidates for Cataño Mayoral Special Election

   via El Nuevo Día

   The New Progressive Party (PNP) closed its candidacy filing period on a Friday at noon for a special election to replace the late mayor of Cataño, Julio Alicea Vasallo.