Jenniffer González-Colón
Before being elected as representative, González served as chairwoman of the San Juan New Progressive Party Youth Organization and was very active in the pro-statehood student movement while attending college.Six days later, one of Pierluisi's rivals for the gubernatorial nomination, Ricardo Rosselló, agreed with her to become running mates for the June 5, 2016, primary and the November 8, 2016, general election.During the ten months the primary race lasted, various public opinion polls consistently showed González to have over 70% approval ratings of the electorate, making her the most popular politician of any political party on the island.[citation needed] On June 5, 2016, González won the NPP primary by a landslide margin of 70.54% of the vote[15] over her opponent Carlos Pesquera.Her focus on disaster recovery for the island first began after hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, but continued through 2020, after an earthquake on January 7, 2020, struck and caused significant damage to the south and southeastern regions of Puerto Rico.[35] In 2019, González was one of three House Republicans, along with Brian Fitzpatrick and John Katko, to co-sponsor the Equality Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.[37] After the 2021 United States Capitol attack, the congresswoman condemned the violence and blamed President Donald Trump for inciting the riot.[40] In 2022, González announced she was dating then-medical student José Yovin Vargas, whom she had met the year before on holiday in La Parguera, in Lajas, Puerto Rico.