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| 1993, Nov. 14 |
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| In the referendum, voters rejected statehood: 48.4 percent favored current commonwealth status, 46.2 percent supported statehood, and only 4.4 percent voted for independence. | 1 |
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| 1996, Nov. 5 |
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| Gov. Pedro Rosselló won reelection on the New Progressive Party ticket with 57 percent of the vote. | 2 |
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| 1998, March 4 |
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| The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would provide a referendum to determine Puerto Rico's permanent political status with regard to statehood. A vote in favor of statehood would have enabled the Congress to legislate for a 51st state in 1999, possibly admitting Puerto Rico to the union within the following ten years. | 3 |
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| Dec |
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| The Puerto Rican electorate voted against statehood by a margin of 50.2 percent to 46.5 percent. | 4 |
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