
Pablo José Hernández
Democrat · PR · U.S. House
Bio
Pablo José Hernández Rivera is a Puerto Rican politician who is the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 1.6 years
- First took office
- 2025 (1 terms)
- Seniority
- 417 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 35
- Caguas, PR · 787-230-7959
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $762k – $1.7M
- Liabilities
- $265k – $550k
- Net worth
- $212k – $1.5M
- Since 2024
- +$145k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 12 assets reported
Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
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Caucuses & committees
Where Hernándezsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- New Democrat Coalitionstrongly left · 109 members
- Congressional Hispanic Caucusstrongly left · 40 members
- Congressional Equality Caucusstrongly left · 153 members
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Could the United States Unilaterally Grant Puerto Rico Independence?Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Pablo José Hernández, the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico. He is basically the non-voting member in Congress for Puerto Rico, and caucuses with Democrats. The ostensible purpose of the essa…
Biztoc.com · October 30, 2025
Puerto Rico Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz wins gubernatorial primarySAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz defeated Sen. Juan Zaragoza in a gubernatorial primary held Sunday by their Popular Democratic Party, which seeks a return to power in the upcoming general elections. Zaragoza conceded defeat after…
VOA News · June 3, 2024
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