New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, 2008

New Progressive Party primaries, 2008
Puerto Rico
March 9, 2008
 
Party New Progressive New Progressive
Popular vote 445,026 306,590
Percentage 59.21% 40.79%

New Progressive Party results for Governor. Light blue denotes a Fortuño win and navy blue a Rosselló win.
PNP Governor candidate before election

Pedro Rosselló

 PNP Governor candidate-elect

Luis Fortuño

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The 2008 New Progressive Party primaries were the primary elections by which voters of the New Progressive Party (PNP) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico, namely the position of Governor, for the 2008 general elections. Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño was selected as the nominee at the primary elections held on March 9, 2008. He would go on to win the 2008 general election as well.

Background

Pedro Rosselló had come from a defeat against Aníbal Acevedo Vilá at the 2004 elections. Despite that, he managed to gain a seat in the Senate. After an unsuccessful power struggle within the Senate to gain the presidency of the body, it was speculated that Rosselló would make another attempt at being elected Governor for the 2008 elections.

The power struggle had caused a division within the party, with the faction that supported Senate President Kenneth McClintock (called the "Auténticos") being expelled from the party during the previous year. Although the Supreme Court allowed them to run in the PNP primaries, Pedro Rosselló, then President of the party, still vouched for a "vote of punishment" against the Senators, which he called "traitors".[1]

Candidates

Governor

Resident Commissioner

Senate

At-large

District

The New Progressive Party held primaries on all 8 of the senatorial districts.

San Juan
Bayamón
Arecibo
Mayagüez-Aguadilla
Ponce
Guayama
  • Osvaldo Colón Reyes
  • Paco Fontánez
  • Miguelito Martínez
  • "Vi" Negrón
  • Osvaldo Ortolaza Figueroa
  • Luisito Pagán
  • Robert Santiago
  • Antonio Soto Díaz
  • Carlos J. Torres Torres
Humacao
Carolina

House of Representatives

At-large

District

The Popular Democratic Party held primaries on 30 of the 40 representative districts.

District 1
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
  • Frank Acha
  • Víctor "Pío" Concepción
  • Miguel Angel Figueroa
  • Jean P. Rubio
  • María Vega Pagán
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 20
District 21
  • Noel Morales, Jr.
  • Rey
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 26
District 28
District 31
  • Edgar Acevedo
  • Junior Aponte
  • Roberto López
  • Jorge L. Reyes
District 32
  • José R. Camino
  • Shirley Ann Casillas
  • Magal González
District 33
District 34
District 35
  • Julio César
  • Noé Marcano
District 36
District 37
District 38
  • Eric Correa
  • Joel Cruz Hiraldo
  • Wilfredo Pérez Torres
  • Raymond Sánchez
District 39
  • Sergio Esteves
  • Esther
  • César Valentín
District 40

Mayors

The New Progressive Party held primaries in 34 of 78 municipalities.

Aguada

Aguas Buenas

  • Miguel
  • Edwin Morales
  • Vitín Ramos

Arecibo

Arroyo

Caguas

  • Orlando Rivera
  • Carlos González

Camuy

Canóvanas

Cataño

Cayey

  • Wilson Colón
  • Benjamín González

Ceiba

Corozal

Florida

Guaynabo

Humacao

  • "Piloto" Santiago
  • Maritza Vargas

Juana Díaz

  • Gardy Guzmán
  • Nilsa Santiago

Juncos

  • Junito Mulero
  • Karen Velázquez

Lajas

Lares

Las Piedras

Loíza

Luquillo

Morovis

Patillas

Ponce

Quebradillas

  • Moisés Soto
  • Elías Nieves

Rincón

  • María Lourdes Méndez
  • Eddie Ríos

Río Grande

Sabana Grande

  • Wilfrido Bonilla
  • Santitos Rivera
  • Linnette Toledo

Salinas

San Germán

  • Mónica Alpi
  • Luis Cancel
  • Efraín Montalvo
  • Edgardo Suárez

San Sebastián

Toa Alta

Trujillo Alto

  • Julio Andino
  • Emmanuel Huertas
  • Eduardo Otero

Utuado

Results

The primaries were held on March 9, 2008. In it, Fortuño comfortably defeated Rosselló to win the spot for Governor at the 2008 elections.[2] Also, Pedro Pierluisi defeated Charlie Rodríguez and Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer with 60% of the votes to win the spot for Resident Commissioner.[3]

Governor

Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Luis Fortuño 445,026 59.21%
Pedro Rosselló 306,590 40.79%
Others 49 0.01%

Resident Commissioner

Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Pedro Pierluisi 440,672 59.59%
Charlie Rodríguez 248,127 33.56%
Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer 50,590 6.84%
Others 64 0.01%

Senate

At-large

Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Norma Burgos 421,139 11.37%
Thomas Rivera Schatz 410,474 11.08%
Margarita Nolasco 307,723 8.31%
Jorge de Castro Font 278,733 7.53%
Lucy Arce 228,360 6.17%
Itzamar Peña Ramírez 219,524 5.93
Henry Neumann 208,535 5.63%
Oreste Ramos 203,051 5.48%
Abid Quiñones 179,890 4.86%
José Garriga Picó 169,485 4.58%
William Villafañe 162,918 4.40%
Reynaldo Paniagua 144,668 3.91%
Luis Batista Salas 102,479 2.77%
Tito Maldonado 93,097 2.51%
Roger Iglesias 85,859 2.32%
Wanda Aponte 85,115 2.30%
Cristóbal Berríos 77,053 2.08%
Roberto Carlos Mejill 69,036 1.86%
Luz M. "Tuty" Silva 64,171 1.73%
Orlando José Rivera Sepúlveda 59,311 1.60%
Manuel de Jesús 51,594 1.39%
Santos Ramos Lugo 50,373 1.36%
Luis Oscar Casillas González 29,253 0.79%
Others 1,382 0.04%

District

San Juan
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Roberto Arango 42,191 29.17%
Kimmey Raschke 35,193 24.34%
Carlos Díaz 33,431 23.12%
Edward Moreno 26,044 18.01%
Omar Miranda Torres 7,632 5.28%
Others 126 0.09%
Bayamón
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Migdalia Padilla 43,364 24.21%
Carmelo Ríos 39,518 22.07
Héctor "Cano" O'Neill 32,336 18.06%
Felix H. Delgado 23,120 12.91%
Pedro Orraca 16,299 9.10%
Edwin Rivera Rodríguez 13,068 7.30%
Noel Toro 11,273 6.29%
Others 118 0.07%
Arecibo
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
José E. González 33,788 20.63%
Angel Martínez 26,304 16.06
Johnny Maldonado 24,978 15.25%
Alexis Valle 23,866 14.57%
Anthony López 21,587 13.18%
Gabriel Félix Rivera 12,717 7.77%
Víctor "Buhito" Marrero 11,503 7.02%
Roger Owens 8,959 5.47%
Others 53 0.03%
Mayagüez-Aguadilla
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Luis Daniel Muñiz 50,010 29.92%
Evelyn Vázquez 36,581 21.89%
Carlos Pagán 35,959 21.52%
Michael Nazario 22,569 13.50%
Jorge Rodríguez 21,954 13.14%
Others 56 0.03%
Ponce
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Larry Seilhamer 33,717 24.71%
Luis Berdiel 25,497 18.69
Luinel Torres Acosta 23,754 17.41%
Juan Luis Colón 17,330 12.70%
Ramoncito Ramos 15,440 11.32%
María Alvarado 14,387 10.54%
Benny A. Morales 6,247 4.58%
Others 81 0.06%
Guayama
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Antonio Soto Díaz 29,473 18.27%
Carlos J. Torres 23,863 14.79
Luisito Pagán 22,288 13.82%
Paco Fontánez 19,686 12.20%
Miguelito Martínez 19,318 11.97%
Osvaldo Ortolaza 18,057 11.19%
"Vi" Negrón 14,294 8.86%
Osvaldo Colón 9,335 5.79%
Robert Santiago 4,957 3.07%
Others 51 0.03%
Humacao
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Luz M. Santiago 36,234 24.39%
José Ramón Díaz 36,211 24.37%
Rafi Uceta 33,872 22.80%
Juan B. 25,449 17.13%
Francisco Pereira 16,716 11.25%
Others 97 0.07%
Carolina
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Héctor Martínez 41,216 28.51%
Lornna Soto 39,965 27.64
Haydee Calderón 16,312 11.28%
Pablo Ramos 15,964 11.04%
Nayda Venegas 15,956 11.04%
Rosemary O'Connell 15,145 10.47%
Others 25 0.02%

House of Representatives

At-large

Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Jennifer González 404,852 11.24%
Iris Miriam Ruíz 370,123 10.27%
Lourdes Ramos 354,358 9.84%
José Aponte 343,915 9.55%
Rolando Crespo 280,263 7.78%
José Chico 275,371 7.64
Jaime Irizarry 254,626 7.07%
Nicolás Muñoz 246,449 6.84%
Félix Vega Fournier 206,695 5.74%
Soraya 194,496 5.40%
Angel Cortés 184,346 5.12%
José Torres Zamora 163,159 4.53%
Aixa Martinó 157,830 4.38%
Julio Lebrón Lamboy 124,520 3.46%
Italo Costa Corsi 41,308 1.15%
Others 233 0.01%

District

District 1
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
José "Nuno" López 7,019 45.68%
Gloria Escudero 4,245 27.63%
Mario González 4,073 26.51%
Others 29 0.19%
District 4
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Liza Fernández 12,960 82.98%
Nelson A. Rivera 2,628 16.83%
Others 30 0.19%
District 5
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Jorge Navarro 13,136 67.59%
Luisito Fuentes 6,285 32.34%
Others 14 0.07%
District 6
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Angel Pérez 12,439 53.53%
Javier Capestany 10,788 46.42%
Others 12 0.05%
District 8
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Antonio Silva 11,523 60.03%
Mario Tevenal 7,670 39.95%
Others 4 0.02%
District 10
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Bernardo Márquez 10,488 51.50%
Pedro J. Santiago 8,979 44.09%
Víctor Soto, Jr. 891 4.38%
Others 7 0.03%
District 11
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
María Vega 3,742 24.10%
Frank Acha 3,467 22.33%
Víctor Concepción 3,100 19.96%
Miguel Angel Figueroa 2,956 19.04%
Jean P. Rubio 2,259 14.55%
Others 4 0.03%
District 14
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Paula Rodríguez 6,548 34.74%
Yamill 4,689 24.87%
Gustavo Rodríguez 4,561 24.20%
Wilson Pantoja 2,097 11.12%
Charlie Ayala 956 5.07%
Others 0 0.00%
District 15
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Arnaldo Jiménez 6,245 30.24%
Efraín Concepción 5,612 27.17%
Nino Román 4,792 23.20%
Rey Escoriaza 3,998 19.36%
Others 6 0.03%
District 16
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Iván Rodríguez 9,820 43.13%
Miguel Trabal 8,063 35.41%
Elisa Juarbe 4,878 21.42%
Others 9 0.04%
District 17
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
José L. Rivera 12,701 60.64%
Junior Robledo 3,791 18.10%
William 2,495 11.91%
Rafael Lugo 1,953 9.32%
Others 4 0.02%
District 18
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
David Bonilla 12,923 53.18%
Angel Muñoz 11,345 46.69%
Others 32 0.13%
District 20
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Norman Ramírez 9,138 54.46%
Lucy Rivera 7,631 45.48%
Others 10 0.06%
District 21
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Noel Morales 8,880 58.68%
Rey 6,244 41.26%
Others 10 0.07%
District 23
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Julissa Nolasco 7,924 49.44%
Gaddier Oliveras 4,363 27.22%
Hernán Santiago 2,274 14.19%
Luis Edgardo Díaz 1,417 8.84%
Others 51 0.32%
District 24
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Luis "Tato" León 9,465 70.84%
John Giménez 3,891 29.12%
Others 5 0.04%
District 26
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
José Luis Jiménez 9,290 48.14%
Freddy Santiago 9,109 47.21%
Emilio 897 4.65%
Others 0 0.00%
District 28
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Rafael Rivera 14,209 60.66%
Carmen Hernández 6,429 27.45%
Jorge Santini 2,781 11.87%
Others 6 0.03%
District 31
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Junior Aponte 7,498 44.91%
Roberto López 5,793 34.70%
Edgar Acevedo 2,045 12.25%
Jorge L. Reyes 1,347 8.07%
Others 13 0.08%
District 32
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
José R. Camino 8,038 54.65%
Shirley Ann Casillas 3,707 25.20%
Magal González 2,954 20.08%
Others 9 0.06%
District 33
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Angel Peña, Jr. 10,707 53.36%
Raúl Rodríguez 3,773 18.80%
Willy Gómez 2,922 14.56%
Amparo Rodríguez 2,582 12.87%
Others 81 0.40%
District 34
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Cristóbal Colón 11,676 58.19%
Pickie Díaz 7,267 36.22%
Lorenzo Valcárcel, Jr. 1,120 5.58%
Others 3 0.01%
District 35
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Julio César 8,367 51.95%
Noé Marcano 7,724 47.96%
Others 14 0.09%
District 36
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Johnny Méndez 10,666 70.68%
Augusto Sánchez 4,411 29.23%
Others 13 0.09%
District 37
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Angel Bulerín 9,197 50.51%
Normis Quintero 7,591 41.69%
William Cantres 1,421 7.80%
Others 1 0.01%
District 38
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Eric Correa 5,688 36.64%
Joel Cruz Hiraldo 4,622 29.78%
Raymond Sánchez 4,239 27.31%
Wilfredo Pérez 960 6.18%
Others 13 0.08%
District 39
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Sergio Esteves 5,821 40.47%
Esther 4,491 31.22%
César Valentín 4,056 28.20%
Others 15 0.10%
District 40
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Elizabeth Casado 10,931 73.14%
Francisco, Jr. 4,001 26.77%
Others 14 0.09%

Aftermath

Members of PPD voting

During and after the primaries, members of the New Progressive Party (PNP), like Senator Norma Burgos, claimed they saw voters affiliated with the opposing Popular Democratic Party (PPD) voting in the PNP ballots.[4] Also, Maritza Vázquez, Electoral Commissioner of PPD representative Conny Varela, admitted in 2010 that "thousands of 'populares' voted on that election'".[5] Some of the supporters of Rosselló maintain that this "crossover" was crucial in Pedro Rosselló's defeat against Luis Fortuño.

Rosselló "Write-In" campaign

As a result of Rosselló's loss in the primaries, a group of his supporters started a campaign to have him elected through "Write-in" voting.

The fate of the "Auténticos"

Despite Rosselló's call for a "vote of punishment" against the "Auténticos", all but one of the eligible candidates from that faction were elected in the primaries. Carlos Díaz was edged out of the election race by Senators Roberto Arango and Kimmey Raschke. Migdalia Padilla, Lucy Arce, and Jorge de Castro Font were all elected. Kenneth McClintock had decided not to run for Senate, while Orlando Parga refused to return to the party after his expulsion, and started an independent campaign.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Apuesta Rosselló al voto de castigo on El Nuevo Día (January 3, 2008)
  2. ↑ Primarias 2008: Escrutinio General - Gobernador on CEEPUR
  3. ↑ Primarias 2008: Escrutinio General - Comisionado Residente on CEEPUR
  4. ↑ Gobernador da las gracias por rechazo a Rosselló on NoticiasOnline; Banuchi, Rebecca (3/10/2008)
  5. ↑ Conny usará ejército de abogados para que estadistas voten on El Nuevo Día (August 5, 2010)
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