2012 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries

none September 2023 New Progressive Party primaries, 2012 Puerto Rico primary no 2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries 2008 2016 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries 2016 March 18, 2012 PNP Governor candidate Luis Fortuño PNP Governor candidate-elect Luis Fortuño The 2012 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 for the 2012 general elections. They were held on March 18, 2012 and coincided with the Republican Party primaries in the island. 3 Background At the time of the primaries, the New Progressive Party had already chosen current Governor Luis Fortuño, as their gubernatorial candidate for reelection. He would be joined again in the ballot by current Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi. There was the possibility for a primary between Fortuño and aspiring candidate Iván González Cancel, but he wasn't certified by the Commission. González appealed the decision in the courts, but the case was still pending at the time of the primaries. In the Senate, there were 14 sitting senators looking to retain their election spots. In the House, there were around 6 sitting at-large representatives as well. Also, some returning candidates from previous years, like Carlos Díaz, and other former officeholders, like María Milagros Charbonier and Zoé Laboy, were entering the political race. Current representative Liza M. Fernández was running for a Senate seat this time, while her husband, Angel Pérez, was running for a representative seat in District 6. Sitting representative Cristóbal Colón Ruíz was also looking to gain an election spot to be mayor of Patillas, against sitting mayor Benjamín Cintrón. There were fifteen sitting mayor from the PNP that were challenged in primaries.http://www.primerahora.com/colgadosseisalcaldesdelpnp-627036.html Colgados seis alcaldes del PNP Primera Hora March 19, 2012 Caro, Leysa Also, the amount of primaries per municipality and districts were few, when compared to previous years. As a result, the primaries were expected to be of low participation among the party members. Candidates Senate At-large Lucy Arce Héctor Morales Margarita Nolasco Itzamar Peña Kimmey Raschke Thomas Rivera Schatz Melinda Romero Larry Seilhamer District The New Progressive Party held primaries on 5 of the 8 senatorial districts. San Juan Eddie Charbonier Liza M. Fernández Zoé Laboy Arecibo Edgardo "Eggie" Centeno José Emilio González Velázquez Juan Miguel Guzmán Angel Martínez Santiago José "Joito" Pérez Elaine "Tuti" Soler Mayagüez-Aguadilla Frank Hernández Luis Daniel Muñiz Cortes Alfredo Ocasio Evelyn Vázquez Benjamín "Bengie" Velázquez Guayama Osvaldo Colón Reyes William "Willie" Jiménez Miguelito Rodríguez Marangely Sáez Carlos J. Torres Torres Humacao Juan Bautista José R. Díaz Hernández Alexis Quiñones Luz M. Santiago González House of Representatives At-large Néstor Alonso José Aponte José Chico Jenniffer González Jorge Irizarry José E. Meléndez Ortíz María Milagros Charbonier Yumary Peña Lourdes Ramos José "Pichy" Torres Zamora District The New Progressive Party held primaries on 18 of the 40 representative districts. District 4 Carlos Díaz Víctor Parés District 6 Angel Pérez Otero Antonio "Tony" Soto District 11 José "Cano" Montes María Vega Pagán District 14 Ricardo Llerandi Paula Rodríguez Homs District 16 Eric Alfaro Calero Armando Nieves District 18 David Bonilla Cortés Angel Muñoz Alejandro Torres Babilonia District 19 Rafael Beauchamp Manuel Feliciano Orlando "Pochy" Orta Juan Alberto Zapata District 21 Noel Morales, Jr. Ramoncito Ramos District 22 Exel López Luis Maldonado Waldemar Quiles District 25 Roberto González Rosa Luis Mercado Fraticelli Luis Armando Rivera District 26 Urayoán Hernández José Luis Jiménez District 29 Carlos Junior Aponte Adalberto Reyes District 31 John Corales Roberto López District 32 José R. Camino Orlando Rivera Rafael Uceta District 34 Félix "Johnny" Figueroa José Iván Medina Pickie Díaz District 35 Ciary Pérez Reinaldo Vargas District 38 Eric Correa Israel Matos Vázquez District 40 Angel Camacho Elizabeth Casado Mayors The New Progressive Party held primaries in 24 of 78 municipalities. Aguada Luis "Berty" Echevarría Manuel Santiago Arecibo Carlos Molina Lemuel Soto Cabo Rojo Perza Rodríguez José "Chiquin" Morales Cayey Wilson Colón Omar Vázquez Ceiba Pedro Colón Osorio Angelo Cruz Cidra Javier Carrasquillo Pedro "Banchy" Cintrón Culebra Emerito Amaro Ricardo López Florida Julio "Kosovo" Carrión José Gerena Polanco Aarón Pargas Guayanilla Janice González Julissa Nolasco Hormigueros Augustine "Chito" Olivencia José "Joe" Rodríguez Humacao Julio César López Lucrecia Ortíz Isabela Gabriel Machado Juvencio "Papo" Méndez José Sotomayor Jayuya Roberto Pagán Crespí Luis Ernesto Torres Loíza Ferdín Carrasquillo Eddie Manso Luquillo Eva Benabe Torrens José "Nelo" González David Pizarro Rivera Manatí Juan Aubín Cruz Manzano José Sánchez Naguabo Noé Marcano Maritza Meléndez Patillas Benjamín Cintrón Cristóbal Colón Ruíz Rincón Salinas Basilio "Cholito" Baerga Carlos Rodríguez Mateo San Sebastián Joselly González Javier Jiménez Toa Alta Luis "Jumbo" Collazo Luis Visaldén Utuado Héctor "Tito" Camacho Doris Nilda González Juan Lamboy José "Junior" Pagán Jorgito Pérez Vega Baja José Galán Iván Hernández González Results Senate At-large Candidate Popular vote Percentage Thomas Rivera Schatz 234,259 17.22% Margarita Nolasco 186,660 13.72 Melinda Romero 177,990 13.08 Itzamar Peña 175,593 12.90 Larry Seilhamer 166,729 12.25 Lucy Arce 142,747 10.49 Héctor Morales 135,381 9.95 Kimmey Raschke 130,414 9.58 Others 10,889 0.82 District San Juan Candidate Popular vote Percentage Zoé Laboy 18,459 39.61% Liza M. Fernández 16,259 34.78 Eddie Charbonier 11,581 24.83 Others 394 0.78 Arecibo Candidate Popular vote Percentage Angel Martínez 21,309 24.50% José "Joito" Pérez 19,751 22.43 José Emilio González 17,721 19.35 Elaine "Tuti" Soler 12,230 14.03 Edgardo Centeno 7,199 8.60 Juan Miguel Guzmán 6,005 7.18 Others 3,884 3.90 Mayagüez-Aguadilla Candidate Popular vote Percentage Luis Daniel Muñiz 25,279 31.63% Evelyn Vázquez 20,333 25.44% Benjamín Velázquez 19,912 24.91% Frank Hernández 6,022 7.53% Alfredo Ocasio 6,165 7.71% Others 2,279 2.78% Guayama Candidate Popular vote Percentage Carlos J. Torres 14,794 22.66% Miguelito Rodríguez 13,776 21.87 Willie Jiménez 13,071 20.78 Osvaldo Colón 13,308 20.27 Mara Sáez 6,931 11.54 Others 1,785 2.89 Humacao Candidate Popular vote Percentage Luz M. Santiago 18,032 32.21% José Ramón Díaz 17,601 31.43 Alex Quiñones 13,097 23.42 Juan Bautista 5,883 10.53 Others 1,474 2.40 House of Representatives At-large Candidate Popular vote Percentage Jenniffer González 229,930 16.71% José "Pichy" Torres Zamora 173,978 12.65% José Aponte 171,611 12.47% Lourdes Ramos 158.932 11.57% María Milagros Charbonier 145,890 10.60% José Kikito Meléndez 142,942 10.42% José Chico 134,983 9.81% Nélson Alonso 84,634 6.15% Yumary Peña 81,726 5.94% Jorge A. Irizarry 38,401 2.79% Others 12,760 .93% District Aftermath Allegations of fraud On the same day of the primaries, PPD Electoral Commissioner Eder Ortíz, claimed he had evidence of fraud from the PNP primaries.http://www.elnuevodia.com/denuncianvaciadodelistasyuniondecolegiosrepublicanosypnp-1215550.html Denuncian vaciado de listas y unión de colegios republicanos y PNP El Nuevo Día March 18, 2012 Muñíz, Alba Sitting senators losing Senators Evelyn Vázquez (District IV) and José Emilio González (District III) had their candidatures at risk. Vázquez win over Benjamín Velázquez was close and could go to a recount,http://www.primerahora.com/escanodeevelynvazquezpodriairarecuento-628279.html Escaño de Evelyn Vázquez podría ir a recuento Primera Hora March 22, 2012 Resto, Mara while José Emilio González claimed there were irregularities that could have led to his loss.http://www.elnuevodia.com/joseemiliogonzalezcuestionasuderrota-1216446.html José Emilio González cuestiona su derrota El Nuevo Día March 19, 2012 Rivera, Daniel Representative District 6 There was a lot of controversy surrounding the primaries for the House of Representatives District 6. Both candidates, Angel Pérez and Antonio Soto, have exchanged leads and have been announced as winners after different vote counts.http://www.vocero.com/ahora-gana-soto-frente-a-angel-perez/ Ahora gana Soto frente a Angel Pérez El Vocero March 30, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120401175445/http://www.vocero.com/ahora-gana-soto-frente-a-angel-perez/ April 1, 2012http://www.elnuevodia.com/cincorepresentantesestadistaspierdenlareeleccion-1216263.html Cinco representantes estadistas pierden la reelección El Nuevo Día Rosario, Frances March 19, 2012 Pérez, who had initially appeared as the loser, claimed there was fraud in the election, and accused Guaynabo mayor, Héctor O'Neill, of orchestrating it.http://www.primerahora.com/angelperezacusaahectoroneillderobarlelaprimaria-627576.html Angel Pérez acusa a Héctor O'Neill de robarle la primaria Primera Hora March 21, 2012 When Pérez was announced as the real winner, O'Neill, who supported Pagán's rival, went into a rant on a radio interview against his own party.http://www.elnuevodia.com/aldesnudolamanipulacionenlasprimariasdelpnp-1223668.html Al desnudo la manipulación de las primarias El Nuevo Día Hernández, Yanira March 29, 2012 Incumbent mayors losses Several sitting mayors from the PNP lost their candidacies for the elections. Some of them were Benjamín Cintrón (from Patillas), Lemuel Soto (Arecibo), and Maritza Meléndez (Naguabo).Se cuelgan varios incumbentes penepés en las primarias https://web.archive.org/web/20120322121358/http://www.telemundopr.com/telenoticias/voto-2012/pnp/Se-cuelgan-varios-incumbentes-penepes-en-las-primarias-143293276.html 2012-03-22 on Telemundo Puerto Rico (March 19, 2012) See also Puerto Rico Politics Popular Democratic Party primaries, 2012 References 2 External links Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Category:Primary elections in Puerto Rico Category:2012 elections in Puerto Rico Category:New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)