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The 2003 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 2004 general elections. Former Governor Pedro Rosselló was selected as the nominee at the primary elections held on November 9, 2003. He would go on to narrowly lose the 2004 general election against Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
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Candidates
Governor
Pedro Rosselló, former Governor of Puerto Rico
Carlos Pesquera, former candidate to Governor
Resident Commissioner
Luis Fortuño, former Secretary of Tourism
Carlos Romero Barceló, former Governor and Resident Commissioner
Charlie Rodríguez, former President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer, former Senator
Senate
At-large
Lucy Arce
Norma Burgos
Jorge de Castro Font
Epifanio
Tomás Fantauzzi
José Garriga Picó
Jaime Irizarry
Armando Izquierdo
Kenneth McClintock
José Enrique Meléndez
Peter Muller
Luis Felipe Navas
Orlando Parga
Genaro Sánchez
Jesús Soto Amadeo
Viruet
District
The New Progressive Party held primaries on all 8 of the senatorial districts.
San Juan
Roberto Arango
Donald Cintrón Avilés
Carlos Díaz
Danny López
Bayamón
Pablo LaFontaine
Migdalia Padilla
Carmelo Ríos Santiago
José L. Ortega Rivera
Arecibo
Calvin
José Emilio González Velázquez
Víctor David Loubriel
Waldemar Quiles
Mayagüez-Aguadilla
Monica Alpi
Carlos Arocho
Luis Daniel Muñiz Cortes
Michael Nazario
Armando Nieves Ramos
Carlos Pagán
Ponce
Elyod Maldonado Zeda
María Meléndez
Delly Mercado Arroyo
Andrés Rivera
Luis Armando Rivera
Linnette Toledo
Luinel Torres Acosta
Nilda Vega Santiago
Guayama
Negroni
Margarita Nolasco
Osvaldo Ortolaza Figueroa
Gerald Quiles Ocasio
Humacao
Papo Dávila
Pickie Díaz
Gabriel Santiago
Rafael "Rafy" Uceta
Carolina
José Julio Díaz
Héctor Martínez Maldonado
Pablo Ramos
Lornna Soto
House of Representatives
At-large
José Aponte
Edgar Berríos
José Chico
Rolando Crespo
José Luis Díaz
Rafael Escudero
Jenniffer González
Luis Maldonado
Edwin Mundo
Omar Negrón
Lourdes Ramos
Harold Jim Rivera
Iris Miriam Ruíz
Augusto Sánchez
Luis David Valentín
District
The New Progressive Party held primaries on 33 of the 40 representative districts.
District 1
Junior González
José "Nuno" López
District 2
Junior Echevarría
Diego García Cruz
William Muriel
José Serrano
District 3
Tamara Pérez
Albita Rivera
District 4
Anthony
Liza Fernández
Julio Lebrón Lamboy
District 5
Pedro López Santos
Jorge Navarro Suárez
Juan Carlos Rodríguez
District 6
José Marquéz
Angel Pérez Otero
District 9
Nelson del Valle
Angel García
Annie González
Juan "Papo" Soto
District 10
Irma López
Bernardo Márquez García
District 11
José de Jesús
Edwin Ocasio
District 12
Edward Santiago
Héctor Torres Calderón
Víctor
District 13
Gaby Padilla
Portalatín
Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló
District 14
Hiram Cruz
Carlos Molina
Santos González
Yamill
District 16
Gilberto Ramírez Peña
Iván Rodríguez
Enrique Ruíz Gerena
District 17
Ricardo Pitre
José L. Rivera Guerra
Wilo Cabán
District 18
Charlie Arroyo
Tomás Bonilla Feliciano
Jorge Cajigas
District 20
Norman Ramírez Rivera
Maureen Marchany
Enobel Santiago
District 21
Peter Domenech
Edgardo Irizarry
District 22
Héctor Luis "Tito" Camacho
Jorge "Jorgito" Pérez
Javier Rivera Aquino
District 23
Juan García Zavála
Migdalia Irizarry
Heri Martínez Piña
District 24
José Alberto Banchs
John Giménez
José Moreno
Wisteria Tejero
District 26
Arkel
José Luis Jiménez
District 27
Carlos Miguel Fuentes
Juan Soto
District 28
Miguel Martínez
Mario Nevárez Rosado
Erio Quiñones
Rafael Rivera Ortega
District 29
Luis Aramburu
Pedro "Banchy" Cintrón
District 30
Pablo Bonelli
Víctor Juan Enriquez
Jorge "Borgie" Ramos
District 31
José Ramón Díaz
Rafael Flores
José Rivera
District 32
Arnaldo Báez Neris
Angel Redondo
District 33
Denisse
Angel R. Peña Rosa
District 34
Cristóbal Colón Ruiz
Pedro Rodríguez
District 37
Angel Bulerín
Elías Rivera
District 38
Eric Correa
Raymond Sánchez
District 39
Chaguito
Sergio Esteves
Rafy Reyes
District 40
Epifanio Jiménez
Josué David Collazo
Results
The primaries were held on November 9, 2003. In it, Pedro Rosselló comfortably defeated Carlos Pesquera to win the spot for Governor at the 2004 elections.Primarias 2003: Escrutinio General - Gobernador https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041908/http://64.185.222.182/primarias2003/escrutinio/principal.aspx?Partido=PNP&Cargo=GOB&Nivel=ISLA 2016-03-04 on CEEPUR Also, Luis Fortuño defeated Carlos Romero Barceló, Charlie Rodríguez and Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer to win the spot for Resident Commissioner.https://archive.today/20120701111426/http://64.185.222.182/primarias2003/escrutinio/principal.aspx?Partido=PNP&Cargo=COM&Nivel=ISLA Primarias 2003: Escrutinio General - Comisionado Residente on CEEPUR
Governor
Candidate Popular vote Percentage Pedro Rosselló 449,315 75.82% Carlos Pesquera 139,898 23.61% Others 3,378 0.57%
Resident Commissioner
Candidate Popular vote Percentage Luis Fortuño 363,217 61.36% Carlos Romero Barceló 151,898 25.66% Charlie Rodríguez 37,828 6.39% Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer 25,075 4.24% Others 64 0.01%
Senate
At-large
Candidate Popular vote Percentage Norma Burgos 414,819 14.54% Jorge de Castro Font 384,113 13.47% Kenneth McClintock 353,344 12.39% Orlando Parga 251,920 8.83% Lucy Arce 227,455 7.97% José Garriga Picó 174,361 6.11 Tomás Fantauzzi 159,157 5.58% José Enrique Meléndez 141,018 4.94% Epifanio 129,058 4.52% Viruet 108,100 3.79% Jesús Soto Amadeo 107,173 3.76% Genaro Sánchez 94,305 3.31% Luis Felipe Navas 85,272 2.99% Peter Muller 80,167 2.81% Jaime Irizarry 65,734 2.32% Armando Izquierdo 52,355 1.84% Others 23,910 0.85%
House of Representatives
At-large
Candidate Popular vote Percentage Jenniffer González 351,424 12.66% José Aponte 318,419 11.47% Iris Miriam Ruíz 305,146 10.99% Lourdes Ramos 240,761 8.67% José Chico 219,136 7.89% Rolando Crespo 209,862 7.56 Edwin Mundo 193,226 6.96% Rafi Escudero 183,164 6.60% Omar Negrón 167,296 6.03% Luis David Valentín 147,772 5.32% Luis Maldonado 121,228 4.37% Augusto Sánchez 105,525 3.80% Harold Jim Rivera 66,270 2.39% Edgar Berríos 54,128 1.95% Others 30,793 1.09%
See also
Puerto Rico Politics
Popular Democratic Party primaries, 2003
References
Category:Primary elections in Puerto Rico
Category:2003 elections in Puerto Rico
Category:New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)