2008 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries

none March 2019 March 2019 New Progressive Party primaries, 2008 Puerto Rico primary no 2003 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries 2003 2012 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries 2012 March 9, 2008 125px Luis Fortuño New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico Republican Party (United States) 445,026 59.21% 147px Pedro Rosselló New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico Democratic Party (United States) 306,590 40.79% PRprimPNP2008.gif 330px New Progressive Party results for Governor. Light blue denotes a Fortuño win and navy blue a Rosselló win. PNP Governor candidate Pedro Rosselló PNP Governor candidate-elect Luis Fortuño 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. 3 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".https://archive.today/20130121235143/http://www.elnuevodia.com/Xstatic/endi/template/imprimir.aspx?id=339960&t=3 Apuesta Rosselló al voto de castigo on El Nuevo Día (January 3, 2008) Candidates Governor Luis Fortuño, incumbent Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Pedro Rosselló, incumbent Senator and former Governor of Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, former Secretary of Justice Charlie Rodríguez, former President of the Senate of Puerto Rico Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer, former Senator Senate At-large Wanda Aponte Lucy Arce Luis Batista Salas Cristóbal Berríos Norma Burgos Luis Oscar Casillas Jorge de Castro Font Manuel de Jesús José Garriga Picó Roger Iglesias Tito Maldonado Roberto Carlos Mejill Henry Neumann Margarita Nolasco Reynaldo Paniagua Itzamar Peña Abid Quiñones Oreste Ramos Santos Ramos Lugo Thomas Rivera Schatz Orlando José Rivera Sepúlveda Luz M. "Tuty" Silva William Villafañe District The New Progressive Party held primaries on all 8 of the senatorial districts. San Juan Roberto Arango Carlos Díaz Omar Miranda Torres Edward Moreno Kimmey Raschke Bayamón Felix H. Delgado Héctor "Cano" O'Neill Pedro Orraca Migdalia Padilla Carmelo Ríos Santiago Edwin Rivera Noel Toro Arecibo José Emilio González Velázquez Anthony López Johnny Maldonado Víctor "Buhito" Marrero Angel Martínez Santiago Roger Owens Gabriel Félix Rivera Alexis Valle Mayagüez-Aguadilla Luis Daniel Muñiz Cortes Michael Nazario Carlos Pagán Jorge Rodríguez Feliciano Evelyn Vázquez Ponce María Alvarado Luis A. Berdiel Rivera Juan Luis "Cuto" Colón Benny A. Morales Ramoncito Ramos Larry Seilhamer Luinel Torres Acosta 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 Juan B. José R. Díaz Hernández Francisco "Paco" Pereira Luz M. Santiago González Rafi Uceta Carolina Haydee Calderón Muñoz Héctor Martínez Maldonado Rosemary O'Connell Pablo Ramos Lornna Soto Nayda Venegas House of Representatives At-large José Aponte José Chico Angel Cortés Italo Costa Corsi Rolando Crespo Jenniffer González Jaime Irizarry Julio Lebrón Lamboy Aixa Martinó Nicolás Muñoz Lourdes Ramos Iris Miriam Ruíz Soraya José "Pichy" Torres Zamora Félix Vega Fournier District The Popular Democratic Party held primaries on 30 of the 40 representative districts. District 1 Gloria Escudero Mario González La Fuente José "Nuno" López District 4 Liza Fernández Nelson A. Rivera District 5 Luisito Fuentes Jorge Navarro Suárez District 6 Javier Capestany Figueroa Angel Pérez Otero District 8 Toñito Silva Mario Tevenal District 9 Pito Marrero Angel "Gary" Rodríguez Rafy Rodríguez Juan "Papo" Soto District 10 Bernardo Márquez Pedro Julio Santiago Víctor Soto, Jr. District 11 Frank Acha Víctor "Pío" Concepción Miguel Angel Figueroa Jean P. Rubio María Vega Pagán District 14 Charlie Ayala Wilson Pantoja Gustavo Rodríguez Paula Rodríguez Homs Yamill District 15 Arnaldo Jiménez Valle Efraín Concepción Rey Escoriaza Nino Román District 16 Elisa Juarbe Beníquez Iván Rodríguez Miguel Trabal District 17 Rafael Lugo Hernández José L. Rivera Guerra Junior Robledo William District 18 David Bonilla Cortés Angel Muñoz District 20 Norman Ramírez Rivera Lucy Rivera District 21 Noel Morales, Jr. Rey District 22 Héctor Luis "Tito" Camacho Jorge Collazo Waldemar Quiles District 23 Luis Edgardo Díaz Julissa Nolasco Gaddier Oliveras Hernán Santiago District 24 John Giménez Luis "Tato" León District 26 Emilio José Luis Jiménez Freddy Santiago District 28 Carmen Gloria Hernández Rafael Rivera Ortega Jorge Santini District 31 Edgar Acevedo Junior Aponte Roberto López Jorge L. Reyes District 32 José R. Camino Shirley Ann Casillas Magal González District 33 Willy Gómez Angel R. Peña, Jr. Amparo Rodríguez Raúl Rodríguez District 34 Cristóbal Colón Pickie Díaz Lorenzo Valcárcel, Jr. District 35 Julio César Noé Marcano District 36 Johnny Méndez Augusto Sánchez District 37 Angel Bulerín William Cantres Nieves Normis Quintero District 38 Eric Correa Joel Cruz Hiraldo Wilfredo Pérez Torres Raymond Sánchez District 39 Sergio Esteves Esther César Valentín District 40 Elizabeth Casado Francisco, Jr. Mayors The New Progressive Party held primaries in 34 of 78 municipalities. Aguada "Berty" Echevarría Manuel Santiago Lorenzo Vale, Jr. Aguas Buenas Miguel Edwin Morales Vitín Ramos Arecibo Carlos Molina Angel "Kuko" Ramos Lemuel Soto Arroyo Darwin Covas Basilio Figueroa Ramón Morales Caguas Orlando Rivera Carlos González Camuy Edwin García Feliciano Johnny Canóvanas Roberto Cruz Manuel Quiñones José "Chemo" Soto Cataño thumb|Mayra Ramsamy 2008 campaign posters on a Chinese restaurant in Cataño Julio Alicea Mayra Ramsamy Wilson Soto Yareco Cayey Wilson Colón Benjamín González Ceiba Pedro Colón Osorio Angelo Cruz Ramos Corozal Roberto Hernández Vélez Norberto Torres Florida Aaron Pargas Ojeda Víctor M. Rodríguez Guaynabo Héctor O'Neill Miguel Gutarra Humacao "Piloto" Santiago Maritza Vargas Juana Díaz Gardy Guzmán Nilsa Santiago Juncos Junito Mulero Karen Velázquez Lajas Leo Cotte Edgardo Johnny Ramos Lares Roberto Pagán Centeno Eddie Nuñez Las Piedras Micky López Angel R. Peña Loíza Luis Ambrosio de Jesús Eddie Manso Luquillo José "Nelo" González Rafa Pérez Morovis Norberto Negrón Heriberto Rodríguez Patillas Benjamín Cintrón Lebrón Maritza Rivera Ponce Angel Llavona María "Mayita" Meléndez Quebradillas Moisés Soto Elías Nieves Rincón María Lourdes Méndez Eddie Ríos Río Grande César María Milagros Charbonier Javier Sánchez Sabana Grande Wilfrido Bonilla Santitos Rivera Linnette Toledo Salinas Ernesto Aponte Jorgito Díaz Carlos Rodríguez Mateo San Germán Mónica Alpi Luis Cancel Efraín Montalvo Edgardo Suárez San Sebastián Javier Jiménez Justo Medina Toa Alta Luis Collazo Rivera Nelson Evelyn Ortega Trujillo Alto Julio Andino Emmanuel Huertas Eduardo Otero Utuado Alan González Cancel Jorgito Pérez 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.Primarias 2008: Escrutinio General - Gobernador https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212622/http://64.185.222.182/Primarias/escrutinio/PNP/Default.htm 2016-03-03 on CEEPUR Also, Pedro Pierluisi defeated Charlie Rodríguez and Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer with 60% of the votes to win the spot for Resident Commissioner.Primarias 2008: Escrutinio General - Comisionado Residente https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212622/http://64.185.222.182/Primarias/escrutinio/PNP/Default.htm 2016-03-03 on CEEPUR 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 Jenniffer 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.Gobernador da las gracias por rechazo a Rosselló on NoticiasOnline; Banuchi, Rebecca (3/10/2008) Also, Maritza Vázquez, Electoral Commissioner of PPD representative Conny Varela, admitted in 2010 that "thousands of 'populares' voted on that election'".Conny usará ejército de abogados para que estadistas voten on El Nuevo Día (August 5, 2010) 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 Puerto Rico Politics Popular Democratic Party primaries, 2008 References Category:Primary elections in Puerto Rico Category:2008 elections in Puerto Rico Category:New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)