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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.
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]
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The New Progressive Party held primaries on all 8 of the senatorial districts.
San Juan
Bayamón
Arecibo
Mayagüez-Aguadilla
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Ponce
Guayama
Humacao
Carolina
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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
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18District 20
District 21
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District 22
District 23
District 24
District 26
District 28
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
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The New Progressive Party held primaries in 34 of 78 municipalities.
Aguada
Aguas Buenas
Arecibo
Arroyo
Caguas
Camuy
Canóvanas
Cataño![]()
Cayey
CeibaCorozal
Florida
Guaynabo
Humacao
Juana Díaz
Juncos
Lajas
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Lares
Las Piedras
Loíza
Luquillo
Morovis
Patillas
Ponce
Quebradillas
Rincón
Río Grande
Sabana Grande
Salinas
San Germán
San Sebastián
Toa Alta
Trujillo Alto
Utuado
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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]
Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
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Luis Fortuño | 445,026 | 59.21% | |
Pedro Rosselló | 306,590 | 40.79% | |
Others | 49 | 0.01% |
Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
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Pedro Pierluisi | 440,672 | 59.59% | |
Charlie Rodríguez | 248,127 | 33.56% | |
Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer | 50,590 | 6.84% | |
Others | 64 | 0.01% |
Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
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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% |
San Juan
Bayamón
Arecibo
Mayagüez-Aguadilla
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Ponce
Guayama
Humacao
Carolina
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Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
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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 1
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 8
District 10
District 11
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 20
District 21
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District 23
District 24
District 26
District 28
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
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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.
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.
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.
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![]() New Progressive Party results for Governor. Light blue denotes a Fortuño win and navy blue a Rosselló win. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
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The New Progressive Party held primaries on all 8 of the senatorial districts.
San Juan
Bayamón
Arecibo
Mayagüez-Aguadilla
|
Ponce
Guayama
Humacao
Carolina
|
|
|
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
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18District 20
District 21
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District 22
District 23
District 24
District 26
District 28
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
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The New Progressive Party held primaries in 34 of 78 municipalities.
Aguada
Aguas Buenas
Arecibo
Arroyo
Caguas
Camuy
Canóvanas
Cataño![]()
Cayey
CeibaCorozal
Florida
Guaynabo
Humacao
Juana Díaz
Juncos
Lajas
|
Lares
Las Piedras
Loíza
Luquillo
Morovis
Patillas
Ponce
Quebradillas
Rincón
Río Grande
Sabana Grande
Salinas
San Germán
San Sebastián
Toa Alta
Trujillo Alto
Utuado
|
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]
Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Luis Fortuño | 445,026 | 59.21% | |
Pedro Rosselló | 306,590 | 40.79% | |
Others | 49 | 0.01% |
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% |
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% |
San Juan
Bayamón
Arecibo
Mayagüez-Aguadilla
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Ponce
Guayama
Humacao
Carolina
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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 1
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 8
District 10
District 11
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 20
District 21
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District 23
District 24
District 26
District 28
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
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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.
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.
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.