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The 2008 New Progressive Party primaries were the
primary election Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the ...
s by which voters of the New Progressive Party (PNP) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico, namely the position of
governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
, for the 2008 general elections.
Resident Commissioner Resident commissioner was or is an official title of several different types of commissioners, who were or are representatives of any level of government. Historically, they were appointed by the British Crown in overseas protectorates (such ...
Luis Fortuño Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first secretary of econom ...
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 Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá (born 13 February 1962) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus (LL.M. 1987) and a graduate of the University of Puer ...
at the
2004 elections 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...
. Despite that, he managed to gain a seat in the
Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
. 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 Kenneth Davison McClintock-Hernández (born January 19, 1957) is a politician who served as the twenty-second Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, one of the four longest serving in that post. McClintock served as co-chair of Hillary Clinton’s Na ...
(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 Pedro Juan Rosselló González, (; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008, a ...
, then President of the party, still vouched for a "vote of punishment" against the senators, which he called "traitors".


Candidates


Governor

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Luis Fortuño Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first secretary of econom ...
, incumbent
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico The resident commissioner of Puerto Rico () is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives elected by the voters of the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico every four years, the only member of the House of Representatives ...
*
Pedro Rosselló Pedro Juan Rosselló González, (; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008, a ...
, incumbent
Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
and former
Governor of Puerto Rico The governor of Puerto Rico ( es, gobernador de Puerto Rico) is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and commander-in-chief of the Puerto Rico National Guard. The governor has a duty ...


Resident Commissioner

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Pedro Pierluisi Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia (born April 26, 1959) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer currently serving as governor of Puerto Rico. He has previously served as Secretary of Justice, Resident Commissioner, acting Secretary of State, i ...
, former Secretary of Justice *
Charlie Rodríguez Charles Anthony Rodríguez-Colón (born August 26, 1954) is a New York City-born Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (NPP). He served as the eleventh president of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1997 until 2000. E ...
, former President of the
Senate of Puerto Rico The Senate of Puerto Rico ( es, Senado de Puerto Rico) is the upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The Senate, together with the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, control th ...
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Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The ...
, former Senator File:Pierluisi.jpeg ,
Pedro Pierluisi Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia (born April 26, 1959) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer currently serving as governor of Puerto Rico. He has previously served as Secretary of Justice, Resident Commissioner, acting Secretary of State, i ...
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Charlie Rodríguez Charles Anthony Rodríguez-Colón (born August 26, 1954) is a New York City-born Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (NPP). He served as the eleventh president of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1997 until 2000. E ...
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Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The ...


Senate


At-large

* Wanda Aponte *
Lucy Arce Luz Z. "Lucy" Arce Ferrer is a Puerto Rican politician. She is currently serving as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 1996. Early years and studies Lucy Arce was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. She completed her bachelor's degree ...
* Luis Batista Salas * Cristóbal Berríos *
Norma Burgos Norma E. Burgos Andújar (born October 30, 1954) is a Puerto Rican politician. She has been a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 2000. She also served as Lieutenant Governor and the 16th Secretary of State under Governor Pedro Rosselló ...
* Luis Oscar Casillas *
Jorge de Castro Font Jorge Adolfo de Castro-Font (born September 10, 1963) is a former Puerto Rican senator and former member of the House of Representatives. Originally, he was a member of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) but became an independent representativ ...
* Manuel de Jesús *
José Garriga Picó José Garriga Picó (born March 19, 1948) is a Puerto Rican politician and former senator affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP). He served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2009. Since 1990, Garriga Picó has been a ...
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Roger Iglesias Roger J. Iglesias Suárez (born September 12, 1958, in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician. He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1992 to 2000 and 2011 to 2013. In 2011, he was elected to fill the vacant seat left b ...
* Tito Maldonado * Roberto Carlos Mejill *
Henry Neumann Henry Neumann Zayas is an attorney, and a former state senator for the District of San Juan (PNP-R) Former Secretary of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico. After finishing high school entered Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where ...
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Margarita Nolasco Margarita Nolasco Santiago is a Puerto Rican politician, senator, and former Mayor of Coamo. She has been a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 2004. Early years and studies Margarita Nolasco obtained her bachelor's degree from the Pontif ...
* Reynaldo Paniagua * Itzamar Peña * Abid Quiñones *
Oreste Ramos Oreste Ramos Díaz is a Puerto Rican intellectual, lawyer, politician and former senator. He served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1977 to 1996, representing the New Progressive Party (PNP). Ramos was first elected to the Senate ...
* Santos Ramos Lugo *
Thomas Rivera Schatz Thomas Rivera Schatz (born June 10, 1966) is a Puerto Rican politician, legal advisor, attorney, and former prosecutor, who was the fourteenth and sixteenth President of the Senate of Puerto Rico. He is affiliated with New Progressive Party of ...
* Orlando José Rivera Sepúlveda * Luz M. "Tuty" Silva * William Villafañe


District

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


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Roberto Arango Roberto Arango-Vinent is an American politician who served in the Senate of Puerto Rico from January 2005 until August 2011 representing the San Juan district for the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (NPP), which is a conservative group der ...
* Carlos Díaz * Omar Miranda Torres * Edward Moreno *
Kimmey Raschke Kimmey Raschke Martínez (born January 17, 1974, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a politician and Senator. She was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2012. Early years and studies Kimmey Raschke was born on January 17, 1974, in Sa ...


= Bayamón

= * Felix H. Delgado * Héctor "Cano" O'Neill * Pedro Orraca *
Migdalia Padilla Migdalia Padilla Alvelo is a Puerto Rican politician and Senator. She has been a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 2000. Early years and studies Migdalia Padilla was born in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Her parents are Monserrate Alvelo ...
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Carmelo Ríos Santiago Carmelo Javier Ríos Santiago (born May 21, 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician, lawyer and senator. He has been a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 2005. Early years and studies Carmelo Ríos was born on May 2 ...
* Edwin Rivera * Noel Toro


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Arecibo Arecibo (; ) is a city and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta and Florida. It is about west of San Juan, the ...

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José Emilio González Velázquez José Emilio González Velázquez is a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican politician and Senator. He has been a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 2004. Early years and studies José Emilio González graduated from the University of Puerto ...
* Anthony López * Johnny Maldonado * Víctor "Buhito" Marrero *
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* 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 *
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* Luinel Torres Acosta


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Guayama Guayama (, ), officially the Autonomous Municipality of Guayama ( es, Municipio Autónomo de Guayama) is a city and municipality on the Caribbean coast of Puerto Rico. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 36,614. It is the c ...

= * Osvaldo Colón Reyes * Paco Fontánez * Miguelito Martínez * "Vi" Negrón * Osvaldo Ortolaza Figueroa * Luisito Pagán * Robert Santiago * Antonio Soto Díaz * Carlos J. Torres Torres


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Humacao Humacao () is a city and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the eastern coast of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Naguabo; east of Las Piedras; and west of Vieques Passage. Humacao is spread over 12 barrios and Humacao Pueblo (the ...

= * Juan B. * José R. Díaz Hernández * Francisco "Paco" Pereira * Luz M. Santiago González * Rafi Uceta


= Carolina

= * Haydee Calderón Muñoz *
Héctor Martínez Maldonado Héctor Javier Martínez Maldonado (born September 1, 1968) is a former Puerto Rican politician, attorney and former senator of Puerto Rico. He served as senator of the District of Carolina from 2004 until 2011. Martínez was convicted of bribe ...
* Rosemary O'Connell * Pablo Ramos *
Lornna Soto Lornna J. Soto Villanueva (born May 27, 1970) is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP). She is the current mayor of Canóvanas, succeeding her father, José "Chemo" Soto in 2014. Before being mayor, Soto wa ...
* Nayda Venegas


House of Representatives


At-large

* José Aponte * José Chico *Angel Cortés *Italo Costa Corsi *
Rolando Crespo Rolando Crespo Arroyo (born November 9, 1974) is a former Representative of Puerto Rico and former Majority Leader of the New Progressive Party within the Puerto Rico House of Representatives who resigned in February 2011 after testing positive fo ...
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Jenniffer González Jenniffer Aydin González Colón (born August 5, 1976) is a Puerto Rican politician who serves as the 20th Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. González has served in leadership positions in the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (PNP) and in ...
*Jaime Irizarry *Julio Lebrón Lamboy *Aixa Martinó *Nicolás Muñoz *
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* Iris Miriam Ruíz *Soraya *
José "Pichy" Torres Zamora José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...
*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

= *
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* Nelson A. Rivera


=District 5

= * Luisito Fuentes * Jorge Navarro Suárez


=District 6

= * Javier Capestany Figueroa *
Angel Pérez Otero Ángel Pérez Otero (born September 18, 1970) is a Puerto Rican politician, and former mayor of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. He was a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from 2005 to 2012. Pérez was first elected to the House of Repre ...


=District 8

= *
Toñito Silva Antonio "Toñito" Silva Delgado is a Puerto Rican politician. He has been a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives The House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ( es, Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico) is the lower house of ...
* 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 Iván Rodríguez Torres (born November 27, 1971), nicknamed "Pudge" and "I-Rod", is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Texas Rangers (in two separate stints, comprising the majority of his career), Florida ...
* 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

= *
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* Pickie Díaz * Lorenzo Valcárcel, Jr.


=District 35

= * Julio César * Noé Marcano


=District 36

= *
Johnny Méndez Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Varian ...
* 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 Arecibo (; ) is a city and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta and Florida. It is about west of San Juan, the ...

* Carlos Molina * Angel "Kuko" Ramos *
Lemuel Soto Lemuel Soto Santiago is a Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Arecibo Arecibo (; ) is a city and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado and Ciales; east of H ...


Arroyo Arroyo often refers to: * Arroyo (creek), an intermittently dry creek Arroyo may also refer to: People * Arroyo (surname) Places United States ;California * Arroyo Burro Beach, a public beach park in Santa Barbara County, California * Arroyo ...

* Darwin Covas * Basilio Figueroa * Ramón Morales


Caguas Caguas (, ) is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey. Caguas was founded ...

* Orlando Rivera * Carlos González


Camuy Camuy () is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Lares and San Sebastián; east of Quebradillas; and west of Hatillo. Camuy is spread over 12 barrios and Camuy Pueblo (the downtown area and the admini ...

* Edwin García Feliciano * Johnny


Canóvanas

* Roberto Cruz * Manuel Quiñones * José "Chemo" Soto


Cataño

* Julio Alicea * Mayra Ramsamy * Wilson Soto * Yareco


Cayey Cayey (), officially Cayey de Muesas, is a mountain town and municipality in central Puerto Rico located on the Sierra de Cayey within the Central Mountain range, north of Salinas and Guayama; south of Cidra and Caguas; east of Aibonito and Sal ...

* Wilson Colón * Benjamín González


Ceiba ''Ceiba'' is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean to N Argentina) and tropical West Africa. Some species can grow to tall or more, with a straight, la ...

* Pedro Colón Osorio * Angelo Cruz Ramos


Corozal

*
Roberto Hernández Vélez Roberto Hernández Vélez is a Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Corozal. Hernández is affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and served as mayor from 2001 to 2013. References Living people Mayors of places in Puert ...
* Norberto Torres


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* Aaron Pargas Ojeda * Víctor M. Rodríguez


Guaynabo Guaynabo (, ) is a city, suburb of San Juan and municipality in the northern part of Puerto Rico, located in the northern coast of the island, north of Aguas Buenas, south of Cataño, east of Bayamón, and west of San Juan. Guaynabo is spr ...

*
Héctor O'Neill Héctor O'Neill García (born June 20, 1945) is a Puerto Rican politician. He was mayor of his hometown of Guaynabo. O'Neill is affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and has also served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico. Early ...
* Miguel Gutarra


Humacao Humacao () is a city and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the eastern coast of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Naguabo; east of Las Piedras; and west of Vieques Passage. Humacao is spread over 12 barrios and Humacao Pueblo (the ...

* "Piloto" Santiago * Maritza Vargas


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* Gardy Guzmán * Nilsa Santiago


Juncos

* Junito Mulero * Karen Velázquez


Lajas

* Leo Cotte * Edgardo * Johnny Ramos


Lares Lares ( , ; archaic , singular ''Lar'') were guardian deities in ancient Roman religion. Their origin is uncertain; they may have been hero-ancestors, guardians of the hearth, fields, boundaries, or fruitfulness, or an amalgam of these. Lares ...

*
Roberto Pagán Centeno Roberto Pagán Centeno (born January 11, 1943) is a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Lares, Puerto Rico, Lares. Pagán is affiliated with the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, New Progressive Party (PNP) and ha ...
* Eddie Nuñez


Las Piedras

* Micky López * Angel R. Peña


Loíza

* Luis Ambrosio de Jesús * Eddie Manso


Luquillo Luquillo () is a Luquillo barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico located in the northeast coast, northwest of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Fajardo; and east of Río Grande, Puerto Rico, Rio Grande. Luquillo i ...

* José "Nelo" González * Rafa Pérez


Morovis Morovis (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, north of Orocovis, south of Manatí, Vega Baja and Vega Alta; east of Ciales, and west of Corozal. Morovis is spread over 13 barrios and Mor ...

* Norberto Negrón *
Heriberto Rodríguez Heriberto "Herito" Rodríguez Adorno (born September 24, 1973) is a Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Morovis Morovis (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, north of Orocovis, s ...


Patillas Patillas (, ) is a beach town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the southeastern coast, south of San Lorenzo; west of Yabucoa and Maunabo; and east of Guayama and Arroyo. It is spread over 15 barrios and Patillas Pueblo (the downtown a ...

*
Benjamín Cintrón Lebrón Benjamín "Bengie" Cintrón Lebrón was a Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Patillas. Cintrón was affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and served as mayor from 2001 to 2013. In 2011, Cintrón was investigated by the Depa ...
* Maritza Rivera


Ponce

* Angel Llavona * María "Mayita" Meléndez


Quebradillas

* Moisés Soto * Elías Nieves


Rincón

* María Lourdes Méndez * Eddie Ríos


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* César *
María Milagros Charbonier María Milagros Charbonier Laureano (born November 24, 1963) is a Puerto Rican lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from 2013 to 2020. She was elected to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives ...
* 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 San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

* Javier Jiménez * Justo Medina


Toa Alta

*
Luis Collazo Rivera Luis "Jumbo" Collazo Rivera is a Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Toa Alta. Collazo is affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and served as mayor from 2005 to 2013. References Living people Mayors of places in Puerto ...
* Nelson * Evelyn Ortega


Trujillo Alto Trujillo Alto (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Northern Coastal Plain, on the boundary between the karst zone and Sierra de Luquillo, north of Caguas, and Gurabo; southeast of San Juan, and west of Carolina. Trujil ...

* Julio Andino * Emmanuel Huertas * Eduardo Otero


Utuado Utuado () is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central mountainous region of the island known as the '' Cordillera Central''. It is located north of Adjuntas and Ponce; south of Hatillo and Arecibo; east of Lares; and west ...

* 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. Also,
Pedro Pierluisi Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia (born April 26, 1959) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer currently serving as governor of Puerto Rico. He has previously served as Secretary of Justice, Resident Commissioner, acting Secretary of State, i ...
defeated
Charlie Rodríguez Charles Anthony Rodríguez-Colón (born August 26, 1954) is a New York City-born Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (NPP). He served as the eleventh president of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1997 until 2000. E ...
and
Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The ...
with 60% of the votes to win the spot for Resident Commissioner.


Governor


Resident Commissioner


Senate


At-large


District


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San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to: Places Argentina * San Juan Province, Argentina * San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province * San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province * San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...

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= Bayamón

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Arecibo Arecibo (; ) is a city and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta and Florida. It is about west of San Juan, the ...

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= Mayagüez-Aguadilla

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= Ponce

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Guayama Guayama (, ), officially the Autonomous Municipality of Guayama ( es, Municipio Autónomo de Guayama) is a city and municipality on the Caribbean coast of Puerto Rico. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 36,614. It is the c ...

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Aftermath


Members of PPD voting

During and after the primaries, members of the New Progressive Party (PNP), like Senator
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, claimed they saw voters affiliated with the opposing Popular Democratic Party (PPD) voting in the PNP ballots. 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 ''
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'' (August 5, 2010) Some of the supporters of Rosselló maintain that this "crossover" was crucial in
Pedro Rosselló Pedro Juan Rosselló González, (; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008, a ...
's defeat against
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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 "
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" 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
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and
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,
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, and
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were all elected.
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had decided not to run for Senate, while
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refused to return to the party after his expulsion, and started an independent campaign.


See also

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Popular Democratic Party primaries, 2008 The 2008 Popular Democratic Party primaries were the primary elections by which voters of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico for the 2008 general elections. They were held on March ...


References

{{Puerto Rico political parties primaries Primary elections in Puerto Rico 2008 Puerto Rico elections New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)