The election for
Resident Commissioner to the
United States House of Representatives took place on November 4, 2008, the same day as the larger
Puerto Rican general election and the
United States elections, 2008.
Background
The incumbent one-term
Resident Commissioner (same as non-voting territorial delegate)
Luis Fortuño, of the (
NPP
NPP may refer to:
Politics
* National People's Power, Sri Lanka
*National Patriotic Party, Liberia
* National People's Party (The Gambia)
*National People's Party (India), a political party in India founded by PA Sangma
*National Peoples Party ( ...
/
R), was retiring from his House seat to run for
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 ...
.
Pedro Pierluisi (NPP), the former Puerto Rican Secretary of Justice under former Governor
Pedro Rosselló,
was the favorite to succeed Fortuño over
economist Alfredo Salazar
Alfredo Salazar (born in San Juan Puerto Rico) is an economist by education and a banker by profession. He is currently retired. He entered into public service and ran for an elected position affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto ...
(
PDP).
Regardless of which of the two men won, the seat would switch from Republican to Democratic hands in January as both candidates would
caucuses with the Democrats.
However, this seat would not have impacted which party controls the chamber.
Candidates for Resident Commissioner
*
Jessica Martínez Birriel for the
Puerto Rican Independence Party
*
Pedro Pierluisi for the
New Progressive Party
*
Alfredo Salazar
Alfredo Salazar (born in San Juan Puerto Rico) is an economist by education and a banker by profession. He is currently retired. He entered into public service and ran for an elected position affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto ...
for the
Popular Democratic Party
*
Carlos Alberto Velázquez López for the
Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party
Election results
See also
*
Puerto Rican general election, 2008
The 2008 Puerto Rican general elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 to elect the officials of the Government of Puerto Rico that would serve for the next four years, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico.
The election was won b ...
2. Pierluisi is leading Salazar 51% to 34% as of October 30, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081102101723/http://www.vocero.com/noticia-5761-slido_fortuo.html
References
{{Puerto Rican elections
United States House of Representatives
Puerto Rico
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...