Rafael Rodríguez Vargas is a
Puerto Rican politician and former senator. He was a member 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 ...
from 2001 to 2004 representing the
Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
Rodríguez first ran for senator at the
1996 general elections
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but lost to the candidates of the
New Progressive Party. He ran again at the
2000 general elections, winning a seat for the next four years.
At the
2004 general elections, Rodríguez lost to the candidates of the PNP. Rodríguez tried to win a slot for the
2012 general elections, but arrived in fifth place at the
PPD primaries earlier that year.
Primarias PPD 2012
on CEEPUR
References
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Members of the Senate of Puerto Rico
Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) politicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)