Английская Википедия:2008 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:Politics of Puerto Rico 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 9, 2008. Incumbent Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá faced no opposition for his candidacy, making him the official candidate for the elections. Шаблон:TOC limit
Background
At the time of the primaries, incumbent Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá was allegedly being investigated by federal authorities for allegations of irregularities in his campaign finances. However, despite this, the party supported his candidacy for Governor.
Also, one of the most contested campaigns was the one for Mayor of Ponce, with incumbent Francisco Zayas Seijo facing the former administrator of the city, Carlos Jirau.
Candidates
Senate
At-large
- Eduardo Bhatia
- Juan Cancel Alegría
- Víctor de la Cruz
- Landy Fabre
- Antonio Fas Alzamora
- Alejandro García Padilla
- Sila Mari González Calderón
- Juan Eugenio Hernández Mayoral
- Rafael Irizarri
- Margarita Ostolaza
- Cirilo Tirado Rivera
- Roberto Vigoreaux
District
The Popular Democratic Party held primaries on only 4 of the 8 senatorial districts. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2
Arecibo
- Wanda Arroyo
- Javier Cruz
- María Elena
- Edgar A. Martínez
- Francis Rivera
- Iván Serrano Cordero
Mayagüez-Aguadilla
- Robin H. Montes
- Sergio Ortíz
- Omar Soto
- Enid Toro de Báez
Ponce
- Modesto Agosto Alicea
- José Luis Galarza
- Bruno Ramos
- José H. Rivera
- Rafael Santiago
Guayama
- Luis Guillermo Febus
- Eder Ortíz Ortíz
- Angel M. Rodríguez
House of Representatives
At-large
- Jorge Colberg Toro
- Ulises Dalmau
- Héctor Ferrer
- Brenda López de Arrarás
- Jeanette Miranda
- Julio Muñoz
- Angel Ortíz
- Jaime Perelló
- Coco Ríos
- Frankie Rodríguez
- Ramón Ruíz Nieves
- José Segui
- Luis Vega Ramos
- Carmen Yulín Cruz
District
The Popular Democratic Party held primaries on 24 of the 40 representative districts. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2
District 3
- Ruthy Currás
- Herminio Pagán
District 11
- Ricky Arrillaga
- Rafael Hernández
District 12
- Jorge Avilés
- Eliezer Burgos
- Claudio Ferrer, Jr.
- Remberto Rodríguez
District 13
- Benny Collazo
- Felix Pagán
- Víctor Rodríguez
- Amadis Ulises
District 14
- Vángelo Figueroa
- Felix Rosario
- Juan R. Torres
District 16
- Tony Rodríguez
- Juan Vega Salamanca
District 17
- Moisés Acevedo
- Armando Franco
- Alfredo González
- Héctor Mol Ibañez
District 18
- Luis "Chivita" González
- Concepción Salas
- Solá
- María Vargas
District 20
- Elvin Camacho
- Luis Ramírez
- Jorgito Ramos
- Eduardo Rosado
District 21
- Naida Mateo
- Lydia Méndez Silva
- Rafy Nazario
District 22
- Juan O. Alicea
- Georgie González
District 23
- Wilo Beltrán
- Rafael A. García
District 24
- Ramón Borrero
- Luis Farinacci
- Vilma Flores
- Ferdinand Martínez
- Vangie Rivera
District 25
- Edgar Manolo Avilés
- Jorge Miranda
- Piro Reyes
- Víctor Vassallo
District 26
- John Avilés
- Juan Carlos Figueroa
- Gamalier Pagán
District 27
- Carmen Iris González
- Carlos Luis Torres
- Pito Torres
District 28
- Jorge I. Agosto
- Frankie Cuadrado
- Remesal
- Rosendo
- Luis Santiago
District 29
- Félix Agosto
- Heric Colón
- José R. Varela
District 30
- Rey Alomar
- Eduardo Cintrón
- Migdalia Díaz
- Domingo Torres
District 33
- Héctor Carrasquillo
- Gilbert
District 34
- George Soto
- Juan Pedro
District 35
- Narden Jaime Espinosa
- Ricardo Fernández
- Freddy
- José Pi Báez
- José "Tony" Reyes
- Valentín Valdés
- William Vázquez
District 36
- Ricky Abreu
- Andújar
District 37
- José Miguel del Valle, Jr.
- Frankie Guerra
Mayors
The Popular Democratic Party held primaries on 23 of 78 municipalities. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2
Arecibo
- Ramón E. Dasta
- Héctor Rafael
Arroyo
- Eric Bachier Román
- Ricardo Rivera
Canóvanas
- Moisés Castro
- Jesús Rosado
Cataño
- Félix Fuentes
- José Rosario
Ceiba
- Gilberto "Lex" Camacho
- Humberto González
- Abimael Portalatín
Culebra
- Alexis Bermúdez
- Digna Feliciana
Fajardo
- Myrna García
- Norma Guzmán
Florida
- Johnny de León
- Yonatan
Humacao
- Joel Rosario
- Marcelo Trujillo
Juana Díaz
- Luis Angel Cortés
- Ramón Hernández Torres
Lajas
- César Corales
- Marcos "Turin" Irizarry
- Ambrosio Rodríguez
Lares
- Chely
- Rigo Guilloty
Las Marías
- Reinaldo González
- José Javier Rodríguez
Las Piedras
- Nelson Vázquez
- Roberto Velázquez
Loíza
- Julito Osorio
- Maricruz Rivera
Moca
- Wilson Acevedo
- Aida E. González
Naranjito
- Manuel Martínez
- Moncho Padilla
- Víctor Manuel Pérez
- Cheo Rivera
- Jolly Rivera
Ponce
- Carlos Jirau
- Francisco Zayas Seijo
Rincón
- Juan D. Elías
- Carlos López Bonilla
Salinas
- Tony Badé
- Francisco Colón
- Abraham López
- Pedro Santos
Trujillo Alto
- José Luis Cruz Cruz
- Hiram
Utuado
- Jesús Arce
- Ramón Collazo
- Martín Negrón
- Otilio Plaza
- Quitín
Vieques
- Víctor Emeric
- Dámaso Serrano
Results
Senate
At-large
Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Alejandro García Padilla | 213,153 | 14.40% | |
Eduardo Bhatia | 207,883 | 14.04 | |
Juan Eugenio Hernández Mayoral | 167,088 | 11.28 | |
Sila Mari González Calderón | 151,550 | 10.24 | |
Antonio Fas Alzamora | 133,161 | 8.99 | |
Cirilo Tirado Rivera | 124,593 | 8.41 | |
Roberto Vigoreaux | 117,731 | 7.95 | |
Margarita Ostolaza | 113,663 | 7.68 | |
Juan Cancel Alegría | 104,373 | 7.05 | |
Landy Fabre | 84,410 | 5.70 | |
Rafael Irizarri | 35,284 | 2.38 | |
Víctor de la Cruz | 27,408 | 1.85 | |
Others | 350 | 0.02 |
District
Arecibo
Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
María Elena Pérez | 12,612 | 21.62% | |
Edgar A. Martínez | 11,979 | 20.54 | |
Iván Serrano | 11,415 | 19.57 | |
Wanda Arroyo | 9,771 | 16.75 | |
Javier Cruz | 9,637 | 16.52 | |
Francis Rivera | 2,875 | 4.93 | |
Others | 41 | 0.07 |
Mayagüez-Aguadilla
Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Sergio Ortíz | 21,699 | 33.43% | |
Enid Toro de Báez | 20,434 | 31.48 | |
Robin H. Montes | 11,379 | 17.53 | |
Omar Soto | 11,370 | 17.51 | |
Others | 36 | 0.06 |
Ponce
Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
José Luis Galarza | 19,582 | 23.95% | |
Rafael Santiago | 17,968 | 21.98 | |
Modesto Agosto Alicea | 15,676 | 19.17 | |
Bruno Ramos | 15,621 | 19.10 | |
José H. Rivera | 12,848 | 15.71 | |
Others | 70 | 0.09 |
Guayama
Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Angel M. Rodríguez | 29,611 | 37.64% | |
Eder Ortíz Ortíz | 28,736 | 36.53 | |
Luis Guillermo Febus | 20,284 | 25.79 | |
Others | 33 | 0.04 |
House of Representatives
At-large
Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Héctor Ferrer | 228,098 | 15.81% | |
Jaime Perelló | 147,868 | 10.25 | |
Brenda López de Arrarás | 144,099 | 9.99 | |
Jorge Colberg Toro | 140,158 | 9.72 | |
Carmen Yulín Cruz | 133,510 | 9.26 | |
Luis Vega Ramos | 132,967 | 9.22 | |
Ulises Dalmau | 101,060 | 7.01 | |
Ramón Ruíz Nieves | 87,298 | 6.05 | |
Angel Ortíz | 75,671 | 5.25 | |
Julio Muñoz | 68,955 | 4.78 | |
Jeanette Miranda | 59,316 | 4.11 | |
José Segui | 50,458 | 3.50 | |
Frankie Rodríguez | 39,007 | 2.70 | |
Coco Ríos | 33,622 | 2.33 | |
Others | 392 | 0.03 |
Aftermath
Acevedo Vilá's candidacy
Several weeks after the primaries, Incumbent Governor and PPD candidate, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, was officially indicted on 19 counts of campaign finance violations. This put his candidacy in jeopardy, and several candidates where taunted as possible replacements. However, Acevedo Vilá decided to run for reelection, and was openly endorsed by the Party in a massive caucus held at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in April 2008.[1][2] Acevedo Vilá would lose the 2008 general elections. However, in March 2009, he was found not guilty of all charges by a jury.
Split in Ponce
In the primary for the Mayor of Ponce, incumbent Francisco Zayas Seijo narrowly beat his opponent, former Ponce administrator, Carlos Jirau. Zayas beat Jirau by less than 30 votes.[3] After the defeat, Jirau appealed the primary claiming there were irregularities in the process. He also started an independent movement called Movimiento Autónomo Ponceño.[4][5] At the 2008 general elections, both Zayas and Jirau were defeated by the PNP candidate Mayita Meléndez. This was the first time a PNP candidate had won in Ponce in more than 20 years.[6]
See also
References
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- ↑ Asamblea ratifica candidatura del Gobernador on Primera Hora; Rivera, Manuel (April 27, 2008)
- ↑ No se quita on El Nuevo Día; Associated Press (April 27, 2008)
- ↑ Primarias 2008: Resultados Ponce Шаблон:Webarchive on CEEPUR
- ↑ Ico Zayas: "la bola esta en la cancha de Jirau" on El Nuevo Día (May 12, 2008)
- ↑ "Ico" le tira a "Mayita" y pide unidad a Jirau on Primera Hora; Estrada, Michelle (August 29, 2008)
- ↑ “Mayita no ganó, Ico Zayas perdió” on El Nuevo Día (November 6, 2008)