The 2003 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 2004 general elections. Former Governor Pedro Rosselló was selected as the nominee at the primary elections held on November 9, 2003. He would go on to narrowly lose the 2004 general election against Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
Candidates Governor
Pedro Rosselló, former Governor of Puerto Rico Carlos Pesquera, former candidate to Governor
Resident Commissioner
Luis Fortuño, former Secretary of Tourism Carlos Romero Barceló, former Governor and Resident Commissioner Charlie Rodríguez, former President of the Senate of Puerto Rico Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer, former Senator
Senate At-large
Lucy Arce Norma Burgos Jorge de Castro Font Epifanio Tomás Fantauzzi José Garriga Picó Jaime Irizarry Armando Izquierdo
Kenneth McClintock José Enrique Meléndez Peter Muller Luis Felipe Navas Orlando Parga Genaro Sánchez Jesús Soto Amadeo Viruet
District The New Progressive Party held primaries on all 8 of the senatorial districts.
San Juan Roberto Arango Donald Cintrón Avilés Carlos Díaz Danny López
Bayamón Pablo LaFontaine Migdalia Padilla Carmelo Ríos Santiago José L. Ortega Rivera
Arecibo Calvin José Emilio González Velázquez Víctor David Loubriel Waldemar Quiles
Mayagüez-Aguadilla Monica Alpi Carlos Arocho Luis Daniel Muñiz Cortes Michael Nazario Armando Nieves Ramos Carlos Pagán
Ponce Elyod Maldonado Zeda María Meléndez Delly Mercado Arroyo Andrés Rivera Luis Armando Rivera Linnette Toledo Luinel Torres Acosta Nilda Vega Santiago
Guayama Negroni Margarita Nolasco Osvaldo Ortolaza Figueroa Gerald Quiles Ocasio
Humacao Papo Dávila Pickie Díaz Gabriel Santiago Rafael "Rafy" Uceta
Carolina José Julio Díaz Héctor Martínez Maldonado Pablo Ramos Lornna Soto
House of Representatives At-large
José Aponte Edgar Berríos José Chico Rolando Crespo José Luis Díaz Rafael Escudero Jenniffer González Luis Maldonado
Edwin Mundo Omar Negrón Lourdes Ramos Harold Jim Rivera Iris Miriam Ruíz Augusto Sánchez Luis David Valentín
District The New Progressive Party held primaries on 33 of the 40 representative districts.
District 1 Junior González José "Nuno" López
District 2 Junior Echevarría Diego García Cruz William Muriel José Serrano
District 3 Tamara Pérez Albita Rivera
District 4 Anthony Liza Fernández Julio Lebrón Lamboy
District 5 Pedro López Santos Jorge Navarro Suárez Juan Carlos Rodríguez
District 6 José Marquéz Angel Pérez Otero
District 9 Nelson del Valle Angel García Annie González Juan "Papo" Soto
District 10 Irma López Bernardo Márquez García
District 11 José de Jesús Edwin Ocasio
District 12 Edward Santiago Héctor Torres Calderón Víctor
District 13 Gaby Padilla Portalatín Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló
District 14 Hiram Cruz Carlos Molina Santos González Yamill
District 16 Gilberto Ramírez Peña Iván Rodríguez Enrique Ruíz Gerena
District 17 Ricardo Pitre José L. Rivera Guerra Wilo Cabán
District 18 Charlie Arroyo Tomás Bonilla Feliciano Jorge Cajigas
District 20 Norman Ramírez Rivera Maureen Marchany Enobel Santiago
District 21 Peter Domenech Edgardo Irizarry
District 22 Héctor Luis "Tito" Camacho Jorge "Jorgito" Pérez Javier Rivera Aquino
District 23 Juan García Zavála Migdalia Irizarry Heri Martínez Piña
District 24 José Alberto Banchs John Giménez José Moreno Wisteria Tejero
District 26 Arkel José Luis Jiménez
District 27 Carlos Miguel Fuentes Juan Soto
District 28 Miguel Martínez Mario Nevárez Rosado Erio Quiñones Rafael Rivera Ortega
District 29 Luis Aramburu Pedro "Banchy" Cintrón
District 30 Pablo Bonelli Víctor Juan Enriquez Jorge "Borgie" Ramos
District 31 José Ramón Díaz Rafael Flores José Rivera
District 32 Arnaldo Báez Neris Angel Redondo
District 33 Denisse Angel R. Peña Rosa
District 34 Cristóbal Colón Ruiz Pedro Rodríguez
District 37 Angel Bulerín Elías Rivera
District 38 Eric Correa Raymond Sánchez
District 39 Chaguito Sergio Esteves Rafy Reyes
District 40 Epifanio Jiménez Josué David Collazo
Results
The primaries were held on November 9, 2003. In it, Pedro Rosselló comfortably defeated Carlos Pesquera to win the spot for Governor at the 2004 elections.Primarias 2003: Escrutinio General - Gobernador on CEEPUR Also, Luis Fortuño defeated Carlos Romero Barceló, Charlie Rodríguez and Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer to win the spot for Resident Commissioner. on CEEPUR
Governor Candidate Popular vote Percentage Pedro Rosselló 449,315 75.82% Carlos Pesquera 139,898 23.61% Others 3,378 0.57%
Resident Commissioner Candidate Popular vote Percentage Luis Fortuño 363,217 61.36% Carlos Romero Barceló 151,898 25.66% Charlie Rodríguez 37,828 6.39% Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer 25,075 4.24% Others 64 0.01%
Senate At-large Candidate Popular vote Percentage Norma Burgos 414,819 14.54% Jorge de Castro Font 384,113 13.47% Kenneth McClintock 353,344 12.39% Orlando Parga 251,920 8.83% Lucy Arce 227,455 7.97% José Garriga Picó 174,361 6.11 Tomás Fantauzzi 159,157 5.58% José Enrique Meléndez 141,018 4.94% Epifanio 129,058 4.52% Viruet 108,100 3.79% Jesús Soto Amadeo 107,173 3.76% Genaro Sánchez 94,305 3.31% Luis Felipe Navas 85,272 2.99% Peter Muller 80,167 2.81% Jaime Irizarry 65,734 2.32% Armando Izquierdo 52,355 1.84% Others 23,910 0.85%
House of Representatives At-large Candidate Popular vote Percentage Jenniffer González 351,424 12.66% José Aponte 318,419 11.47% Iris Miriam Ruíz 305,146 10.99% Lourdes Ramos 240,761 8.67% José Chico 219,136 7.89% Rolando Crespo 209,862 7.56 Edwin Mundo 193,226 6.96% Rafi Escudero 183,164 6.60% Omar Negrón 167,296 6.03% Luis David Valentín 147,772 5.32% Luis Maldonado 121,228 4.37% Augusto Sánchez 105,525 3.80% Harold Jim Rivera 66,270 2.39% Edgar Berríos 54,128 1.95% Others 30,793 1.09%
See also
Popular Democratic Party primaries, 2003
References