The 2016 New Progressive Party primaries was the primary elections by which voters of the New Progressive Party (PNP) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico for the 2016 general elections. They were held on June 5, 2016, and also coincided with the Democratic Party primaries in the island.
Candidates
Governor
Pedro Pierluisi, incumbent Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Ricky Rosselló, scientist and political activist, son of former Governor of Puerto Rico Pedro Rosselló
Resident Commissioner
Jenniffer González, incumbent member and former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico Carlos Pesquera, former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works and gubernatorial candidate
Senate
At-large
Frankie Amador Alba Iris Calderón Iván Díaz Carrasquillo Ramón Díaz Javier García Cabán Zoé Laboy Abel Nazario Margarita Nolasco Santiago
Itzamar Peña Eric "Javo" Ramírez Mario Ramos Méndez Thomas Rivera Schatz María Salgado Sánchez Larry Seilhamer José Chemo Soto Johanne Vélez
House of Representatives
At-large
Néstor Alonso José Aponte Jorge Emmanuel Báez María Milagros Charbonier Joe Colón José Enrique Meléndez
José Olmos Muñíz Lourdes Ramos Roberto Rivera Hiram Torres Montalvo José "Pichy" Torres Zamora Jesús Vélez
Results
The primaries were held on June 5, 2016. In it, newcomer Ricky Rosselló narrowly defeated incumbent Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi to win the spot for Governor at the 2016 elections. Also, Jenniffer González comfortably defeated Carlos Pesquera with 71% of the votes to win the spot for Resident Commissioner.
Governor Candidate Popular vote Percentage Ricky Rosselló 236,524 51.09% Pedro Pierluisi 226,449 48.91%
Resident Commissioner Candidate Popular vote Percentage Jenniffer González 323,893 70.54% Carlos Pesquera 135,246 29.46%
Senate
At-large
Candidate Popular vote Percentage Thomas Rivera Schatz 361,362 16.67% Larry Seilhamer 271,780 12.54 Zoé Laboy 251,732 11.61 Abel Nazario 216,472 9.99 Margarita Nolasco 213,886 9.87 Itzamar Peña 203,609 9.39 José Chemo Soto 123,126 5.68 Johanne Vélez García 108,855 5.02 Alba Iris Calderón 72,397 3.34 Eric "Javo" Ramírez 64,301 2.97 Javier García Cabán 58,211 2.69 Ramón Díaz 53,810 2.48 Iván Díaz Carrasquillo 46,729 2.16 Frankie Amador 46,634 2.15 Mario Ramos Méndez 39,059 1.80 María Salgado Sánchez 35,661 1.65
House of Representatives
At-large Candidate Popular vote Percentage María Milagros Charbonier 267,662 13.53% Lourdes Ramos 266,421 13.47% José Kikito Meléndez 261,172 13.20% José "Pichy" Torres Zamora 256,470 12.97% José Aponte 210,191 10.63% Néstor Alonso 179,629 9.08% Hiram Torres Montalvo 144,551 7.31% Jorge Emmanuel Báez 101,584 5.14% Roberto Rivera 98,472 4.98% Jesús Vélez 79,675 4.03% Joe Colón 62,205 3.15% José Olmos Muñíz 49,868 2.52%
See also
Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries, 2016
References
External links Comisión Estatal de Elecciones