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New Progressive Party primaries, 2003

← 1999 November 9, 2003 2008 →
 
Nominee Pedro Rosselló Carlos Pesquera
Party New Progressive New Progressive
Popular vote 449,315 139,898
Percentage 75.82% 23.61%

Previous PNP Governor candidate

Carlos Pesquera

PNP Governor candidate-elect

Pedro Rosselló

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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

Resident Commissioner

Senate

At-large

District

The New Progressive Party held primaries on all 8 of the senatorial districts.

San Juan
Bayamón
Arecibo
Mayagüez-Aguadilla
Ponce
  • Elyod Maldonado Zeda
  • María Meléndez
  • Delly Mercado Arroyo
  • Andrés Rivera
  • Luis Armando Rivera
  • Linnette Toledo
  • Luinel Torres Acosta
  • Nilda Vega Santiago
Guayama
Humacao
  • Papo Dávila
  • Pickie Díaz
  • Gabriel Santiago
  • Rafael "Rafy" Uceta
Carolina

House of Representatives

At-large

District

The New Progressive Party held primaries on 33 of the 40 representative districts.

District 1
District 2
  • Junior Echevarría
  • Diego García Cruz
  • William Muriel
  • José Serrano
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 9
District 10
District 11
  • José de Jesús
  • Edwin Ocasio
District 12
District 13
District 14
  • Hiram Cruz
  • Carlos Molina
  • Santos González
  • Yamill
District 16
District 17
District 18
  • Charlie Arroyo
  • Tomás Bonilla Feliciano
  • Jorge Cajigas
District 20
District 21
  • Peter Domenech
  • Edgardo Irizarry
District 22
District 23
  • Juan García Zavála
  • Migdalia Irizarry
  • Heri Martínez Piña
District 24
  • José Alberto Banchs
  • John Giménez
  • José Moreno
  • Wisteria Tejero
District 26
District 27
  • Carlos Miguel Fuentes
  • Juan Soto
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
  • Arnaldo Báez Neris
  • Angel Redondo
District 33
  • Denisse
  • Angel R. Peña Rosa
District 34
District 37
District 38
District 39
  • Chaguito
  • Sergio Esteves
  • Rafy Reyes
District 40

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. Also, Luis Fortuño defeated Carlos Romero Barceló, Charlie Rodríguez and Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer to win the spot for Resident Commissioner.

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

References

  1. Primarias 2003: Escrutinio General - Gobernador Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine on CEEPUR
  2. Primarias 2003: Escrutinio General - Comisionado Residente on CEEPUR
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