2003 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries

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).

New Progressive Party primaries, 2003

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NomineePedro RossellóCarlos Pesquera
PartyNew ProgressiveNew Progressive
Popular vote449,315139,898
Percentage75.82%23.61%

Previous PNP Governor candidate

Carlos Pesquera

PNP Governor candidate-elect

Pedro Rosselló

Candidates

Governor

Resident Commissioner

Senate

At-large

District

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

House of Representatives

At-large

District

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

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.[1] Also, Luis Fortuño defeated Carlos Romero Barceló, Charlie Rodríguez and Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer to win the spot for Resident Commissioner.[2]

Governor

CandidatePopular votePercentage
Pedro Rosselló449,31575.82%
Carlos Pesquera139,89823.61%
Others3,3780.57%

Resident Commissioner

CandidatePopular votePercentage
Luis Fortuño363,21761.36%
Carlos Romero Barceló151,89825.66%
Charlie Rodríguez37,8286.39%
Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer25,0754.24%
Others640.01%

Senate

At-large

CandidatePopular votePercentage
Norma Burgos414,81914.54%
Jorge de Castro Font384,11313.47%
Kenneth McClintock353,34412.39%
Orlando Parga251,9208.83%
Lucy Arce227,4557.97%
José Garriga Picó174,3616.11
Tomás Fantauzzi159,1575.58%
José Enrique Meléndez141,0184.94%
Epifanio129,0584.52%
Viruet108,1003.79%
Jesús Soto Amadeo107,1733.76%
Genaro Sánchez94,3053.31%
Luis Felipe Navas85,2722.99%
Peter Muller80,1672.81%
Jaime Irizarry65,7342.32%
Armando Izquierdo52,3551.84%
Others23,9100.85%

House of Representatives

At-large

CandidatePopular votePercentage
Jenniffer González351,42412.66%
José Aponte318,41911.47%
Iris Miriam Ruíz305,14610.99%
Lourdes Ramos240,7618.67%
José Chico219,1367.89%
Rolando Crespo209,8627.56
Edwin Mundo193,2266.96%
Rafi Escudero183,1646.60%
Omar Negrón167,2966.03%
Luis David Valentín147,7725.32%
Luis Maldonado121,2284.37%
Augusto Sánchez105,5253.80%
Harold Jim Rivera66,2702.39%
Edgar Berríos54,1281.95%
Others30,7931.09%

See also

References