New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, 2016

New Progressive Party primaries, 2016
Puerto Rico
June 5, 2016
 
Nominee Pedro Pierluisi Ricky Rosselló
Party New Progressive New Progressive
Popular vote 226,449 236,524
Percentage 48.91% 51.09%

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

Resident Commissioner

Senate

At-large

House of Representatives

At-large

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.[1] Also, Jenniffer González comfortably defeated Carlos Pesquera with 71% of the votes to win the spot for Resident Commissioner.[2]

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

References

  1. ↑ "Primarias 2016: Partido Nuevo Progresista". CEEPUR. June 7, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Primarias 2016: Partido Nuevo Progresista". CEEPUR. June 7, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.

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