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San Juan, Puerto Rico, held an election for mayor on November 4, 2008. Among other elections, it was held concurrently with the 2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election. It saw the reelection incumbent mayor Jorge Santini, a member of the New Progressive Party, to a third consecutive term.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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New Progressive | Jorge A. Santini Padilla (incumbent) | 96,444 | 51.96 | |
Popular Democratic | Ferdinand Pérez Román | 84,109 | 45.31 | |
Independence | Luis Roberto Piñero González | 5,066 | 2.73 | |
Total votes | 185,619 | 100 |
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