2016 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries

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New Progressive Party primaries, 2016
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  2012 June 5, 2016 2020  
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Nominee Ricardo Rosselló Pedro Pierluisi
Party New Progressive New Progressive
Alliance Democratic Democratic
Popular vote236,524226,449
Percentage51.09%48.91%

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Previous Previous PNP Governor candidate

Luis Fortuño

PNP Governor candidate-elect

Ricardo Rosselló

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.

Contents

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

CandidatePopular votePercentage
Ricky Rosselló 236,52451.09%
Pedro Pierluisi 226,44948.91%

Resident Commissioner

CandidatePopular votePercentage
Jenniffer González 323,89370.54%
Carlos Pesquera 135,24629.46%

Senate

At-large

CandidatePopular votePercentage
Thomas Rivera Schatz 361,36216.67%
Larry Seilhamer 271,78012.54
Zoé Laboy 251,73211.61
Abel Nazario 216,4729.99
Margarita Nolasco 213,8869.87
Itzamar Peña 203,6099.39
José Chemo Soto 123,1265.68
Johanne Vélez García108,8555.02
Alba Iris Calderón72,3973.34
Eric "Javo" Ramírez64,3012.97
Javier García Cabán58,2112.69
Ramón Díaz53,8102.48
Iván Díaz Carrasquillo46,7292.16
Frankie Amador46,6342.15
Mario Ramos Méndez39,0591.80
María Salgado Sánchez35,6611.65

House of Representatives

At-large

CandidatePopular votePercentage
María Milagros Charbonier 267,66213.53%
Lourdes Ramos 266,42113.47%
José Kikito Meléndez 261,17213.20%
José "Pichy" Torres Zamora 256,47012.97%
José Aponte 210,19110.63%
Néstor Alonso179,6299.08%
Hiram Torres Montalvo144,5517.31%
Jorge Emmanuel Báez101,5845.14%
Roberto Rivera98,4724.98%
Jesús Vélez79,6754.03%
Joe Colón62,2053.15%
José Olmos Muñíz49,8682.52%

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