Pedro Juan RossellóGonzález is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008,and served as Senator for the District of Arecibo from 2005 to 2008. His son,Ricardo,was also Governor of Puerto Rico from 2017 to 2019.
The New Progressive Party is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates statehood. The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds both the seat of the governor and of the resident commissioner.
Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico,an unincorporated territory of the United States,from 2009 to 2013.
Thomas Rivera Schatz is a Puerto Rican politician,legal advisor,attorney,and former prosecutor,who was the fourteenth and sixteenth President of the Senate of Puerto Rico. He is affiliated with New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico and the mainland Democratic Party. On July 22,2019,Rivera Schatz announced that he will take over as acting chair of the PNP following the resignation of Ricardo Rossellódue to the Telegramgate scandal.
Kenneth Davison McClintock-Hernández is a politician who served as the twenty-second Secretary of State of Puerto Rico,one of the four longest serving in that post. McClintock served as co-chair of Hillary Clinton’s National Hispanic Leadership Council in 2008,he co-chaired her successful Puerto Rico primary campaign that year and served as the Thirteenth President of the Senate of Puerto Rico until December 31,2008. He chaired Luis Fortuño’s Incoming Committee on Government Transition in 2008 and the Outgoing Committee on Government Transition in 2012,the only Puerto Rican to serve in both capacities. He was sworn into office as secretary of state on January 2,2009,by Chief Justice Federico Hernández Denton,fulfilling the role of lieutenant governor in the islands. He was appointed by Governor Pedro Pierluisi as a member of the Civil Rights Commission on February 8,2024,a nomination pending Senate confirmation.
Orlando Parga Figueroa is a Puerto Rican politician and former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico. He served as President pro tempore of the Senate from 2005 to 2009.
Jorge Adolfo de Castro-Font is a former Puerto Rican senator and former member of the House of Representatives. Originally,he was a member of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) but became an independent representative in 2001 after inner disputes with his party. In 2002,he became a member of the New Progressive Party (PNP) and was elected Senator in 2004 and 2008,despite inner struggles within the party and legal issues.
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday,November 4,2008,to elect the officials of the Government of Puerto Rico that would serve for the next four years,most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico.
Jenniffer Aydin González Colón is a Puerto Rican politician who serves as the 20th Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. González has served in leadership positions in the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (PNP) and in the Republican Party of the United States. These positions included being the chairwoman of the Puerto Rico Republican Party,speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico,and vice-chair of the PNP. González is the youngest person to be Resident Commissioner and the first woman to hold the role.
Liza Fernández Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican attorney and politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP). Fernández was a member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2012,and of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 2012 to 2013. In December 2012,after her electoral defeat,Fernández was confirmed as a Superior Judge.
Charles Anthony Rodríguez-Colón is a New York City-born Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (NPP). He served as the eleventh president of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1997 until 2000.
Margarita Ostolaza Bey is a former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
JoséAlfredo Ortiz Daliot is a Puerto Rican attorney and politician. He is a former director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA) and a former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
Carlos Alberto Díaz Sánchez is a Puerto Rican politician,and former member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives and Senate.
Lawrence N. "Larry" Seilhamer Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican politician who was the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico. He is affiliated with the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP),and was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from January 7,2009 until January 15,2020. Seilhamer is also a former basketball player for the Baloncesto Superior Nacional from 1972 to 1984. On December 2,2020,he was nominated as Puerto Rico Secretary of State by Governor-elect Pedro R. Pierluisi.
Kimmey Raschke Martínez is a politician and Senator. She was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2012.
Luis Daniel Muñiz Cortés is a Puerto Rican politician and senator. He has been a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 2004.
The 2008 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 2008 general elections. Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño was selected as the nominee at the primary elections held on March 9,2008. He would go on to win the 2008 general election as well.
Víctor David Loubriel Ortiz is a Puerto Rican politician and former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico for the New Progressive Party (PNP).
A special election to elect shadow senators and shadow representatives from Puerto Rico was held on May 16,2021. Voters chose two special delegates to the United States Senate and four special delegates to the United States House of Representatives. Their work is to demand that the US Congress respect and enforce the results of the 2020 status referendum,and admit Puerto Rico as the 51st state of the Union.
