Held in Puerto Rico on March 18, 2012
Popular Democratic Party primaries, 2012
The 2012 Popular Democratic Party primaries were the primary elections by which voters of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico for the 2012 general elections . They were held on March 18, 2012 and coincided with the Republican Party primaries in the island.
Background [ edit ] At the time of the primaries, the Popular Democratic Party had already chosen current Senator Alejandro García Padilla , as their gubernatorial candidate. He would be joined in the ballot by Rafael Cox Alomar as candidate for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico .
In the Senate , there were 5 sitting senators looking to retain their election spots. In the House , there were around 5 sitting representatives as well. Also, some returning candidates from previous years, like Roberto Vigoreaux , and other former officeholders, like Miguel Pereira and Aníbal José Torres , were entering the political race. Some relatives of known politicians also made the jump to politics. Eduardo Ferrer, brother of Héctor Ferrer , was aspiring for a Senate spot, while Javier Aponte Dalmau , brother of current mayor of Carolina , José Aponte Dalmau , both sons of former mayor José Aponte de la Torre , was running for a spot as representative for District 38.
Francisco Zayas Seijo , who was mayor of Ponce , was also attempting a return to politics after his defeat in 2008. He was running for the mayoral candidacy again, this time against Ramón Torres. The only sitting mayor from the PPD that was challenged in a primary was Edgardo Arlequín , from Guayanilla .
Also, the amount of primaries per municipality and districts were few, when compared to previous years. As a result, the primaries were expected to be of low participation among the party members.
Candidates [ edit ] The Popular Democratic Party held primaries in 20 of 78 municipalities.
Leonardo González Lisandro Quiles Dennis Nuñez René González Gilberto Legarreta Jesús "Manía" López Raquel Ortíz Roldán Ricardo García Víctor Román Vélez Roberto Colón Georgie Maldonado Rudy Santos Michael Avilés Reginald Neptune Torres Héctor "Mol" Ibañez Domingo "Isín" Méndez Samuel Pellot Miguel "Mickey" Ríos Roxana "Ivy" Sánchez Wilfredo Astacio Aguedo Rivera Ríos José Obel Rosario Reinaldo Ramos Angel Salas Pérez
Results [ edit ] At-large [ edit ] District [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage José Nadal Power 17,463 34.13% Ramón Luis Nieves 9,872 19.30 Claribel Martínez 6,581 12.86 Angel Noel Rivera 6,485 12.68 Bethzaida Falcón 4,368 8.54 José M. Delgado 3,375 6.60 Raúl Valcárcel 2,463 4.81 Others 552 1.08
Candidate Popular vote Percentage Wanda Arroyo 16,931 26.61% Rubén Soto 11,595 18.22 Iván Serrano 10,900 17.13 Frankie Hernández 9,864 15.50 Rafael Rodríguez 9,562 15.03 Francisca Rivera 3,707 5.83 Others 1,064 1.67
Candidate Popular vote Percentage Martín Vargas 19,640 24.69% Ramoncito Ruiz 19,154 24.08 Jackeline Rosado 16,331 20.53 Rafael Santiago 9,971 12.53 José G. Izquierdo 7,426 9.33 Radamés Pérez 5,527 6.95 Others 1,507 1.89
Candidate Popular vote Percentage Miguel Pereira 23,892 33.28% Angel M. Rodríguez 16,154 22.50 Luis Guillermo Febus 14,486 20.18 Zulma González 12,741 17.75 Carlos Colón 3,653 5.09 Others 862 1.20
House of Representatives [ edit ] At-large [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Carmen Yulín Cruz 219,212 15.13% Luis Vega Ramos 219,040 15.12 Jaime Perelló 214,796 14.82 Brenda López 169,686 11.71 Charlie Hernández 167,203 11.54 Jorge Colberg Toro 160,187 11.05 Eduardo Ferrer 146,657 10.12 Roberto Vigoreaux 82,027 5.66 Yaramary Torres 64,377 4.44 Others 5,925 0.41
District [ edit ] District 1 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Ronald Ramos 2,115 49.43% Carlos Vélez 2,017 47.14 Others 147 3.44
District 3 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Sonia Pacheco 2,551 48.79% Rafael Hernández 2,070 39.59 Cristofer Malespin 546 10.44 Others 61 1.17
District 4 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage José Luis Báez 5,285 89.09% José "Pocho" Marrero 501 8.45 Others 146 2.46
District 9 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Wraygabriel de Jesús 2,461 42.43% Roberto Ocaña 2,056 35.45 Javier de Jesús 1,157 19.95 Others 126 2.17
District 10 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Juan Costales 1,957 58.49% Noel Herrera 1,343 40.14 Others 46 1.37
District 12 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Edgardo Feliciano 3,429 45.19% Luis "Wiso" Rivas 2,613 34.44 Miguel Angel Torres 1,362 17.95 Others 184 2.42
District 13 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Hiram Aguila 3,073 52.69% Ferdinand Rolón 1,749 29.99 Félix Pagán Vega 834 14.30 Others 176 3.02
District 14 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Esther Vélez 4,879 64.64% Benjamín Pérez 2,475 32.79 Others 194 2.57
District 15 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage César Hernández 4,068 53.45% José "Tato" Ruíz 3,485 45.79 Others 58 0.76
District 16 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage José Rodríguez 4,705 43.42% José Enrique Méndez 4,105 37.88 Eladio Cardona 1,852 17.09 Others 174 1.61
District 18 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Francisco Nieves 2,927 36.91% José "Pote" Vargas 2,796 35.25 María Vargas 2,077 26.19 Others 131 1.65
District 19 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Efraín de Jesús 2,985 42.81% Teodoro Solá 1,537 22.04 Alex Vargas 1,310 18.79 Luis Negrón 517 7.41 Gil Mercado 348 4.99 Others 276 3.96
District 20 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Carlos Bianchi 3,798 48.91% Ramón Torres 3,092 39.82 Osvaldo Ortíz 706 9.09 Others 169 2.18
District 22 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Gabriel Rodríguez 4,175 40.38% Gregorio Rivera 3,469 33.55 Jorge Rivera 2,401 23.22 Others 295 2.85
District 23 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Nelson Torres Yordán 4,040 40.64% Edward Pacheco 2,380 23.94 José "Cheito" Rivera 1,925 19.36 Bienvenido Ramos 1,267 12.74 Others 330 3.32
District 24 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Adrian Graham 4,448 52.48% Evangelina Rivera 3,820 45.07 Others 207 2.44
District 27 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage José "Pito" Torres 6,547 66.60% Guillermo Avilés 3,123 31.77 Others 160 1.63
District 29 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Carlos Vargas 2,904 42.12% Alfredo Lamboy 2,098 30.43 Joel Alicea 1,674 24.28 Others 219 3.18
District 30 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Luis R. Ortíz 4,409 49.74% Edgar González 3,153 35.57 Angel Sanabria 1,050 11.85 Others 252 2.84
District 31 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Jesús Santa 3,254 54.15% Rubén Ríos 2,364 39.34 Miguel Suárez 292 4.86 Others 99 1.65
District 32 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage "Conny" Varela 4,081 61.85% Miguel Otero 1,699 25.75 Alexander Torres 628 9.52 Others 190 2.88
District 35 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Narden Jaime Espinosa 4,917 61.36% Elvin Monge 2,979 37.17 Others 118 1.47
District 36 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Glenn Rivera 4,238 61.71% Norma Guzmán 2,382 34.68 Others 248 3.61
District 38 [ edit ] Candidate Popular vote Percentage Javier Aponte 2,314 33.44% Daniel Resto 1,352 19.54 Benjamín Cortés 949 13.71 Hiram Rivera 811 11.72 Luis David Rodríguez 693 10.01 Víctor Rodríguez 465 6.72 Richard Timm Ríos 100 1.45 Others 236 3.41
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