Trisha Shetty (Editor)

New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, 2016

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
236,524
  
226,449

Start date
  
June 5, 2016

51.09%
  
48.91%

New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, 2016

Winner
  
Ricky 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

Governor

  • Pedro Pierluisi, incumbent Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
  • Ricky Rosselló, scientist and political activist, son of former Governor of Puerto Rico Pedro Rosselló

    • Resident Commissioner

  • Jenniffer González, incumbent member and former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
  • Carlos Pesquera, former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works and gubernatorial candidate

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

    References

    New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, 2016 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA