2016 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries

Popular Democratic Party primaries, 2016
June 5, 2016
Elections in Puerto Rico
General elections
Referendums
Shadow Congresspeople
Gubernatorial
Resident Commissioner
Senate
House of Representatives
Mayors
PNP primaries
PPD primaries
Democratic primaries
Republican primaries
Presidential straw polls
Transition processes

The 2016 Popular Democratic Party primaries was the primary elections by which voters of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) 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.

Candidates

Governor

Incumbent Governor Alejandro García Padilla announced in December 2015 that he will not run for reelection. His former Secretary of State, David Bernier, announced soon after his candidacy for governor.

Resident Commissioner

Senate

At-large

House of Representatives

At-large

Results

Resident Commissioner

Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Héctor Ferrer 91,798 57.68%
Ángel Rosa 67,356 42.32%

Senate

At-large

Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Aníbal José Torres 123,080 15.16%
Rossana López 117,162 14.43
Eduardo Bhatia 110,997 13.67
José Nadal Power 99,180 12.22
Miguel Pereira Castillo 96,777 11.92
Cirilo Tirado 89,842 11.07
Luisa Gándara 86,557 10.66
José Aponte Carro 49,240 6.07
Wanda Arroyo 38,916 4.79

See also

References

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