2003 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries
The 2003 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 2004 general elections. Former Governor Pedro Rosselló was selected as the nominee at the primary elections held on November 9, 2003. He would go on to narrowly lose the 2004 general election against Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
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Candidates
    
    Governor
    
- Pedro Rosselló, former Governor of Puerto Rico
 - Carlos Pesquera, former candidate to Governor
 
Resident Commissioner
    
- Luis Fortuño, former Secretary of Tourism
 - Carlos Romero Barceló, former Governor and Resident Commissioner
 - Charlie Rodríguez, former President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
 - Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer, former Senator
 
At-large
    
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District
    
The New Progressive Party held primaries on all 8 of the senatorial districts.
San Juan
 Bayamón
 Arecibo
 Mayagüez-Aguadilla
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Ponce
 Guayama
 Humacao
 Carolina
 
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At-large
    
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District
    
The New Progressive Party held primaries on 33 of the 40 representative districts.
District 1
 District 2
 District 3
 District 4
 District 5
 District 6
 District 9
 District 10
 District 11
 District 12
 District 13
 District 14
 District 16
 District 17
 District 18
 District 20
 District 21
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District 22
 District 23
 District 24
 District 26
 District 27
 District 28
 District 29
 District 30
 District 31
 District 32
 District 33
 District 34
 District 37
 District 38
 District 39
 District 40
 
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Results
    
The primaries were held on November 9, 2003. In it, Pedro Rosselló comfortably defeated Carlos Pesquera to win the spot for Governor at the 2004 elections.[1] Also, Luis Fortuño defeated Carlos Romero Barceló, Charlie Rodríguez and Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer to win the spot for Resident Commissioner.[2]
Governor
    
| Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
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| Pedro Rosselló | 449,315 | 75.82% | |
| Carlos Pesquera | 139,898 | 23.61% | |
| Others | 3,378 | 0.57% | |
Resident Commissioner
    
| Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
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| Luis Fortuño | 363,217 | 61.36% | |
| Carlos Romero Barceló | 151,898 | 25.66% | |
| Charlie Rodríguez | 37,828 | 6.39% | |
| Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer | 25,075 | 4.24% | |
| Others | 64 | 0.01% | |
At-large
    
| Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
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| Norma Burgos | 414,819 | 14.54% | |
| Jorge de Castro Font | 384,113 | 13.47% | |
| Kenneth McClintock | 353,344 | 12.39% | |
| Orlando Parga | 251,920 | 8.83% | |
| Lucy Arce | 227,455 | 7.97% | |
| José Garriga Picó | 174,361 | 6.11 | |
| Tomás Fantauzzi | 159,157 | 5.58% | |
| José Enrique Meléndez | 141,018 | 4.94% | |
| Epifanio | 129,058 | 4.52% | |
| Viruet | 108,100 | 3.79% | |
| Jesús Soto Amadeo | 107,173 | 3.76% | |
| Genaro Sánchez | 94,305 | 3.31% | |
| Luis Felipe Navas | 85,272 | 2.99% | |
| Peter Muller | 80,167 | 2.81% | |
| Jaime Irizarry | 65,734 | 2.32% | |
| Armando Izquierdo | 52,355 | 1.84% | |
| Others | 23,910 | 0.85% | |
At-large
    
| Candidate | Popular vote | Percentage | |
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| Jennifer González | 351,424 | 12.66% | |
| José Aponte | 318,419 | 11.47% | |
| Iris Miriam Ruíz | 305,146 | 10.99% | |
| Lourdes Ramos | 240,761 | 8.67% | |
| José Chico | 219,136 | 7.89% | |
| Rolando Crespo | 209,862 | 7.56 | |
| Edwin Mundo | 193,226 | 6.96% | |
| Rafi Escudero | 183,164 | 6.60% | |
| Omar Negrón | 167,296 | 6.03% | |
| Luis David Valentín | 147,772 | 5.32% | |
| Luis Maldonado | 121,228 | 4.37% | |
| Augusto Sánchez | 105,525 | 3.80% | |
| Harold Jim Rivera | 66,270 | 2.39% | |
| Edgar Berríos | 54,128 | 1.95% | |
| Others | 30,793 | 1.09% | |
References
    
- Primarias 2003: Escrutinio General - Gobernador Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine on CEEPUR
 - Primarias 2003: Escrutinio General - Comisionado Residente on CEEPUR
 




