Puerto Rico 2012 General Election

The Green Papers: Puerto Rico 2012 General Election

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Puerto Rico
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Sunday 18 March 2012
General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 (tentative date)

Senators:	0
Governor:	0
2012-2020 Representatives:	0	(0.00% of 435)
2002-2010 Representatives:	0	(0.00% of 435)
Capital:	San Juan
Sunday 18 March 2012 polling hours 9:00a AST (1300 UTC) to 5:00p AST (2100 UTC).
Tuesday 6 November 2012 (tentative date) polling hours 9:00a AST (1300 UTC) to 5:00p AST (2100 UTC).

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Puerto Rico State and Local Government

Puerto Rico 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties



Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Territorial Governor

	Partido Nuevo Progresista	Governor Luis G. Fortuño • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
		Open Office (no incumbent)

	Partido Independentista Puertoriqueño		Juan Dalmau

	Partido Popular Democrático		Puerto Rico Senador Alejandro J. García Padilla

Resident Commissioner to the House of Representatives 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

{map}	Partido Nuevo Progresista	Resident Commissioner Pedro R. Pierluisi • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

	Partido Independentista Puertoriqueño		Juan Manuel "Juanchín" Mercado Nieves • FEC H2PR00073

	Partido Nuevo Progresista; (Democratic)		*Resident Commissioner Pedro R. Pierluisi* • FEC H8PR00062; 27 Feb 12; Tot $509,334; Dsb $447,284

	Partido Popular Democrático		Rafael Cox Alomar • FEC H2PR00065; 27 Feb 12; Tot $86,412; Dsb $49,792
	Partido Popular Democrático; (Democratic)		Puerto Rico Representante Héctor J. Ferrer Ríos • 12 July 2011: Filed with the FEC as a Democrat. • FEC H2PR00057; 31 Dec 11; Tot $66,371; Dsb $63,305

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 2 candidates
	• Republican
Other Third Parties
	• Movimiento Unión Soberanista
	• Partido Independentista Puertoriqueño: 2 candidates
	• Partido Nuevo Progresista: 2 incumbents, 1 candidate
	• Partido Popular Democrático: 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Not readily classifiable
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Election Authority
	• Commonwealth Elections Commission of Puerto Rico / Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico
	• Gobierno de Puerto Rico
	• Puerto Rico Electoral Code (in Spanish) (doc format)
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• Puerto Rico Government
Democratic
	• Partido Popular Democrático (Popular Democratic Party, Official site)
	• Puerto Rico Democratic Party
	• Puerto Rico Democratic Party; American Airlines Bldg.; 1509 Lopez Landron St., 10th Fl.; San Juan, PR 00911; 787-721-6010
Republican
	• El Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico
Third Party
	• Bandera Roja en Línea
	• Movimiento Unión Soberanista (�Porque el Pa�s con el que sue�as es posible!)
	• Partido Independentista Puertoriqueño (Puerto Rican Independence Party - English)
	• Partido Independentista Puertoriqueño (Puerto Rican Independence Party - Spanish)
	• Partido Nuevo Progresista (Puerto Rican New Progressive Party)
	• Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP, New Progressive Party)
Media & others
	• Caribbean Business
	• Claridad
	• DC's Political Report - Puerto Rico
	• El Boricua
	• El Nuevo Día
	• El Nuevo Día - Política
	• El Vocero de Puerto Rico
	• Elecciones en Puerto Rico (Español)
	• Elections in Puerto Rico (English)
	• politicaboricua "El Portal de la Política Boricua y Mucho Más!" (Puerto Rico Top Politics Resource on the Web)
	• Political Resources on the Net - Puerto Rico
	• Politics1.com - Puerto Rico
	• Primera Hora
	• Puerto Rico Herald
	• Puerto Rico Wow!
	• RedBetances
	• Semanario El Expresso de Puerto Rico
	• starMedia USA
	• U.S. Council for Puerto Rican Statehood
	• Univision
	• VotoIntelligente
	• WAPA AM - San Juan
	• WAPA TV - San Juan