Puerto Rican general election, 2008

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General elections will be held in Puerto Rico on 4 November 2008.^[1]

[edit] Popular Democratic Party

Governor: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, incumbent Governor

Resident Commisioner: No candidacies announced yet

Mayor of San Juan: Roberto Prats, former At-Large Senator; Ferdinand Pérez Román, At-Large Representative

[edit] New Progressive Party

Governor: Luis Fortuño, Resident Commissioner (Congressman); Pedro Rosselló González, Arecibo Senator and former Governor

Resident Commisioner: Henry Newman, President of the Superior National Basketball league; Myriam Ramirez de Ferrer, Political activist

Mayor of San Juan: Roberto Arango Vinent, San Juan Senator; Jorge Santini Padilla, Mayor of San Juan and former San Juan Senator; Norma Burgos, Former Secretary of State and Senator at large

[edit] Puerto Rican Independence Party

Governor: Edwin Irizarri Mora, candidate for Resident Commisioner in 2004