Outside of San Juan, mayor’s races in cities, larger towns were not close
- The San Juan Daily Star
- Nov 8, 2024
- 1 min read
By The Star Staff
In the race for mayor of San Juan, incumbent Miguel Romero Lugo of the New Progressive Party (NPP) outpolled Manuel Natal Albelo of the Citizen Victory Movement, 51,108 votes to 45,836. The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, former Tourism Company director Terestella González Denton, was third with 11,502 votes. Maidalys Irizarry Viegas of the Dignity Project had 2,327 votes, and independent candidate José Vargas brought up the rear with 285 votes.
Other outcomes in mayoral elections in the island’s major urban centers and larger towns amounted to blowouts.
In Bayamón, six-term mayor Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz of the NPP was the runaway winner over PDP challenger Morgan Alejandro Cordero Calderón, 45,523 to 7,354.
In Guaynabo, NPP incumbent mayor Edward A. O’Neill Rosa handily defeated PDP challenger Ernesto Cabrera Fuentes, 19,882 to 6,364.
In Caguas, incumbent mayor William Miranda Torres of the PDP easily turned back a challenge by Roberto López Román of the NPP, 22,657 to 13,480.
In Carolina, PDP incumbent mayor José Carlos Aponte Dalmau was the clear-cut winner over NPP candidate Humberto Cobo Estrella, 26,873 to 10,867.
In Arecibo, PDP incumbent mayor Carlos Rubén “Tito” Ramírez Irizarry turned back a challenge from former lawmaker José “Memo” González Mercado of the NPP, 17,241 to 10,188.
In Ponce, interim mayor Marlese Sifre Rodríguez of the PDP trounced NPP challenger Pablo Colón Santiago, 29,799 to 8,913.
In Mayagüez, PDP candidate Jorge Luis Márquez Pérez was a lopsided winner over former senator Evelyn Vázquez Nieves of the NPP, 13,344 to 4,253.
It was not clear at press time whether any of the aforementioned vote counts posted by the State Elections Commission were complete.
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