By The Star Staff
While the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) lost the gubernatorial race, it won in 45 towns, following changes in at least six municipalities.
The incumbents in at least six towns lost to their challengers, a trend that helped the PDP.
As expected, the municipality of San Sebastián went to the PDP after Mayor Javier Jiménez Pérez became the Dignity Project’s gubernatorial candidate. San Sebastián opted to support Eladio Cardona Quiles of the PDP as mayor, a significant change after two decades.
In Ciales, the PDP candidate, Jesús Resto Rivera, defeated the New Progressive Party (NPP) incumbent, Alexander Burgos Otero. The victory was the first for the PDP since 2012.
Humacao, meanwhile, went back to becoming a PDP bastion.
After the death of mayor Marcelo Trujillo Panisse, the town went with Reinaldo Vargas Rodríguez of the NPP in the 2020 election. He was convicted of corruption.
In Tuesday’s election, the seat went to Trujillo Panisse’s daughter, Rosamar Trujillo Plumey.
NPP candidate Danny Santiago Nuñez won the mayor’s seat in Villalba.
In 2020, the people of Maunabo voted to remove the PDP mayor, Jorge Luis Márquez Pérez, in favor of Ángel Omar Lafuente Amaro of the NPP.
However, Márquez is back to lead city hall after Tuesday’s vote.
The people of Moca also changed their mayor, as it looks like the PDP candidate, Efraín Barreto Barreto, was on Wednesday to defeat Ángel “Beto” Pérez Rodríguez of the NPP. The numbers were not final at press time.
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