23rd Senate of Puerto Rico
| 23rd Senate of Puerto Rico | |||||||||
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| In session | |||||||||
| January 2, 2005 – January 1, 2009 | |||||||||
| Leadership | |||||||||
| President | Kenneth McClintock | ||||||||
| President pro tem | Orlando Parga | ||||||||
| Majority Leader | Margarita Nolasco | ||||||||
| Majority Whip | Carlos Pagán | ||||||||
| Minority Leader | José Luis Dalmau | ||||||||
| Minority Whip | Sila Mari González | ||||||||
| Structure | |||||||||
| Seats | 27 voting members | ||||||||
| Parties represented | PNP PPD PIP | ||||||||
| Legislature | |||||||||
| 15th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico | |||||||||
| Lower house | |||||||||
| 27th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico | |||||||||
| Sessions | |||||||||
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The 23rd Senate of Puerto Rico was the upper house of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico that met from January 2, 2005, to January 1, 2009. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2004. The Senate had a majority of members from the New Progressive Party (PNP).
The body is counterparted by the 27th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the lower house.
Leadership
[edit]| Position | Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|---|
| President of the Senate | Kenneth McClintock | PNP | At-Large |
| President pro Tempore | Orlando Parga Figueroa | PNP | At-Large |
| Majority Leader | Margarita Nolasco | PNP | VI |
| Majority Whip | Carlos Pagán | PNP | IV |
| Minority Leader | José Luis Dalmau | PPD | VII |
| Minority Whip | Sila Mari González | PPD | At-Large |
Members
[edit]Membership
[edit]| District | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| I – San Juan | Roberto Arango | PNP |
| Carlos Díaz | PNP | |
| II – Bayamón | Migdalia Padilla Alvelo | PNP |
| Carmelo Ríos Santiago | PNP | |
| III – Arecibo | José Emilio González Velázquez | PNP |
| Pedro Rossello | PNP | |
| IV – Mayagüez-Aguadilla | Luis Daniel Muñiz Cortes | PNP |
| Carlos Pagán | PNP | |
| V – Ponce | Modesto Agosto Alicea | PPD |
| Bruno Ramos | PPD | |
| VI – Guayama | Margarita Nolasco | PNP |
| Cirilo Tirado Rivera | PPD | |
| VII – Humacao | José Luis Dalmau | PPD |
| Sixto Hernández Serrano | PPD | |
| VIII – Carolina | Héctor Martínez Maldonado | PNP |
| Lornna Soto Villanueva | PNP | |
| At-Large | Luz Arce Ferrer | PNP |
| Eudaldo Báez Galib | PPD | |
| Norma Burgos | PNP | |
| Jorge De Castro Font | PNP | |
| Antonio Fas Alzamora | PPD | |
| José Garriga Picó | PNP | |
| Sila María González Calderón | PPD | |
| Juan Eugenio Hernández Mayoral | PPD | |
| Kenneth McClintock | PNP | |
| Orlando Parga Figueroa | PNP | |
| María de Lourdes Santiago | PIP |
| Party | At-large | District | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| New Progressive Party | 845,228 | 44.74 | 6 | 1,845,204 | 48.84 | 11 | 17 | |
| Popular Democratic Party | 767,626 | 40.63 | 4 | 1,768,374 | 46.81 | 5 | 9 | |
| Puerto Rican Independence Party | 178,541 | 9.45 | 1 | 160,632 | 4.25 | 0 | 1 | |
| Independent Movement of the Eastern Region | 2,936 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Other parties | 297 | 0.02 | 0 | 826 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 97,673 | 5.17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1,889,365 | 100.00 | 11 | 3,777,972 | 100.00 | 16 | 27 | |
| Valid votes | 1,889,365 | 99.10 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 5,318 | 0.28 | ||||||
| Blank votes | 11,927 | 0.63 | ||||||
| Total votes | 1,906,610 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,440,131 | 78.14 | ||||||
| Source: Puerto Rico Election Archive | ||||||||