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24th Senate of Puerto Rico

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24th Senate of Puerto Rico
In session
January 2, 2009 – January 1, 2013
Leadership
PresidentThomas Rivera Schatz
President pro temMargarita Nolasco
Majority LeaderLarry Seilhamer
Majority WhipLucy Arce
Minority LeaderJosé Luis Dalmau
Minority WhipEduardo Bhatia
Non-officers
SecretaryBrunilda Ortíz
Sergeant-at-ArmsBilly Sánchez
Structure
Seats31 voting members
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Parties represented  PNP
  PPD
Length of term4 years
Legislature
16th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Lower house
28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Sessions
1stJanuary 14, 2009 – January 12, 2010
2ndJanuary 13, 2010 – January 11, 2011
3rdJanuary 12, 2011 – January 10, 2012
4thJanuary 11, 2012 – January 1, 2013
← 23rd
25th →

The 24th Senate of Puerto Rico was the upper house of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico that met from January 2, 2009, to January 1, 2013. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2008. The Senate had a majority of members from the New Progressive Party (PNP).

The body is counterparted by the 28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the lower house.

Leadership

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Position Name Party District
President of the Senate Thomas Rivera Schatz PNP At-Large
President pro Tempore Margarita Nolasco Santiago PNP At-Large
Majority Leader Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez PNP V
Majority Whip Luz Arce Ferrer PNP At-large
Minority Leader José Luis Dalmau PPD At-Large
Minority Whip Eduardo Bhatia PPD At-Large

Members

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Summary

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Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
PNP PPD Ind Vacant
End of previous legislature 17 9 1 27 0
Begin 22 8 0 31 0
January 28, 2012[1] 20 28 3
Latest voting share 72.4% 27.6%

Membership

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District Name Party
I - San Juan Liza Fernández Rodríguez PNP
Kimmey Raschke Martínez PNP
II - Bayamón Migdalia Padilla Alvelo PNP
Carmelo Ríos Santiago PNP
III - Arecibo José Emilio González Velázquez PNP
Angel Martínez Santiago PNP
IV - Mayagüez-Aguadilla Luis Daniel Muñiz Cortes PNP
Evelyn Vázquez Nieves PNP
V - Ponce Luis A. Berdiel Rivera PNP
Larry Seilhamer Rodriguez PNP
VI - Guayama Miguel Rodríguez PNP
Carlos J. Torres Torres PNP
VII - Humacao José R. Díaz Hernández PNP
Luz M. Santiago Gonzalez PNP
VIII - Carolina Roger Iglesias PNP
Lornna Soto Villanueva PNP
At-Large Luz Arce Ferrer PNP
Eduardo Bhatia PPD
Norma Burgos PNP
José Luis Dalmau PPD
Antonio Fas Alzamora PPD
Alejandro García Padilla PPD
Sila María González Calderón PPD
Juan Eugenio Hernández Mayoral PPD
Margarita Nolasco Santiago PNP
Angel Rodríguez Otero PPD
Itzamar Peña Ramírez PNP
Thomas Rivera Schatz PNP
Melinda Romero Donnelly PNP
Cirilo Tirado Rivera PPD
Jorge Suárez Cáceres PPD
PartyAt-largeDistrictTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
New Progressive Party886,19648.1261,887,96851.201622
Popular Democratic Party803,41543.6391,632,54544.2809
Puerto Rican Independence Party90,1714.90080,9202.1900
Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party38,1032.07084,4372.2900
Other parties4120.0201,2240.0300
Independents23,1581.2600
Total1,841,455100.00153,687,094100.001631
Valid votes1,841,45598.95
Invalid votes8,4280.45
Blank votes11,0550.59
Total votes1,860,938100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,458,03675.71
Source: Puerto Rico Election Archive

References

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  1. ^ New Progressive Roberto Arango (District I) resigned [1]