24th Senate of Puerto Rico

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).

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
Parties represented  PNP
  PPD
Length of term4 years
Elections
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
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The body is counterparted by the 28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the lower house.

Leadership

PositionNamePartyDistrict
President of the SenateThomas Rivera SchatzPNPAt-Large
President pro TemporeMargarita Nolasco SantiagoPNPAt-Large
Majority LeaderLarry Seilhamer RodríguezPNPV
Majority WhipLuz Arce FerrerPNPAt-large
Minority LeaderJosé Luis DalmauPPDAt-Large
Minority WhipEduardo BhatiaPPDAt-Large

Members

Summary

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

DistrictNameParty
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 FerrerPNP
Eduardo BhatiaPPD
Norma BurgosPNP
José Luis DalmauPPD
Antonio Fas AlzamoraPPD
Alejandro García PadillaPPD
Sila María González CalderónPPD
Juan Eugenio Hernández MayoralPPD
Margarita Nolasco SantiagoPNP
Angel Rodríguez OteroPPD
Itzamar Peña RamírezPNP
Thomas Rivera SchatzPNP
Melinda Romero DonnellyPNP
Cirilo Tirado RiveraPPD
Jorge Suárez CáceresPPD
Party Pre-election
seats
District
votes
District
seats
% of
votes
At-large
votes
At-large
seats
% of
votes
+/- Total
New Progressive 17 1,887,968 11 52.72 913,907 6 48.4 +5 22
Popular Democratic 9 1,535,545 5 42.88 818,770 4 43.4 -4 5
Puerto Rican Independence 1 76,555 0 2.14 82,577 1 4.41 0 0
Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico 0 79,386 0 2.21 37,457 0 2.92 0 0
Independent 0 - 0 0.0 16,269 0 0.87 0 0
Other parties 0 1,572 0 0.0 549 0 0.00 0 0
 Total 27 3,581,026 16 1,869,529 11 27

References

  1. New Progressive Roberto Arango (District I) resigned
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