23rd Senate of Puerto Rico

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).

23rd Senate of Puerto Rico
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
Non-officers
Structure
Seats	27 voting members
Parties represented	PNP PPD PIP
Elections
Legislature
15th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Lower house
27th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Sessions
1st January 14, 2005 – January 12, 2006 2nd January 13, 2006 – January 11, 2007 3rd January 12, 2007 – January 10, 2008 4th January 11, 2008 – January 1, 2009 {{{session5}}} {{{session5start}}} – {{{session5end}}} {{{session6}}} {{{session6start}}} – {{{session6end}}} {{{session7}}} {{{session7start}}} – {{{session7end}}} {{{session8}}} {{{session8start}}} – {{{session8end}}}
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The body is counterparted by the 27th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the lower house.

Leadership

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

Membership

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

 Summary of the November 2, 2004 Puerto Rico Senate election results

Parties		District Votes	District %	District Seats	At Large Votes	At Large %	At Large Seats	Total
	New Progressive Party (Partido Nuevo Progresista)	1,845,204	48.6	11	845,228	44.3	6	17
	Popular Democratic Party (Partido Popular Democrático)	1,768,374	46.6	5	767,626	40.3	4	9
	Puerto Rican Independence Party (Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño)	160,632	4.2	0	178,541	9.4	1	1
	Independent Movement of the Eastern Region (Movimiento Independiente Region Este)	2,936	0.1	0	-	-	-	-
	Independent	-	-	-	97,673	5.1	0	-
	Others	826	0.0	0	297	0.0	0	-
Total (turnout 81.7 %)		3,777,972	100.0	16	1,889,365	100.0	11	27
Blank and Null Votes		17,245	0.4	-	17,245	0.7	-	-
Total votes cast		3,795,217	-	-	1,906,610	-	-	-
Source: (in Spanish) Elections Puerto Rico

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