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Meldwin Rivera Rodríguez
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2025 - Present
2029
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Meldwin Rivera Rodríguez (New Progressive Party) is the Mayor of Santa Isabel in Puerto Rico. He assumed office on January 13, 2025. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Rivera Rodríguez (New Progressive Party) ran for election for Mayor of Santa Isabel in Puerto Rico. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico (2024)
General election
General election for Mayor of Santa Isabel
Meldwin Rivera Rodríguez defeated incumbent Rafael Burgos Santiago and Fermín Candelario in the general election for Mayor of Santa Isabel on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Meldwin Rivera Rodríguez (New Progressive Party) | 49.4 | 5,031 | |
| Rafael Burgos Santiago (Popular Democratic Party) | 47.5 | 4,835 | ||
| Fermín Candelario (Puerto Rican Independence Party) | 3.2 | 321 | ||
| Total votes: 10,187 | |||
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New Progressive Party primary election
New Progressive Party primary for Mayor of Santa Isabel
Meldwin Rivera Rodríguez defeated Ramón Luna and Eduardo De Jesús De Jesús in the New Progressive Party primary for Mayor of Santa Isabel on June 2, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Meldwin Rivera Rodríguez | 56.1 | 2,280 | |
| Ramón Luna | 43.7 | 1,776 | ||
| Eduardo De Jesús De Jesús | 0.1 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 4,062 | |||
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Popular Democratic Party primary election
Popular Democratic Party primary for Mayor of Santa Isabel
Incumbent Rafael Burgos Santiago defeated Angel Torres in the Popular Democratic Party primary for Mayor of Santa Isabel on June 2, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rafael Burgos Santiago | 88.7 | 1,584 | |
| Angel Torres | 11.3 | 201 | ||
| Total votes: 1,785 | |||
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Puerto Rican Independence Party primary election
The Puerto Rican Independence Party primary election was canceled. Fermín Candelario advanced from the Puerto Rican Independence Party primary for Mayor of Santa Isabel.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rivera Rodríguez in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Meldwin Rivera Rodríguez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Mayor of Santa Isabel |
Footnotes
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| Preceded by Rafael Burgos Santiago |
Mayor of Santa Isabel 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
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