Reinaldo Vargas Rodríguez

Reinaldo Vargas Rodríguez

New Progressive Party

Prior offices

Puerto Rico House of Representatives District 35

Successor: Sol Higgins

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Mayor of Humacao

Successor: Julio Geigel

Predecessor: Luis Raul Sanchez

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Reinaldo Vargas Rodríguez (New Progressive Party) (also known as Rey) was the Mayor of Humacao in Puerto Rico. He assumed office on January 11, 2021. He left office in 2022.

Vargas Rodríguez (New Progressive Party) ran for election for Mayor of Humacao in Puerto Rico. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Mayoral election in Humacao, Puerto Rico (2020)

General election

General election for Mayor of Humacao

Reinaldo Vargas Rodríguez defeated incumbent Luis Raul Sanchez and Loubriel Cruz Guzmán in the general election for Mayor of Humacao on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Reinaldo Vargas Rodríguez (New Progressive Party)	48.5	9,270
	Submit photo	Luis Raul Sanchez (Popular Democratic Party)	44.8	8,575
	Submit photo	Loubriel Cruz Guzmán (Puerto Rican Independence Party)	6.5	1,241
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	47

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,133
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New Progressive Party primary election

New Progressive Party primary for Mayor of Humacao

Reinaldo Vargas Rodríguez defeated Julio Geigel in the New Progressive Party primary for Mayor of Humacao on August 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Reinaldo Vargas Rodríguez	69.9	3,204
	Submit photo	Julio Geigel	30.1	1,377

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,581
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Popular Democratic Party primary election

The Popular Democratic Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Luis Raul Sanchez advanced from the Popular Democratic Party primary for Mayor of Humacao.

Campaign themes

2020

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See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Reinaldo Vargas Rodríguez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Noteworthy events

2022 Federal corruption charges

In May 2022, Rodriguez was arrested on federal corruption charges. He resigned from his role as mayor shortly after. On August 22, 2023, he was sentenced to three years and one month in prison.

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