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In 2016, the Carolina VIII Senate Primary saw three notable candidates, HD-38 Representative Eric Correa and Loíza Municipal Legislative leader Nayda Venegaz beat back former HD-39 rep & 2008 Carolina Mayoral candidate Epi Jiménez and a slew other candidartes to win the PNP nomination for usually PNP district.
Since 1988, Carolina VIII has only PPD three times, in the PPD's 2000 & 2012 wins, while it split it's delegation in 2020 with Javier Aponte Dalmau (who unsat Eric Correa in HD-38)in 2012) and Marrisita Jímenez in 2020.
As a result, due to the Commanding PNP environment, both would enter the legislature with a combined 5% margin over the PPD incumbents Pedro Rodriguez and Luis Rivera.
However, before this, the primary was a contest of home region advantage, with Venegas, Correa, and Jímenez all performing best in their home regions, Venegas in Loíza and the west of the seat, Correa in Southern Carolina and Trujillo Alto (where he represented)
and Jiménez in Northern Carolina (the Barrios of Cangrejo Arriba and Sabana Abajo) which he represented between 1994-2009..
Looking at the results without Eric Correa—who dominated throughout the seat due to broad support—we find an east/west split with the western sections of the district suporting home town boy Jiménez, and the east suporting Venegas.
Nayda Venegas would become an incredibly controvercial and conservative Senator, barely renominated in 2020, and losing the reelection to the aforementioned Javier Aponte Dalmau
Eric Correa would retire to run for the Mayoralty of Trujillo Alto, losing it to now arrested PPD incumbent José Luis Cruz by 9%.
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