primary. Nonetheless, incumbent mayor Ernesto Irizarry Salvá won his second term. Vega Alta Incumbent mayor Isabelo Molina Hernandez ran for a fourth consecutive term (and sixth non-consecutive term), won the PNP primary, but lost to PPD primary winner Oscar Santiago Martínez, ending 12 years of PNP control of the municipality. Vega Baja José Galán Rojas won the PNP primary. Nonetheless, incumbent mayor Marcos Cruz Molina won his second term. Vieques Evelyn Delerme Camacho won the PNP primary. Nonetheless, incumbent mayor Víctor Emeric Catarineau won his second term. Villalba Previous PPD mayor Waldemar Rivera Torres renounced to his post on January 13, 2013, before taking his oath for hid third term. Luis Hernández Ortiz was sworn in the very next day. While Melvin Vázquez Roche won the PNP primary, incumbent mayor Hernández Ortiz won his first full term in office. Yabucoa Incumbent mayor Rafael Surillo Ruiz won the PPD primary and his second term. Yauco Incumbent mayor Abel Nazario Quiñones decided not to run for a fifth term, choosing instead to run at-large for the Senate of Puerto Rico. Ángel Torres Ortiz won the PNP primary and the election. References General elections in Puerto Rico 2016 in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico November 2016 events in the United States 2016 Puerto Rico elections 2016 United States mayoral elections