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The 2008 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election took place on November 4 2008 as part of the Puerto Rican general elections. It coincided with the 2008 United States general elections. Then-incumbent governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Democratic PPD was eligible for reelection and ran for a second four-year term. His opponent Luis Fortuño Republican and PNP Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico defeated him.