Leonel Fernández

President Leonel Fernandez swept to a third term

Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Santo Domingo.– President Leonel Fernandez declared victory early Saturday in the Dominican Republic's election and pledged to continue pushing forward economic projects that have helped pull the country out of a deep economic slump. Fernandez had 53.55 percent of the vote, or 1,992,290 votes out of the 3,679, 834 million counted as of Saturday morning, the Central Electoral Commission...

Election propels Dominican president to third term

Reuters (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - President Leonel Fernandez swept to a third term in the Dominican Republic, propelled back into office by what many see as his success in pulling the Caribbean country out of a deep economic slump.

Incumbent wins Dominican presidential election

USA Today (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

President Leonel Fernandez declared victory early Saturday in the Dominican Republic's national election and pledged to continue ...

Dominican leader sets sights on election win

OTB News (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

President Leonel Fernandez was leading the Dominican Republic's presidential election with more than 53 percent, an elections official said. Share This

Polls: DR president could be re-elected

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

Exit polls show President Leonel Fernandez could win a third term on Friday and capture enough votes to avoid a run-off.

• Polls show Dominican president leads election - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Dominican Republic Votes in Presidential Election

Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Voters in the Dominican Republic are casting ballots in a presidential race. Most opinion polls show President Leonel Fernandez with a strong lead going into the election. VOA’s Brian Wagner has this report from our regional bureau in Miami. Nearly six million voters are eligible to take part in the vote that would allow the Dominican [...]

Incumbent wins Dominican presidential election

OTB News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

President Leonel Fernandez declared victory early Saturday in the Dominican Republic's national election and pledged to continue … Share This

Dominican leader sets sight on election win

CNN (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

President Leonel Fernandez was leading the Dominican Republic's presidential election with more than 53 percent, an elections official said.

Dominican president 're-elected'

Al Jazeera (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Leonel Fernandez appears to have won his third term in office in the Caribbean nation.

• Dominicans vote in race tipped to favor incumbent - Alertnet
• Dominicans vote in race seen favoring incumbent - Alertnet

Dominicans go to the polls

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

President Leonel Fernandez was favored to win a third term on Friday, despite concerns over long-serving politicians in this Caribbean nation with a painful history of rule by strongmen.

Dominican president leads in vote count

OTB News (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Dominican President Leonel Fernandez, widely credited with pulling his Caribbean country out of a deep economic slump, appeared to be heading for a first round victory in an election on Friday, early results showed. Share This

Dominican president leads in vote count

worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Dominican President Leonel Fernandez, widely credited with pulling his Caribbean country out of a deep economic slump, appeared to be heading for a first round victory in an election on Friday, early results showed. Go to news source

Dominican ruling party declares election win

worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - The campaign of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez declared that he had won Friday's election in the first round, with enough votes to avoid a run-off. Go to news source

Polls show Dominican president leads election

OTB News (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Exit polls show that Dominican President Leonel Fernandez could secure a first-round electoral victory…. Share This

Dominican Republic president ahead in election count

Reuters (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Dominican President Leonel Fernandez took an early lead in the vote count after an election on Friday, with possibly enough votes to win a third term outright and avoid a runoff, the first official results showed.