The Partido Reformista Social Cristiano left the registration of its candidates to the congressional and municipal election of 16 May for the last minute. At 12:05 in the morning of 17 March, minutes after the midnight deadline, the party let it be known that Miguel Sanz, who won the primaries for mayor of Santo Domingo, would be the first deputy of the party. President Joaquín Balaguer, the PRSC party leader, asked Corporán de los Santos to run for mayor. Another of the surprises was that José Osvaldo Leger, who had left the party to campaign for José Francisco Peña Gómez in the 1996 presidential election, was back in the party running for senator for San Cristóbal, replacing Victor Hugo (Tito) Hernandez, present senator who had aspired to a re-election. Hernández is under investigation for corruption. Candidates for aldermen are: Alexandra Izquierdo, Gregory Caimares, Miguel Franjul, Victor Arambole, George Rodríguez, Chany García, Gerardo Bogaert Marra, Nelson Tibies Burgos, Barón Suncar Mella, Carlos Batista Matos, Gerardo Antonio Tamayo, Antonio Bienvenido Baez, Joseito Mateo, Norma García, Julio González and Danilo Domínguez, among others. The candidates for deputies are: Miguel Sanz Jiminián, Hector Marte, Emidio Mercedes, Luis Emilio Reyes, Leonardo Matos Berrido, Anibal Páez, Gilberto López, Andrés Vanderhorst, Milagro Diaz, Victor (Ito) Bisonó, Virgilio Alvarez Bonilla, Bienvenida Rodríguez and Maribel Gassó. Candidates for senators are: Alexis Joaquín Castillo for Santo Domingo; Eduardo Estrella, Santiago; Nassin Serrat, Independencia; Angela Rafael Alvarez, Duarte; Eliseo Francisco (Cheo) Zorrilla, Bahoruco; Rafael Octavio Silverio, Puerto Plata; Cesar Arturo Abreu Fernández; La Vega; Amable Aristy Castro; Altagracia Miguel Berroa, Hato Mayor; Julio de Beras, Seibo; Carlos David Marte; Espaillat; Luis Toral, Barahona; Antonio Feliz Pérez, Pedernales; Jose Hazim, San Pedro de Macorís; Rodolfo Rincón Martínez, Sánchez Ramírez; Rogelio Betances, San Juan; Hector Rodríguez, Monte Cristi; Jose Osvaldo Leger, San Cristal; Juan Bautista Rojas Tabar, Salcedo; Jose Taveras Rodríguez, Valverde; Evy Espaillat, María Trinidad Sánchez; Salvador Gómez Gil, Monseñor Nouel; Alberto Guilamo, Monte Plata; Enrique Pujols, Samaná; Juan Rafael Peralta, Santiago Rodríguez; Roberto Santana, Peravia; Fernando Villalona, Dajabón; Pedro María Pérez Rossó, Azua; Frank Martínez, La Romana; Florentino Carvajal Suero, Elías Piña.
