List of Latino Republicans
The following is an alphabetically ordered list of notable Latino members of the United States Republican Party, past and present.
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Jose Aliseda (current District Attorney Bee, McMullen and Live Oak Counties; former State Representative, Texas and former Bee County Judge)
- Romana Acosta Bañuelos (former U.S. Treasurer, first Hispanic sub-cabinet official)
- José Celso Barbosa (medical doctor, sociologist, political leader, founder of Republican Party of Puerto Rico)
- Jon Barela (former Congressional candidate from New Mexico)
- Gustavo Barreiro (Florida State Representative)
- Hector Barreto (former SBA Administrator)
- Claudia Bermúdez (businesswoman and former GOP congressional nominee)
- Henry Bonilla (former U.S. Congressman from Texas)
- George P. Bush (attorney, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and former Mexican national Columba Garnica Gallo of Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico)
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Ted Cruz, Junior Senator from Texas
- Anna Escobedo Cabral (former U.S. Treasurer)
- Rachel Campos-Duffy (former castmate on Real World:San Francisco)
- Francisco Canseco (former U.S. Congressman from Texas)
- Al Cardenas (American Conservative Union chairman)
- Alex Castellanos (Republican media consultant)
- Linda Chavez (political pundit, author)
- Jorge Luis Córdova (former Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress)
- Ted Cruz (former Texas Solicitor General and U.S. Senator from Texas)
- Mike Curb (musician, record company executive, former Lieutenant Governor of California)
- Carlos Curbelo (U.S. Congressman from Florida)
- Baltasar Corrada del Río (former Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress)
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- Federico Degetau (first Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress)
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart (former U.S. Congressman from Florida)
- Mario Diaz-Balart (U.S. Congressman from Florida)
- Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (Florida State Senator)
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- Miguel Estrada (attorney)
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Luis Fortuño, 9th Governor of Puerto Rico
- Ben Fernandez (political activist, first Hispanic presidential candidate)
- Luis A. Ferré (former Governor of Puerto Rico)
- Anitere Flores (Florida State Senator)
- Bill Flores (U.S. Congressman from Texas)
- Luis Fortuño (former Governor of Puerto Rico)
- Jeff Frederick (first Hispanic elected to Virginia government, former Chairman of Republican Party of Virginia)
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Alberto Gonzales, 80th Attorney General
- Marilinda Garcia (current New Hampshire state legislator and current candidate for the House of Representatives in 2014)
- Andy García (actor)
- Bonnie Garcia (former California State Assemblywoman and current candidate for California State Senate in 2014)
- Michael J. Garcia (former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York)
- Rene Garcia (former Florida State Representative)
- Rudy Garcia (Florida State Senator)
- John Garza (Texas House of Representatives, District 117-San Antonio)
- Tony Garza (former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico)
- Gabriel Gomez (Republican nominee for Senate in Massachusetts in the 2013 special election)
- Alberto Gonzales (80th United States Attorney General)
- Jenniffer González (Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives)
- Lydia Gonzalez-D'Ross (Oklahoma Commissioner)
OCSW Appointed by Oklahoma Senate and former House of Representative Nominee Commissioner Lydia Gonzalez-D'Ross
- Carlos Gutierrez (former Secretary of Commerce)
- Lino Gutierrez (former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina)
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- Jaime Herrera (U.S. Congresswoman from Washington State)
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- Tirso del Junco (former chair, California Republican Party and former chair, Republican National Hispanic Assembly)
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Raúl Labrador, Congressman from Idaho's 1st District
- Raúl Labrador (U.S. Congressman from Idaho)
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (first Hispanic U.S. Senator)
- Eric Linder (California State Assemblyman)
- Carlos López-Cantera (Lieutenant Governor of Florida)
- Ed Lopez (National Vice Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus and National Committee Member, Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry)
- Ernesto Lopez (first Hispanic elected to the Delaware State Senate)
- Pete Lopez (New York State Assemblyman)
- Manuel Lujan, Jr. (former U.S. Congressman and Secretary of the Interior)
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Susana Martinez, 31st and current Governor of New Mexico
- Abel Maldonado (former California state senator and Lieutenant Governor of California)
- Nicole Malliotakis (New York State Assemblywoman)
- Rosario Marin (former Treasurer of the United States)
- Art Martinez de Vara (former Mayor of Von Ormy, Texas and Assistant General Counsel Republican Party of Texas)
- Bob Martinez (former Florida Governor)
- Jorge Martinez (political pundit, former DOJ press secretary)
- Mel Martinez (former U.S. Senator and former HUD Secretary)
- Susana Martinez (Governor of New Mexico and former District Attorney for New Mexico's 3rd Judicial district)
- Jason Mattera (Human Events online editor, writer, and political commentator)
- Alex X. Mooney (former Maryland state senator, former Chairman of the Maryland Republican Party and current Congressman from West Virginia)
- Barbara Calandra Moore (former U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua)
- Elsa Murano (former undersecretary for food safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture)
- Carlos Méndez Martínez (Puerto Rican politician and current Mayor of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)
- Miguel A. García Méndez (former Puerto Rican politician and statehood advocate)
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- Joe Negron (former Florida State Representative)
- Roger Noriega (former Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Representative to the OAS)
- Antonia Coello Novello (former U.S. Surgeon General)
- Clarice Navarro-Ratzlaff (Colorado State House District 47 Representative - Republican)
- Jerry Natividad Businessman, former Chairman, RNHA Colorado
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- Fernando Oaxaca (Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ford; one of five founders and the second president of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly)
- Katherine D. Ortega (former U.S. Treasurer)
- Adelina Otero-Warren (early 20th century New Mexico suffragist, public official and congressional candidate)
- Héctor O'Neill (Mayor of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico)
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- Bob Pacheco (former California State Assemblyman)
- Rod Pacheco (former California State Assemblyman)
- Romualdo Pacheco (first Hispanic U.S. Congressman and California Governor)
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- John Quinones (former Florida State Representative, Osceola County Commissioner)
Emilio Quintero (EGA)
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Marco Rubio, Junior Senator from Florida
- Sean D. Reyes(current Utah Attorney General)
- David Rivera (former U.S. Congressman from Florida and former Florida state Representative)
- Lionel Rivera (Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado)
- Luis Rivera (businessman, government, chairman of political committees, radio shows, TV show, horse racing)
- Ramon Luis Rivera (former Mayor of Bayamon, Puerto Rico)
- Ramon Luis Rivera Jr. (current Mayor of Bayamon, Puerto Rico)
- Thomas Rivera Schatz (former President of the Puerto Rico Senate)
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (U.S. Congresswoman from Florida, Chair House Subcommittee on The Middle East and North Africa, former Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, first Latina in Congress)
- Marco Rubio (U.S. Senator from Florida and former Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives)
- George Rivera (former Colorado State Senator, Senate District 3 - Republican)
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Brian Sandoval, 29th and current Governor of Nevada
- Felix Sabates (businessman and philanthropist)
- John Sanchez (Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico and former state representative and gubernatorial nominee in New Mexico)
- Leslie Sanchez (political pundit)
- Brian Sandoval (Governor of Nevada and former U.S. Attorney and Nevada Attorney General)
- Evelyn Sanguinetti (Lieutenant Governor of Illinois)
- Jorge Santini (former Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico)
- Jon Secada (singer and songwriter)
- Libby Szabo (Colorado State House District 27 Representative, Republican)
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- Jaci Velasquez (singer)
- Raul Danny Vargas (Businessman, Media Commentator and Political Activist)
- Massey Villarreal, Businessman, former National Chairman, Republican National Hispanic Assembly (RNHA)
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- none registered
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- Eleida Felix Yackel (Local Government - San Diego)
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- Javier Zabala (Georgia Business Man/Future Congressman)
See also
- Congressional Hispanic Conference
- List of Latin Americans
- Republican National Hispanic Assembly
- List of Black Republicans
References
External links
- Rich Valdes - GOP Pundit
- Brittney Morrett - Republican Latina activist
- Jose Fulengio - Conservative columnist
- Lydia Gonzalez-D'Ross - The Latina Roundtable Conservatives Voz
- National Hispanic Disaster Relief Network & Human Rights Advocate
- Hispanic Republican Blog
- Cafe Con Leche GOP
- The Libre Initiative
- Latino Republicans on Twitter
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