List of Latino Republicans

The following is an alphabetically ordered list of famous Latino members of the United States Republican Party, past and present.

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A

• Carlos Alvarez (former Mayor of Miami-Dade County, FL)
• Robert C. Asseo (Human Rights Commissioner-Florence, KY)

B

• 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, son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush)

C

• Anna Escobedo Cabral (former U.S. Treasurer)
• Francisco Canseco (U.S. Congressman from Texas)
• Rachel Campos-Duffy (former castmate on Real World:San Francisco)
• Alex Castellanos (Republican media consultant)
• Linda Chavez (political pundit, author)
• Jorge Luis Córdova (former Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress)
• Mike Curb (musician, record company executive, former Lieutenant Governor of California)
• Alicia Colon (Op-ed Columnist, author, artist)

D

• 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)
• Alex Diaz de la Portilla (Florida State Senator)

E

• Gloria Estefan (singer and songwriter)
• Emilio Estefan (musician and songwriter)
• Miguel Estrada (attorney)
• Tibi Ellis (political strategist and advocate)

F

• Ben Fernandez (political activist, first Hispanic presidential candidate)
• Luis A. Ferré (former Governor of Puerto Rico)
• Anitere Flores (Florida State Representative)
• Bill Flores (U.S. Congressman from Texas)
• Luis Fortuño (Governor of Puerto Rico)
• Jeff Frederick (first Hispanic elected to Virginia government, former Chairman of Republican Party of Virginia)

G

• Andy García (actor)
• Bonnie Garcia (former California State Assemblywoman)
• 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)
• Alberto Gonzales (80th United States Attorney General)
• Jenniffer González (Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives)
• Carlos Gutierrez (former Secretary of Commerce)
• Lino Gutierrez (former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina)

H

• Jaime Herrera (U.S. Congresswoman from Washington State)

I

• none registered

J

• Tirso del Junco (former chair, California Republican Party and former chair, Republican National Hispanic Assembly)

K

• none registered

L

• Raúl Labrador (U.S. Congressman from Idaho)
• Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (first Hispanic U.S. Senator)
• Marcelo Llorente (Florida State Representative)
• Carlos Lopez-Cantera (Florida State Representative)
• Pete Lopez (New York State Assemblyman)
• Manuel Lujan, Jr. (former U.S. Congressman and Secretary of the Interior)

M

• 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)
• Bob Martinez (former Florida Governor)
• 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 (Maryland state senator and Chairman of the Maryland Republican Party)
• Barbara Calandra Moore (former U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua)
• Roy Morales (former Houston Mayoral candidate, former U.S. Congressional candidate)
• Tito Muñoz AKA Tito the Builder, campaign activist of John McCain's presidential campaign in 2008
• Elsa Murano (former undersecretary for food safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture)

N

• 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)

O

• Katherine D. Ortega (former U.S. Treasurer)

P

• Bob Pacheco (former California State Assemblyman)
• Rod Pacheco (former California State Assemblyman)
• Romualdo Pacheco (first Hispanic U.S. Congressman and California Governor)

Q

• John Quinones (former Florida State Representative, Osceola County Commissioner)

R

• David Rivera (U.S. Congressman from Florida and former Florida state Representative)
• Lionel Rivera (Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado)
• Luis Rivera Businessman, Government, Chairman Political Committees, Radio Shows, TV Show, Horse Racing
• Thomas Rivera Schatz (President of the Puerto Rico Senate)
• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (U.S. Congresswoman from Florida, first Latina in Congress)
• Marco Rubio (U.S. Senator from Florida and former Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives)

S

• 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)
• Jorge Santini (Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico)
• Jon Secada (singer and songwriter)

Camille Q. Solberg (Hispanic Conservative Political Activist,Columnist)

U

• none registered

V

• Jaci Velasquez (singer)

W

• none registered

X

• none registered

Y

• none registered

Z

• none registered

See also

• Congressional Hispanic Conference
• List of Latin Americans
• Republican National Hispanic Assembly
• List of Black Republicans

External links

• Linda Chavez- conservative, political news blog
• Fluent Strategy Group, LLC- Hispanic Republican marketing and consulting firm
• The Latino Republican Forum- online community
• Los Republicanos by Leslie Sanchez- book website
• Republican National Hispanic Assembly
• Impacto Group, LLC- Hispanic Republican marketing and consulting firm