List of Latino Republicans
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The following is an alphabetically ordered list of notable Latino members of the United States Republican Party, past and present.
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- Alexander Acosta (Former United States Secretary of Labor, former United States Attorney)
- Dante Acosta (California State Assembly)
- Carlos Alvarez (mayor of Miami-Dade County)
- Bryan Avila (Florida State Representative)
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- 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)
- Bruno Barreiro (Florida House of Representatives)
- Gustavo Barreiro (Florida State Representative)
- Hector Barreto (former SBA Administrator)
- 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)
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- Anna Escobedo Cabral (former U.S. Treasurer)
- Rachel Campos-Duffy (former castmate on Real World: San Francisco, wife of former Republican U.S. Representative Sean Duffy)
- Francisco Canseco (former U.S. Congressman from Texas)
- Al Cardenas (former American Conservative Union chairman)
- Carlos Cascos (former Texas Secretary of State)
- Alex Castellanos (Republican media consultant)
- Linda Chavez (political pundit, author)
- Rocky Chavez (California State Assembly)
- Jorge Luis Córdova (former Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress)
- Bob Cortes (Florida state representative)
- Page Cortez (Louisiana State Senator; former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives)
- Ted Cruz (U.S. Senator from Texas, former Texas Solicitor General)
- Mike Curb (musician, record company executive, former Lieutenant Governor of California)
- Carlos Curbelo (former 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)
- José Félix Díaz (Florida State Representative)
- Manny Díaz Jr. (Florida State Senator)
- Lincoln Díaz-Balart (former U.S. Congressman from Florida)
- Mario Díaz-Balart (U.S. Congressman from Florida)
- Miguel Díaz de la Portilla (Florida State Senator)
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- Miguel Estrada (attorney; former federal judicial nominee)
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- Ben Fernandez (political activist, first Hispanic presidential candidate)
- Juan Fernandez-Barquin (Florida State Representative)
- Luis A. Ferré (former Governor of Puerto Rico)
- Anitere Flores (Florida State Senator)
- Bill Flores (U.S. Congressman from Texas)
- Pete Flores (Texas State Senator)
- 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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- Marilinda Garcia (current New Hampshire state legislator and candidate for the House of Representatives in 2014)
- Andy García (actor)
- Bianca Garcia (New Hampshire state legislature)
- Bonnie Garcia (former California State Assemblywoman and current candidate for California State Senate in 2014)
- Michael J. Garcia (Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York)
- Mike Garcia (U.S. Representative from California)
- 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)
- Carlos Giminez (Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida)
- Gabriel Gomez (Republican nominee for Senate in Massachusetts in the 2013 special election)
- Alberto Gonzales (80th United States Attorney General)
- Anthony Gonzalez (U.S. Representative from Ohio)
- Eduardo Gonzalez (Florida State Representative)
- Jenniffer González (Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives)
- Julio Gonzalez (Florida state representative)
- Carlos Gutierrez (former Secretary of Commerce)
- Lino Gutierrez (former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina)
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- Benigno C. Hernandez (Congressman from New Mexico)
- Juan Hernandez (Former George W. Bush advisor)
- Shane Hernandez (Michigan House of Representatives)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (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 (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 (EPA regional administrator; former New York State Assemblyman)
- Manuel Lujan, Jr. (former U.S. Congressman and Secretary of the Interior)
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- Abel Maldonado (former California state senator and Lieutenant Governor of California)
- Nicole Malliotakis (New York State Assemblymember; 2017 candidate for Mayor of New York City)
- Rosario Marin (former Treasurer of the United States)
- Bob Martinez (former Florida Governor)
- Matthew Martinez (US Representative from California)
- 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)
- Lea Márquez Peterson (Member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, Former candidate for congress)
- Jason Mattera (Human Events online editor, writer, and political commentator)
- Brian Mast (US Representative from Florida)
- Melissa Melendez (California State Representative)
- Nestor Montoya (Congressman from New Mexico)
- 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)
- Steve Montenegro (Arizona State Senator)
- Cathy Muñoz (Alaska State Representative)
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- Joe Negron (former Florida State Representative)
- Steve Negron (New Hampshire House of Representatives)
- Roger Noriega (former Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Representative to the OAS)
- Antonia Coello Novello (former U.S. Surgeon General)
- Clarice Navarro (Colorado State House District 47 Representative - Republican)
- Jeanette Nunez (Lieutenant Governor of Florida, Former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives)
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- Jose R. Oliva, Speaker of the Florida House
- 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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- Rolando Pablos (Texas Secretary of State)
- Bob Pacheco (former California State Assemblyman)
- Rod Pacheco (former California State Assemblyman)
- Romualdo Pacheco (first Mexican-American U.S. Congressman and first Hispanic Governor of the State of California)
- Daniel Perez (Florida State Representative)
- Juan-Carlos Planas (Florida State Representative)
- Rene Plasencia (Florida state representative)
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- John Quiñones (former Florida State Representative, Osceola County Commissioner)
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- Carlos Rendo (Mayor of Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, and 2017 candidate for Lieutenant Governor)
- Sean D. Reyes (current Utah Attorney General)
- Tomas Pedro Regalado (former Mayor of Miami)
- David Rivera (former U.S. Congressman from Florida, former Florida state Representative)
- Lionel Rivera (former Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado)
- Ramon Luis Rivera (former Mayor of Bayamon, Puerto Rico)
- Ramon Luis Rivera Jr. (Mayor of Bayamon, Puerto Rico)
- Thomas Rivera Schatz (President of the Puerto Rico Senate)
- Julio Robaina (Florida State Representative)
- Ray Rodrigues (Florida State Representative)
- Ana Rodriguez (Florida State Representative)
- Anthony Rodriguez (Florida State Representative)
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (former U.S. Congresswoman from Florida, Chair House Subcommittee on The Middle East and North Africa, former Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, first Cuban-American woman in Congress)
- Marco Rubio (U.S. Senator from Florida, former Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives)
- George Rivera (former Colorado State Senator)
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- Felix Sabates (businessman and philanthropist)
- Maria Salazar (Television personality and Florida Congressional candidate)
- Tim Salazar (Wyoming State Representative)
- John Sanchez (former Lieutenant Governor, state representative and gubernatorial nominee in New Mexico)
- Leslie Sanchez (political pundit)
- Orlando Sanchez (Treasurer of Harris County, Texas)
- Brian Sandoval (former Governor of Nevada, U.S. Attorney and Nevada Attorney General)
- Evelyn Sanguinetti (former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois)
- Jorge Santini (former Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico)
- David Santiago (Florida state representative)
- Jon Secada (singer and songwriter)
- Louis E. Sola (Commissioner of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission)
- Francis X. Suarez, Mayor of Miami
- Chris Sununu (Governor of New Hampshire)
- John E. Sununu (former United States Senator and Congressman from New Hampshire)
- John H. Sununu (former Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff)
- Libby Szabo (Colorado State Representative)
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- Carlos Trujillo, (Florida State Representative)
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- Jaci Velasquez (singer)
- Raul Danny Vargas (businessman, media commentator and political activist)
- Barbara Vucanovich (late U.S. Representative from Nevada; first Hispanic woman elected to Congress)
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See also
- Congressional Hispanic Conference
- List of American conservatives
- List of Latin Americans
- Republican National Hispanic Assembly