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Republican Party of Puerto Rico Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico | |
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| Chairperson | Angel M. Cintrón |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Headquarters | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Ideology | Conservatism Puerto Rican statehood |
| Political position | Center-right toright-wing |
| National affiliation | Republican Party[a] |
| Colors | Red |
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TheRepublican Party of Puerto Rico (Spanish:Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico) is the local affiliate of the nationalUnited States Republican Party inPuerto Rico. The affiliation started in 1903.[1] The party does not participate in the November elections mandated by the Constitution of Puerto Rico for local registered political parties because it is not a registered party in Puerto Rico for local electoral purposes.[2] Instead, the party holds its own elections to select the Puerto Rico delegates to theRepublican National Convention and holdspresidential primaries on the last Sunday of February.[b]
The Republican Party of Puerto Rico's ideology supportsstatehood for Puerto Rico. The local affiliate is based inSan Juan, Puerto Rico.
The origin of the Republican Party of Puerto Rico can be traced to the aftermath of theSpanish–American War. Once the Spanish–American War came to an end in 1898, Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States. At that point, the former Spanish colonial-era parties that existed in Puerto Rico were forced to redefine themselves given the new political reality created by the change in sovereignty. On July 4, 1899, the dissenting wing of one of such parties, the Partido Autonomista (Autonomist Party), which had just formedPartido Autonomista Ortodoxo in 1897, founded a party with an ideology of annexation to the United States and called it Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico (Republican Party of Puerto Rico). This new party favored joining the United States as a federated state and was led byJosé Celso Barbosa. In 1903 the Republican Party of Puerto Rico affiliated itself with the U.S. Republican Party.
In 1924 Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico split into two factions: one faction joined with theUnion Party to form theAlianza (The Alliance), a pro-autonomy group, and the other faction, renamed itselfPartido Republicano Puro (Pure Republican Party) and joined with theSocialist Party to form the pro-statehoodCoalición (The Coalition).[3] The 1924 split brought Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico to an end,[4] andCoalición became the de facto pro-statehood ideology.
The Republican Party of Puerto Rico believes in equal and full citizenship rights for U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico, and that this can only be achieved through statehood for Puerto Rico.
| Candidates | Recent positions | Logo | Island delegates | Popular vote | Senatorial districts |
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.jpg) Donald Trump | Chairman ofThe Trump Organization (1971–2017) |  | 0 | 5,052 (13.1%)[5] | None |
 Ted Cruz | U.S. Senator fromTexas (2013–present) |  | 0 | 3,340 (8.6%)[5] | None |
 Marco Rubio | U.S. Senator fromFlorida (2011–2025) |  | 20 Delegates | 27,485 (71.0%)[5] | All 8 districts |
| Other Candidates | 0 | 1,356 total votes | None | ||
| Official Result byPuerto Rico's State Election Commission | |||||
