1. History

2. Subsequent annexation parties

3. Ideology

4. Party chairpersons

5. Republican Presidential primaries 2016 results

6. See also

7. References

8. External links

The Republican Party of Puerto Rico ({{lang-es|Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico}}) is the affiliate of the Republican Party of the United States in Puerto Rico. Their ideology supports statehood for Puerto Rico. Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón, resident commissioner of Puerto Rico, is the current local party chairperson.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} The party is based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

History

The origin of the Puerto Rico Republican Party can be traced to the aftermath of the Spanish–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 the change in governments. On July 4, 1899, the dissenting wing of one of such parties, the Partido Autonomista (Autonomist Party), which had just formed Partido Autonomista Ortodoxo in 1897, founded a party with an ideology of annexation to the United States and called it Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Republican Party). This new party favored joining the United States as a federated state and was led by Dr. José Celso Barbosa. Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico was ideologically conservative and was perceived{{by whom?|date=March 2019}} as representing the island's large sugar industry interests.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

In 1924 Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico split into two factions: one faction joined with the Union Party to form the Alianza (The Alliance), a pro-autonomy group, and the other faction, renamed itself Partido Republicano Puro (Pure Republican Party) and joined with the Socialist Party to form the pro-statehood Coalición (The Coalition). This split brought Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico to an apparent end. However, in 1932, part of the Alianza returned to the Pure Republican Party (the new name of the former Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico) and the party was renamed Unión Republicana.

Unión Republicana eventually dissolved in the 1930s and became the Puerto Rican Republican Party ({{lang-es|Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño}}),{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} effectively marking the end of the 1899 Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico, but still resulting in party that held the basic framework of beliefs of the 1899 Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico.

Subsequent annexation parties

The new Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Republican Party) eventually gave rise to the Partido Estadista Republicano (Republican Statehood Party). Partido Estadista Republicano got candidates to the ballots but never did too well. For example, in 1940 Partido Estadista Republicano's candidate Luis A. Ferré ran for mayor of Ponce but was defeated by PPD's candidate Andrés Grillasca Salas, and also lost for the post of U.S. Congress Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in 1948.

In 1967 a split in the Partido Estadista Republicano (Republican Statehood Party) between its leaders Miguel A. García Méndez and Luis A. Ferré over the 1967 status plebiscite led to the formation of the New Progressive Party (PNP). The division caused the Partido Estadista Republicano to be dissolved after the 1968 elections when it did not poll the number of votes necessary to retain its party registration, and instead the New Progressive Party went on to win the 1968 gubernatorial election.

Ideology

Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Republican Party) believes in equality and full citizenship rights for U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico, and that this can only be achieved through statehood for Puerto Rico. The Party supports the right of American citizens in Puerto Rico to solicit membership into the American Union as a fully sovereign state if they so elect. It recognizes that Congress has the final authority to define the constitutionally valid options for Puerto Rico to achieve a permanent non-territorial status with government consent and full enfranchisement. In November 2012 Puerto Ricans voted against the current territorial status and in favor of statehood in a plebiscite held on November 6, 2012. There was a voter turnout of 78.0%, and 61.1% of those voting expressed their desire that Puerto Rico become a state of the American Union.

The Republican Party nowadays{{when|date=March 2019}} effectively functions as the conservative wing of the PNP. Luis Fortuño was re-elected by the Republican Party of Puerto Rico's General Assembly to continue serving as National Committeeman, a position he has held since 2001. He won reelection as National Committeeman in the GOP convention held on May 20, 2007 and once again in 2011 in Yauco, Puerto Rico. The National Committeewoman is attorney Zoraida Fonalledas. The Vice presidents of the Party are Abel Nazario, Mayor of Yauco, and former Speaker of the Territorial House of Representatives, Jenniffer González. The Electoral Commissioner is José E. Meléndez, a member of Puerto Rico's House Representatives.

On November 1, 2015, the 1,235 party delegates assembled in Yauco, and elected Jenniffer González (second co chair at the time) to be the next chairperson of the Puerto Rico Republican Party. At the same time the delegates elected once again Luis Fortuño and Zoraida Fonalledas as National Committee members. Abel Nazario was elected First Co-chair and Jorge San Miguel, Second Co-chair. In February 2016 the party leadership announced the Party would be supporting Marco Rubio for the Republican presidential primaries.

Political pundit Luis Pabon Roca has described{{where?|date=March 2019}} the local Republican Party, along with the Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, as essentially lobbying groups without a true establisbment.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

Party chairpersons

Republican Presidential primaries 2016 results

See also

• Local Puerto Rico Committee of the United States Democratic Party
• United States National Republican Party

References

External links

• Republican Party of Puerto Rico
• Young Republicans of Puerto Rico
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080327232705/http://www.statehoodpr.org/ Puerto Rico Statehood Student Association]

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