Yeah, but the Democrat/Socialist candidate for governor, Anibal Acevedo, won.
And just so you know, most Republican politicians in Puerto Rico are of the John McCain (RINO) variety.
Best Regards
Sergio
"National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds (NY-26) congratulates Luis Fortuño on his historic victory yesterday, making Fortuño the first Republican from Puerto Rico to be elected to Congress as Resident Commissioner."
If I'm not mistaken, Puerto Rico elected a Republican as Resident Commissioner in 1968---his last name was Cordoba. And from 1900-1944 a lot of the Resident Commissioners from Puerto Rico were Republicans, since all statehooders were Republican and the pro-statehood party (which had several names through the years, but was known as the Statehood Republican Party for several decades) won on numerous occasions.
The Resident Commissioner elected in 1976 and 1980, Baltasar Corrada del Río, declared himself a Democrat when he got to Congress (probably because the House had a huge Democrat majority back then, and since the then-Governor of Puerto Rico, future Resident Commisioner Carlos Romero-Barceló, was a Democrat), but after Corrada del Río was elected Mayor of San Juan in 1984 he became a Republican and went on to preside over Puerto Rico's delegation at the 1988 Republican National Convention. Corrada del Río is now a Supreme Court Justice in Puerto Rico.
But Luis Fortuño's election is certainly good news, and he will become the 6th member of the Congressional Hispanic Conference for Republicans.