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List Of Hispanic And Latino Republicans
The following is an alphabetically ordered list of notable Latino members of the United States Republican Party, past and present. A *Alexander Acosta (Former United States Secretary of Labor, former United States Attorney) * Dante Acosta (California State Assembly) * Carlos Alvarez (mayor of Miami-Dade County) *Luis Walter Alvarez (Nobel Prize winning physicist, inventor and professor) *Esperanza Andrade (Secretary of State of Texas (2008-2010)) *Desi Arnaz (actor, musician, band leader, producer) * Bryan Avila (Florida State Representative) B *Lee Baca (30th Sheriff of Los Angeles County California) *Alonzo Baldonado (New Mexico State Representative) *Romana Acosta Bañuelos (former U.S. Treasurer, first Latina sub-cabinet official) *José Celso Barbosa (medical doctor, sociologist, political leader; founder of Republican Party of Puerto Rico) *Ruben Barrales (former Deputy Assistant to President George W. Bush, former Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs) *Bruno Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Barrales
Ruben Barrales (born April 14, 1962) is the former Deputy Assistant to President George W. Bush, and was also the Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.The Foreign Policy Of George W. Bush: Values, Strategy And Loyalty, by Alexander Moens,2004, , BACK HOME, IN A WAY, FOR EX-SUPE, 12/17/06, San Jose Mercury News He then served as the CEO of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. He is currently the President and CEO of GROW Elect, a political action committee that recruits, endorses, trains, and funds Latino Republican candidates for public office. He also serves on the board of directors for the Public Policy Institute of California. Barrales has also run as a candidate for the state government post of California State Controller. Barrales identifies as a Mexican American and is recognized as the first Latino person to serve on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. Barrales has also appeared in the Hispanic Business Magazine's "100 Most Influential Hisp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Borrero
David Borrero (born December 14, 1988) is an American politician serving as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 105th district. He assumed office on November 3, 2020. Early life and education Borrero was born in Queens, New York City in 1988. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and economics from Florida International University, a Master of Business Administration from the Florida International University College of Business, and a Juris Doctor from St. Thomas University School of Law. Career From 2010 to 2016, Borrero worked as a grants manager for the city of Sweetwater, Florida. In 2016, he was the campaign manager for Carlos Trujillo's successful re-election campaign to the Florida House of Representatives The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Boria
Luigi Boria (born April 23, 1958) is a Venezuelan-born American politician who served as mayor of Doral, Florida from 2012 to 2016. Boria defeated former Miami-Dade School Board member Frank Bolaños in the 2012 elections, obtaining 54% of the vote. Biography Boria, who is also an evangelical Christian pastor, was born in Caracas in 1958 to Italian parents who emigrated to that country. He studied accounting at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, a private institution, in 1982. In 1989 he left Venezuela to settle in Doral, Florida, where he currently lives. Boria has run various companies in both Venezuela and the United States since the 1980s. He was elected mayor of Doral in the 2012 elections as a non-partisan, becoming the second Venezuelan to be elected mayor in the US, after Philip Giordano, of Waterbury, Connecticut. Boria was investigated for corruption in 2015 after renting a campaign office at an extremely high price compared to the market price, but was not charg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Borgeas
Andreas Borgeas (born March 7, 1974) is an American attorney, politician, and academic who served as a member of the California State Senate from the 8th district, which included parts of the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada. Prior to being elected to the state Senate, he was a member of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. He represented all or portions of Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Sacramento, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne counties. Early life and education Borgeas is a native of Arizona. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from California State University, Fresno, a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law School, and a PhD in international affairs from Panteion University. He conducted his PhD field research in, and published extensively on, China and the neighboring Central Asian republics. Career Academics and law Borgeas conducted his PhD field research in, and published extensively on, China and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Bonilla Valdez
Jaime Bonilla Valdez (born 9 June 1950) is a Mexican politician and entrepreneur who served as the Governor of Baja California from 2019 to 2021. A member of the National Regeneration Movement party, he has been a Federal Congressman and a Senator of the Republic. Life Bonilla was born in Tijuana, Baja California and obtained his degree in business administration from the UNAM in 1983. He worked in a variety of companies, including Electrol de México, CONESA, and COVIMEX de México. Between 1982 and 1985, he directed the Potros de Tijuana baseball club, which played in the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico. In 1984, he became the director general and a columnist of the ''Diario de Baja California'' newspaper, which began a career in media ownership for Bonilla. Through his company PSN (originally an acronym for Pacific Spanish Network, now Primer Sistema de Noticias), he directly operates XESS-AM 620 and XESDD-AM 1030 in Tijuana. He also owned XHENB-TV channel 29 in Ensenada, now a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bonilla
Henry Bonilla (born January 2, 1954) is a former congressman who represented Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was defeated in his bid for re-election by Ciro Rodriguez, a former Democratic member of Congress, in a special election runoff held on December 12, 2006. His term expired January 3, 2007 when the 110th Congress officially began. Roots in San Antonio Bonilla was born in San Antonio, the son of Anita Arellano and Enrique A. Bonilla. When he was young he joined a TRIO Educational Talent Search program, which provides academic support and college awareness activities to students. He graduated from South San Antonio High School in 1972 and received his Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976. Before entering politics, he was a television news executive at San Antonio's CBS affiliate, KENS-TV. His former wife, Deborah Knapp (born December 1, 1954), continues as an anchor at the station. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation (abbreviated to Heritage) is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. that is primarily geared toward public policy. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage's policy study '' Mandate for Leadership''. The Heritage Foundation has had significant influence in U.S. public policy making. It is among the most influential public policy organizations in the United States. History and major initiatives Early years The Heritage Foundation was founded on February 16, 1973, by Paul Weyrich, Edwin Feulner, and Joseph Coors. Growing out of the new business activist movement inspired by the Powell Memorandum, discontent with Richard Nixon's embrace of the " liberal consensus" and the nonpolemical, cautious nature of existing think tanks, Weyrich and Feulner sought to create a version of the Brookings Institution that advanced conservative acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Bonilla
Carlos E. Bonilla was an American lobbyist, an advisor on economic policy to U.S. president George W. Bush, and senior vice president at The Washington Group, a lobbying firm. Early life and education Bonilla obtained an undergraduate degree from American University and a Masters in Economics from Georgetown University, both in Washington, D.C. Career George W. Bush administration In January 2001, Bonilla joined the George W. Bush administration, where he served as Special Assistant for Economic Policy until early 2003. He worked on the first two tax bills, aviation issues, and pension issues including post-Enron reforms to 401(k) plans and issues related to defined benefit plans. In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, he was responsible for ensuring that trade flows across the borders and through the ports were maintained in light of enhanced security concerns, and participated in a working group on West Coast ports during a 2003 labor dispute, leading to a Taft-Hartley A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Barreto Jr
In Greek mythology, Hector (; grc, Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, label=none, ) is a character in Homer's Iliad. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. Hector led the Trojans and their allies in the defense of Troy, killing countless Greek warriors. He was ultimately killed in single combat by Achilles, who later dragged his dead body around the city of Troy behind his chariot. Etymology In Greek, is a derivative of the verb ἔχειν ''ékhein'', archaic form * grc, ἕχειν, hékhein, label=none ('to have' or 'to hold'), from Proto-Indo-European *'' seɡ́ʰ-'' ('to hold'). , or as found in Aeolic poetry, is also an epithet of Zeus in his capacity as 'he who holds verything together. Hector's name could thus be taken to mean 'holding fast'. Description Hector was described by the chronicler Malalas in his account of the ''Chronography'' as "dark-skinned, tall, very stoutly built, strong, good nose, wooly-haired, good beard, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavo Barreiro
Gustavo "Gus" Alberto Barreiro (July 12, 1959 – August 16, 2019) was a Republican politician from Florida. He served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 107th district in Miami-Dade County from 1998 to 2006. His district encompassed parts of Miami, Miami Beach, and Coral Gables. In 2012, Barreiro ran for the Florida House again, but lost the Republican primary in the 112th district to Alex Díaz de la Portilla, 59 to 41%. He died after a heart attack in 2019. Controversy Barreiro was terminated from his position as director of residential facilities for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in 2009 after an investigation revealed that he had downloaded 300 to 400 sexually explicit adult porn images onto his state-issued laptop. He also used his computer to log on to the sex hookup site adultfriendfinders.com using the screen name "CubanCigar107." Barreiro claimed he was set up. Councils/Committee Membership *Criminal Justice Approp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Barreiro
Bruno Arthur Barreiro (born December 14, 1965) is a Republican politician from Florida. He served on the Miami-Dade County Commission from 1998 to 2018, representing part of Miami Beach and the Miami neighborhoods of Brickell, Little Havana, Coral Way, and West Flagler. He resigned on March 31, 2018, to run for Florida's 27th congressional district in the 2018 elections. Early life and education Barreiro is the son of Cuban immigrant parents and was born in Clearwater, Florida. He graduated from Christopher Columbus High School and attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Political career Florida House of Representatives Barreiro was first elected into public office in 1992 to serve in the Florida House of Representatives representing District 107. While serving in the Florida House of Representatives, he chaired the Tourism Committee. Miami-Dade County Commission On June 2, 1998, Barreiro was elected to serve as Miami-Dade County Commissioner repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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