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, past and present.


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* Alexander Acosta (Former
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, former
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) * Dante Acosta (
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) * Carlos Alvarez (mayor of Miami-Dade County) * Luis Walter Alvarez (Nobel Prize winning physicist, inventor and professor) *
Esperanza Andrade Esperanza "Hope" Andrade (born July 1, 1949) is a businesswoman from San Antonio, Texas, who is the former commissioner representing employers on the Texas Workforce Commission, an appointed position which she held from 2013 to 2015. From 2008 ...
(Secretary of State of Texas (2008-2010)) *
Desi Arnaz Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban-born American actor, bandleader, and film and television producer. He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom '' I Love Lucy'', in which he c ...
(actor, musician, band leader, producer) *
Bryan Avila Bryan Avila (born June 25, 1984) is an American Republican politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida Senate, representing the 39th District. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 111th Dis ...
(Florida State Representative)


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Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (born May 27, 1942) is a convicted criminal and former American law enforcement officer who served as the 30th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California from 1998 to 2014. In 2017, he was convicted of felony obstruction of justi ...
(30th Sheriff of
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California) * Alonzo Baldonado (New Mexico State Representative) * Romana Acosta Bañuelos (former U.S. Treasurer, first Latina sub-cabinet official) *
José Celso Barbosa José Celso Barbosa Alcala (July 27, 1857 – September 21, 1921) was a Puerto Rican physician, sociologist and political leader. Known as the father of the statehood movement in Puerto Rico, Barbosa was the first Puerto Rican, and one of the ...
(medical doctor, sociologist, political leader; founder of Republican Party of Puerto Rico) *
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 ...
(former Deputy Assistant to President George W. Bush, former Director,
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) *
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, ...
(Florida State Representative) *
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. ...
(Florida State Representative) * Hector Barreto Jr. (former SBA Administrator) *
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 A ...
(lobbyist, adviser to President George W. Bush, senior fellow of
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) * Henry Bonilla (former U.S. Congressman from Texas) *
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 Sena ...
(joint citizen of Mexico and the United States, he served on Finance Committee of John W. McCain's 2006 Presidential Campaign) *
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 bei ...
(California State Senator) *
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 v ...
(former Mayor of Doral, Florida) *
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, ...
(Florida State Representative) *
Esteban Bovo Esteban L. "Steve" Bovo Jr. (born June 12, 1962) is an American Republican politician from Florida and the current mayor of Hialeah, Florida. Bovo previously served on the Hialeah City Council, in the Florida House of Representatives, and on th ...
(member of the Miami-Dade county commission, former Florida state representative) *
George P. Bush George Prescott Bush (born April 24, 1976) is an American politician and attorney who served as the commissioner of the Texas General Land Office from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Bush unsuccessfully campaigned for the party's ...
(attorney, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office; son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush)


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Anna Escobedo Cabral Anna Escobedo Cabral (born October 12, 1959) is an American politician who serves as the Unit Chief for Strategic Communications in the External Relations Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Prior to joining the bank, Cabral ...
(former U.S. Treasurer) * Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Wisconsin State Representative) * Demi Cabrera (Florida State Representative) * Rachel Campos-Duffy (former castmate on ''Real World: San Francisco''; wife of former Republican U.S. Representative
Sean Duffy Sean Patrick Duffy (born October 3, 1971) is an American politician, prosecutor, former sports commentator and reality television personality who is currently a co-host of ''The Bottom Line'' on Fox Business, as well as a contributor on Fox News. ...
) * Francisco Canseco (former U.S. Congressman from Texas) * Al Cardenas (former
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chairman) *
Rick Carfagna Rick Carfagna is an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 68th district from 2017 to 2022. A Republican, he was previously a public relations manager in the telecommunications industry. Early lif ...
(Ohio State Representative} *
John Carona John Joseph Carona (born 14 December 1955) is a former Republican member of the Texas Senate from District 16 in Dallas County, Texas. Texas State Senate In the 2013 legislative session, Carona chaired the Senate Committee on Business and ...
(Texas State Senator) *
Leo Carrillo Leopoldo Antonio Carrillo (; August 6, 1880 – September 10, 1961), known professionally as Leo Carrillo, was an American actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist. He was best known for playing Pancho in the television ...
(actor, active in support of
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
Dewey-Bricker ticket and
Earl Warren Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presided over a major shift in American constitutio ...
for governor campaign in 1944) *
Joe Carollo Joe Carollo (born March 12, 1955) is a Cuban-American politician who served as mayor of Miami from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2001. Following his loss in the 2001 mayoral election, he served as Doral, Florida city manager from Janua ...
, (former Mayor of Miami) *
Carlos Cascos Carlos Humberto Cascos (born September 18, 1952) is an American Certified Public Accountant and politician who was the 110th Secretary of State of Texas. He was appointed by his fellow Republican, Governor Greg Abbott, and was confirmed by t ...
(former Texas Secretary of State) *
Alex Castellanos Alejandro Castellanos (born 1954) is a Cuban-American political consultant. He has worked on electoral campaigns for Republican candidates including Bob Dole, George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, and Mitt Romney. In 2008, Castellanos, a partner at Nation ...
(Republican media consultant) * Jose Francisco Chaves (Delegate to the
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from New Mexico Territory * Dolores Chavez de Armijo (State Librarian for New Mexico} * Edward Chavez (former Mayor of Stockton, California) *
Linda Chavez Linda Lou ChavezStated on ''Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'', May 20, 2012, PBS (born June 17, 1947) is an American author, commentator, and radio talk show host. She is also a Fox News analyst, Chairman of the Center for Equal ...
(political pundit; author) * Rocky Chavez (California State Representative) * Gil Cisneros (current
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) * Jorge Luis Córdova (former Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress) * Bob Cortes (Florida state representative) *
Page Cortez Patrick Page Cortez is an American politician and businessman from the state of Louisiana. A Republican, he has represented the Louisiana State Senate's 23rd district, based in southern Lafayette, since 2012. In 2020, Cortez was unanimously elec ...
(Louisiana State Senator; former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives) *
Rafael Cruz Rafael Bienvenido Cruz y Díaz (born March 22, 1939) is a Cuban-American Protestant preacher and father of Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz. He regularly serves as a surrogate in his son's political campaigns. Early life Cruz was born in Matanzas ...
(Protestant minister, active in
Ted Cruz Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas fro ...
campaigns) *
Ted Cruz Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas fro ...
(U.S. Senator from Texas, former Texas Solicitor General) *
Mike Curb Michael Curb (born December 24, 1944) is an American musician, record company executive, motorsports car owner, philanthropist, and former politician. He is also the founder of Curb Records where he presently serves as the chairman. Curb also ...
(musician, record company executive, former Lieutenant Governor of California) *
Carlos Curbelo Carlos Luis Curbelo (born March 1, 1980) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 26th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. In 2018, he was narrowly defeated for re-election by Democrat Debbie Mucarse ...
(former U.S. Congressman from Florida) *
Baltasar Corrada del Río Baltasar Corrada del Río (April 10, 1935 – March 11, 2018) was a Puerto Rican politician. He held various high political offices in the island, including President of the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission, Resident Commissioner (1977–19 ...
(former Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress) *
Alessandro Cutrona Alessandro Cutrona is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 58th district. Cutrona was nominated to the House on May 28, 2020, succeeding Don Manning. Early life and education Cu ...
(Ohio State Representative)


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Federico Degetau Federico Degetau y González (December 5, 1862 – February 20, 1914) was a Puerto Rican politician, lawyer, writer, author, and the first Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States House of Representatives. Early years Degetau ...
(first Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress) *
José Félix Díaz José Félix Díaz (born January 16, 1980) is a Republican politician from Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2017, representing parts of Miami-Dade County. He resigned from the House in 2017 to run for a sp ...
(Florida State Representative) * Manny Díaz Jr. (Florida State Senator) *
Lincoln Díaz-Balart Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart (born Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart y Caballero; August 13, 1954) is a Cuban-American attorney and politician. He was the U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously ...
(former U.S. Congressman from Florida) *
Mario Díaz-Balart Mario Rafael Díaz-Balart Caballero (; born September 25, 1961) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 25th congressional district. A Republican, he was elected in 2002, and his district includes much of s ...
(U.S. Congressman from Florida) *
Miguel Díaz de la Portilla Miguel Díaz de la Portilla (born January 30, 1963) is a Cuban-American attorney and politician from Florida. A Republican, he served in the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2016, representing parts of Miami, Coral Gables, and the surrounding ...
(Florida State Senator) * Sergio de la Peña (former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Virginia in the 2021 election) *
Pedro del Valle Pedro Augusto del Valle (August 28, 1893 – April 28, 1978) was a United States Marine Corps officer who became the first Hispanic to reach the rank of lieutenant general. His military career included service in World War I, Haiti and Nicaragua ...
(retired Lieutenant General, U.S.Marine Corps, unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for governor of
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Ben Domenech Ben Domenech (born January 1, 1982) is an American writer, blogger, editor, and television commentator. He is the co-founder and publisher of '' The Federalist'' and host of ''The Federalist Radio Hour'', and writes ''The Transom'', a daily sub ...
(writer, blogger, editor and television commentator) *
Douglas Domenech Douglas William Domenech is an American government official who served as the Assistant United States Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2021. He is a former a George W. Bush administration politi ...
(Assistant U.S. Secretary of the Interior)


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* Jose Maria Marxuach Echavarria (medical doctor, former mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico) * Manuel Egozcue Cintron (former mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, former member, House of Delegates) *
Erik Estrada Henry Enrique Estrada (born March 16, 1949) is an American actor and police officer. He is known for his co-starring lead role as California Highway Patrol officer Francis (Frank) Llewelyn "Ponch" Poncherello in the police drama television series ...
(actor) *
Miguel Estrada Miguel Angel Estrada Castañeda (born September 25, 1961) is a Honduran-American attorney who became embroiled in controversy following his 2001 nomination by President George W. Bush to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Col ...
(attorney; former federal judicial nominee)


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Ben Fernandez Benjamin Fernandez (February 24, 1925 – April 25, 2000) was an American politician, financial consultant and special ambassador. He was a member of the Republican Party. He ran for President of the United States three times, seriously in 1980 a ...
(political activist, first Latino presidential candidate) * Juan Fernandez-Barquin (Florida State Representative) *
Luis A. Ferré Don Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo (February 17, 1904 October 20, 2003) was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was the governor of Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973. He was the founder of the ...
(former Governor of Puerto Rico) *
Anitere Flores Anitere Flores (born September 8, 1976) is a Republican politician from Miami, Florida. She served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives from 2004 to 2010. Subsequently, she served in the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2020. In the 20 ...
(Florida State Senator) *
Bill Flores William Hose Flores Sr. (; born February 25, 1954) is an American businessman and politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2021. The district, located in the middle of the state, includes Waco, College Station, and Bryan. ...
(U.S. Congressman from Texas) *
Mayra Flores Mayra Nohemi Flores (born January 1, 1986) is an American politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she is the first female Mexican-born member of the House. ...
(U.S. Congressman from Texas' historically democratic 34th district) *
Pete Flores Peter P. Flores (born January 30, 1960) is an American politician. He represented District 19 in the Texas Senate from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he was the first Hispanic Republican Texas State Senator in Texas history, and h ...
(Texas State Senator) *
Luis Fortuño Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first secretary of econom ...
(former Governor of Puerto Rico) * Jeff Frederick (first Latino elected to Virginia government, former Chairman of Republican Party of Virginia) *
Nick Fuentes Nicholas Joseph Fuentes (born August 18, 1998) is an American white supremacistMultiple sources: * * * * * political commentator and live streamer. A former YouTuber, his channel was permanently suspended in February 2020 for violatin ...
(political activist, podcaster, holds annual America First Political Action Conference)


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* Marilinda Garcia (former New Hampshire state legislator and candidate for the House of Representatives in 2014) *
Andy García Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956), known professionally as Andy García, is a Cuban-born American actor, director and musician. He first rose to prominence acting in Brian De Palma's ''The Untouchables'' (1987) alongside ...
(actor) * Bianca Garcia (New Hampshire state legislature) *
Bonnie Garcia Bonnie Garcia (born August 13, 1962) is a California politician. She was the representative for California's 80th State Assembly district, serving eastern Riverside County, California, Riverside County and all of Imperial County, California, Impe ...
(former California State Assemblywoman and current candidate for California State Senate in 2014) *
Ileana Garcia Ileana Ydolia Garcia is a Republican politician from Florida, who serves as a member of the Florida Senate. Early life The daughter of Cuban exiles, Garcia grew up in Florida. Her career was in media, working in both television and radio. P ...
(Florida State Senator) *
Michael J. Garcia Michael John Garcia (born October 8, 1961) is an American lawyer, judge and former Republican government official. Since February 2016, he has served as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, that state's highest court. He is a form ...
(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 Antonio Oscar "Tony" Garza Jr. (born July 7, 1959) is an American lawyer and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico from 2002 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. In recognition of his work, Mexico bestowed on him the Águil ...
(former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico) * Carlos Giminez (U.S. Representative from Florida, former Mayor of Miami-Dade County) * Mario Goico (former Kansas State Representative) * Gabriel Gomez (Republican nominee for Senate in Massachusetts in the 2013 special election) *
Alberto Gonzales Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) is an American lawyer who served as the 80th United States Attorney General, appointed in February 2005 by President George W. Bush, becoming the highest-ranking Hispanic American in executive governme ...
(80th United States Attorney General) *
Tony Gonzales Ernest Anthony Gonzales II (born October 10, 1980) is an American politician and United States Navy veteran who has served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2 ...
(U.S. Representative for Texas's 23rd district) * Anthony Gonzalez (U.S. Representative from Ohio and football player) * Eduardo Gonzalez (Florida State Representative) *
Jenniffer González Jenniffer Aydin González Colón (born August 5, 1976) is a Puerto Rican politician who serves as the 20th Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. González has served in leadership positions in the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (PNP) and in ...
(Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives) * Julio Gonzalez (Florida state representative) * Ramon Gonzalez, Jr. (member
Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craft ...
) *
Virgilio Gonzalez Virgilio "Villo" R. González (May 18, 1926 – July 16, 2014) was a Cuban-born political activist, locksmith, and one of the five men arrested at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex on June 17, 1972. The bre ...
(Anti-Castro activist, Watergate burglar) * Carlos Gutierrez (former Secretary of Commerce) *
Lino Gutierrez Lino Gutiérrez (born 26 March 1951) is an American diplomat. Gutiérrez served as Ambassador to Argentina from September 2003 through July 2006. He was succeeded by Earl Anthony Wayne. Gutiérrez is currently the Executive Director of the Un ...
(former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina) * Marco Gutierrez (co-founder of
Latinos for Trump Latinos for Trump is a coalition of Latino supporters of Donald Trump, formed in the U.S. state of Florida in June 2019. Leadership Marco Gutierrez is a co-founder. Enrique Tarrio is the Florida state director of the grassroots organization ...
) *
Eva Guzman Eva Martinez Guzman (born January 12, 1961) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a Republican member of the Texas Supreme Court from 2009 to 2021. Justice Guzman is a Shareholder at Chamberlain Hrdlicka in the Houston and ...
(Justice, Texas Supreme Court, Place 9)


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* Benigno C. Hernandez (Congressman from New Mexico) * Juan Hernandez (Former George W. Bush advisor) * Shane Hernandez (Michigan State Representative) *
Jaime Herrera Beutler Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler ( ; born November 3, 1978) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2023. The district is in southwestern Washington, lying across the Columbia River from Oregon's Portland met ...
(U.S. Congresswoman from Washington State)


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Tirso del Junco Tirso Del Junco (born April 20, 1925) is an American politician who served as chair of the Republican Party of California, and the head of the University of California board of regents. He is also a former Olympic rower and a medical doctor. E ...
(former chair, California Republican Party and former chair, Republican National Hispanic Assembly)


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Raúl Labrador Raúl Rafael Labrador (born December 8, 1967) is an American lawyer and politician who is the Attorney General-elect of Idaho. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the Idaho Republican Party from 2019 to 2020 and served as the U.S. Repre ...
(former U.S. Congressman from Idaho) * Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (first Latino U.S. Senator) *
Lil Pump Gazzy Garcia (born August 17, 2000), better known professionally as Lil Pump, is an American rapper. He is one of the most prominent artists of the SoundCloud rap scene and is known for his minimalist music and hyperactive public persona. Li ...
(Rapper) endorsed
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
for president in 2020 * Eric Linder (former California State Assemblyman) *
Carlos López-Cantera Carlos Lopez-Cantera (born December 29, 1973) is an American politician who served as the 19th lieutenant governor of Florida from 2014 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Lopez-Cantera represented the 113th district in the Florida House ...
(former Lieutenant Governor of Florida) *
Ed Lopez Eduardo Jesus Lopez-Reyes best known as Ed Lopez (born June 26, 1976) is an American politician and activist for the Republican Party. He previously served as the vice chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus. In 2022, Lopez unsuccessfully ran f ...
(National Vice Chairman of the
Republican Liberty Caucus The Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) is a political action organization dedicated to promoting the ideals of Individual freedom, individual liberty, limited government and free market economics within the Republican Party (United States), Republi ...
and National Committee Member, Young Conservatives for the
Freedom to Marry Freedom to Marry was the national bipartisan organization dedicated to winning marriage for same-sex couples in the United States. Freedom to Marry was founded in New York City in 2003 by Evan Wolfson. Wolfson served as president of the organi ...
) *
Ernesto Lopez Ernesto B. Lopez (born November 16, 1976) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Delaware Senate, where he had represented the 6th District from 2012 to 2023. He was the first Latino elected to the Delaware Senate. Bo ...
(first Latino elected to the Delaware State Senate) * John Lopez IV (Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court since 2016) * Pete Lopez (EPA regional administrator; former New York State Assemblyman) * Manuel Lujan, Jr. (former U.S. Congressman and Secretary of the Interior) *
Anna Paulina Luna Anna Paulina Luna (née Mayerhofer; born May 6, 1989) is an American politician and U.S. Air Force veteran who is the U.S. representative-elect for Florida's 13th congressional district. She is the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congre ...
(member of United States House of Representatives from Florida 13th District since 2023}


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Abel Maldonado Abel O. Maldonado Jr. (born August 21, 1967) is an American politician who served as the 48th lieutenant governor of California from April 27, 2010 to January 10, 2011. As of 2022, he is the last Republican to serve as lieutenant governor of C ...
(former California state senator and Lieutenant Governor of California) *
Nicole Malliotakis Nicole Malliotakis (; born November 11, 1980) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 11th congressional district since 2021. Her constituency covers Staten Island and southern Brooklyn. Malliotakis is the on ...
(U.S. Representative from New York; former State Representative; 2017 candidate for Mayor of
New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
) * Rosario Marin (former Treasurer of the United States) * Alfonso Martinez-Fonts Jr. (Assistant Secretary for the Private Sector of the
Department of Homeland Security The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve anti-ter ...
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Bob Martinez Robert Martinez (born December 25, 1934) is an American retired politician who served as the 40th governor of Florida from 1987 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party, Martinez was the first person of Spanish descent to be elected governor o ...
(former Florida Governor) * Eugenio R. Martinez (anti-Castro activist, Watergate burglar) * Matthew Martinez (US Representative from California) *
Mel Martinez Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to: Biology * Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL) * National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL People * Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (includin ...
(former U.S. Senator and former HUD Secretary) *
Susana Martinez Susana Martinez (born July 14, 1959) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 31st governor of New Mexico from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, she served as chair of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) from 2015 to 2016. She ...
(first Latina governor in the United States, former Governor of New Mexico, and former District Attorney for New Mexico's 3rd Judicial district) *
Suzette Martinez Valladares Suzette Martinez Valladares (born December 21, 1980) is an American politician who served as a member of the California State Assembly from the 38th district, which included the Santa Clarita Valley and Simi Valley. Elected in 2020, she assumed ...
(California State Assemblywoman) *
Lea Márquez Peterson Lea Marquez Peterson is an American politician serving on the Arizona Corporation Commission since 2019. Peterson was appointed by Governor Doug Ducey to replace Andy Tobin following his appointment as Director of the Arizona Department of Admini ...
(Member of the
Arizona Corporation Commission The Arizona Corporation Commission is the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Arizona, established by Article 15 of the Arizona Constitution. Arizona is one of only fourteen states with elected commissioners. The Arizona Constitution expli ...
, Former candidate for congress) * Jason Mattera (
Human Events ''Human Events'' is an American conservative political news and analysis website. Founded in 1944 as a print newspaper, ''Human Events'' became a digital-only publication in 2013. ''Human Events'' takes its name from the first sentence of the U ...
online editor, writer, and political commentator) *
Brian Mast Brian Jeffery Mast (born July 10, 1980) is an American politician and U.S. military veteran who has served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional district since 2017. The district, numbered as the 18th district from 2017 t ...
(US Representative from Florida) *
Carlos Mayans Carlos Mayans (born July 8, 1948) became mayor of the city of Wichita, Kansas in April 2003. He was born in Havana, Cuba in 1948 and emigrated to the United States through the Operation Peter Pan shortly after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. ...
(former Kansas state representative, former mayor of Wichita, Kansas) *
Melissa Melendez Melissa Ann Melendez (maiden name, née Schneider; born February 17, 1968) is an American politician who served in the California State Senate. She is a California Republican Party, Republican that represented the California's 28th State Senate ...
(California State Representative) *
Jason Miyares Jason Stuart Miyares (born February 11, 1976) is an American attorney and politician serving as the 48th Attorney General of Virginia since January 15, 2022. A Republican, he was elected a member of the Virginia House of Delegates on November 3 ...
(former Virginia State Delegate and current Virginia Attorney General) *
Nestor Montoya Nestor may refer to: * Nestor (mythology), King of Pylos in Greek mythology Arts and entertainment * Nestor (Ulysses episode), "Nestor" (''Ulysses'' episode) an episode in James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses'' * Nestor Studios, first-ever motion pictu ...
(Congressman from New Mexico) * Rod Montoya (New Mexico State Representative) * 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 Elsa Alina Murano (' Casales; born August 14, 1959) is the former President of Texas A&M University. Dr. Murano currently serves as Director of the Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture & Development at Texas A&M University's ...
(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 Steve Montenegro is a Salvadoran-American Republican politician from Litchfield Park, Arizona who is a former member of the Arizona Senate. He was previously a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, where he was Speaker Pro Tempore. I ...
(Arizona State Senator) *
Cathy Muñoz Catherine Norah "Cathy" Muñoz (née Engstrom; born June 23, 1964) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, who from 2009 to 2017 represented the 34th District. She served as Co-Chair of the ...
(Alaska State Representative) *
Ricardo Montalbán Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG (; ; November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican and American film and television actor. Montalbán's career spanned seven decades, during which he became known for performances in a var ...
(was a Mexican and American film and television actor)


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Joe Negron Joseph Negron, Jr. (born October 9, 1961) is a Republican politician from Florida. He served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2009 to 2018, representing parts of the Treasure Coast. In his last two years in office, he served as Senate Pres ...
(former Florida State Representative) * Steve Negron (
New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative district ...
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Roger Noriega Roger Francisco Noriega (born 1959, Wichita, Kansas) is an American diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs in the George W. Bush Administration He is a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Instit ...
(former Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Representative to the OAS) * Antonia Coello Novello (former U.S. Surgeon General) *
Clarice Navarro Clarice Navarro is a politician and former state representative from Pueblo, Colorado. First elected in November 2012, Navarro served in the state house from January, 2013 until she resigned in November, 2017 to take a job in the Trump administ ...
(Colorado State House District 47 Representative - Republican) * Jeanette Nuñez (Lieutenant Governor of Florida, former speaker of 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 Constitution of Florida, adopt ...
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Speaker of the Florida House The speaker is the presiding member of the Florida House of Representatives. The Speaker and his staff provide direction and coordination to employees throughout the House and serve the members in carrying out their constitutional responsibilities ...
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Tito Ortiz Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz (; born January 23, 1975) is an American mixed martial artist and politician. He is currently signed to the Combate Americas promotion. Ortiz is best known for his stints with the Ultimate Fighting Championship ...
(mixed martial artist, member of City Council, Huntington Beach, California, mayor pro-tempore) *
Adelina Otero-Warren María Adelina Isabel Emilia "Nina" Otero-Warren (October 23, 1881 – January 3, 1965) was a woman's suffragist, educator, and politician in the United States. Otero-Warren created a legacy of civil service through her work in education, politic ...
(early 20th century New Mexico suffragist, public official and congressional candidate) *
Héctor O'Neill Héctor O'Neill García (born June 20, 1945) is a Puerto Rican politician. He was mayor of his hometown of Guaynabo. O'Neill is affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and has also served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico. Early ...
(Mayor of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico)


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Rolando Pablos Rolando Burgoa Pablos (born September 26, 1967) is an American executive, attorney, and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Texas. He was sworn in as Secretary of State of Texas on January 5, 2017. On December 6, 2018, Pablos announced ...
(Texas Secretary of State) * Bob Pacheco (former California State Assemblyman) *
Rod Pacheco Rodric Anthony Pacheco (born May 7, 1958), more commonly known as Rod Pacheco, is an American politician. He served in the Riverside County District Attorney's Office as a Deputy District Attorney, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Assistant Dist ...
(former California State Assemblyman) *
Romualdo Pacheco José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco (October 31, 1831January 23, 1899) was a Californio statesman and diplomat. A Republican, he is best known as the only Hispanic person to serve as Governor of California since the American Conquest of California, ...
(first Mexican-American U.S. Congressman and first Latino Governor of the State of California) * Daniel Perez (Florida State Representative) *
Juan-Carlos Planas Juan-Carlos "J.C." Planas (born July 17, 1970 in Miami, Florida) is a former Florida Republican politician who served as the District 115 representative in the Florida House of Representatives from 2002-2010 before having to retire due to Florid ...
(Florida State Representative) *
Rene Plasencia Rene "Coach P" Plasencia (born January 8, 1973) is an American Republican politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 50th District (including southeast Orange County and the northern p ...
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John Quiñones Juan Manuel "John" Quiñones (born May 23, 1952) is an American ABC News correspondent who hosted '' What Would You Do?''. Early life and education Quiñones was born in San Antonio, Texas, on May 23, 1952. He is a fifth-generation San Antonia ...
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Carlos Rendo Carlos Rendo (born 1964) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician from New Jersey. He is the mayor of Woodcliff Lake and was the nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey in the 2017 gubernatorial election as the running mat ...
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Mayor of Miami Below is a list of Mayors of the City of Miami, Florida, United States. List of mayors See also * Government of the City of Miami * * Timeline of Miami * List of mayors of Miami-Dade County, Florida, 1964–present * Miami City Hall Ref ...
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Manuel Requena Manuel Requena (1802–1876) was a Yucatán-born Californio politician who served multiple terms as Alcalde of Los Angeles (Mayor of Los Angeles). Requena became active in Los Angeles politics in the 1830s, during the Mexican era, and continued ...
(former member,
Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world ...
Board of Supervisors, former Mayor of Los Angeles, former trustee, Los Angeles Board of Education) * David Rivera (former U.S. Congressman from Florida, former Florida state Representative) * George Rivera (former Colorado State Senator) *
Geraldo Rivera Geraldo Rivera (born Gerald Riviera; July 4, 1943) is an American journalist, attorney, author, political commentator, and former television host. He hosted the tabloid talk show '' Geraldo'' from 1987 to 1998. He gained publicity with the liv ...
(journalist, attorney, author, political commentator, and former television host) * 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 Thomas Rivera Schatz (born June 10, 1966) is a Puerto Rican politician, legal advisor, attorney, and former prosecutor, who was the fourteenth and sixteenth President of the Senate of Puerto Rico. He is affiliated with New Progressive Party o ...
(President of the Puerto Rico Senate) *
Julio Robaina Julio Robaina (born April 21, 1965) is an American politician who was the mayor of Hialeah, Florida. He was first elected in 2005. Robaina was re-elected to a second term in office in 2009. Robaina also serves as Hialeah's city manager. His ...
(Florida State Representative) * Ray Rodrigues (Florida State Representative) * Ana Rodriguez (Florida State Senator) * Anthony Rodriguez (Florida State Representative) *
Jessie Rodriguez Jessie Rodriguez (born July 5, 1977) is a Salvadoran American immigrant and Republican politician. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 21st Assembly district–southeastern Milwaukee County. Currently, she repr ...
(Wisconsin State Representative) * Paul Rodriguez (actor) * Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (Wyoming State Representative) * Xavier Rodriguez Judge,
United States Court of Appeals United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...
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Cesar Romero Cesar Julio Romero Jr. (February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994) was an American actor and activist. He was active in film, radio, and television for almost sixty years. His wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures in c ...
(actor, singer, dancer, active in
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
campaigns beginning in 1960) *
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (; born Ileana Carmen Ros y Adato, July 15, 1952) is a politician and lobbyist from Miami, Florida, who represented from 1989 to 2019. By the end of her tenure, she was the most senior U.S. Representative from Florida. She w ...
(former U.S. Congresswoman from Florida; first Cuban-American woman in Congress) * Larry Rubin (Mexican-American, President and chairman of The American Society of Mexico, chairman of Republicans Abroad in Mexico * Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio (former
Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team p ...
cheerleader, active in Republican political action committees) *
Marco Rubio Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Florida, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the ...
(U.S. Senator from Florida, former Speaker of the Florida State House of Representatives)


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* Felix Sabates (businessman and philanthropist) * Maria Salazar (U.S. Representative from Florida) * Tim Salazar (Wyoming State Senate) *
John Sanchez John A. Sanchez (born January 11, 1963) is an American politician who served as the 29th lieutenant governor of New Mexico from 2011 to 2019. Early life Sanchez, the youngest of eight children, was born and raised in North Valley, New Mexico. S ...
(former Lieutenant Governor, state representative and gubernatorial nominee in New Mexico) *
Leslie Sanchez Leslie Sanchez (born 1971, Corpus Christi, TX) is an American author, political pundit affiliated with the Republican Party, and founder/CEO of Impacto Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based market research and consulting firm. Early life Sanchez w ...
(political pundit) * Orlando Sanchez (Treasurer of Harris County, Texas) *
Brian Sandoval Brian Edward Sandoval (; born August 5, 1963) is an American politician, academic administrator, and former federal judge who served as the 29th Governor of Nevada from 2011 to 2019. A graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, Sandoval began ...
(former Governor of Nevada, U.S. Attorney and Nevada Attorney General) * Evelyn Sanguinetti (former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois) *
Jorge Santini Jorge Santini Padilla (born March 11, 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician who previously served as the mayor of San Juan. State Service In 1975, Santini became a member of the United States Marines Air Cadets Corps. At present, he is Lieuten ...
(former Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico) *
David Santiago David Santiago (born December 14, 1970) is a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Florida. He served one term on the Deltona, Florida, Deltona City Commission from 2003 to 2007 and four terms in the Florida House of Repre ...
(Florida state representative) *
Jon Secada Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez (born October 4, 1961), better known as Jon Secada, is a Cuban-born American singer. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 15 million records, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. His music f ...
(singer and songwriter) * Louis E. Sola (Commissioner of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission) *
Francis Suarez Francis Xavier Suarez ( ; born October 6, 1977) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the List of mayors of Miami, 43rd mayor of Miami since 2017. The son of former mayor of Miami Xavier Suarez, he previously served on the Miami City C ...
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Mayor of Miami Below is a list of Mayors of the City of Miami, Florida, United States. List of mayors See also * Government of the City of Miami * * Timeline of Miami * List of mayors of Miami-Dade County, Florida, 1964–present * Miami City Hall Ref ...
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Chris Sununu Christopher Thomas Sununu ( ; born November 5, 1974) is an American politician and engineer who has served as the 82nd governor of New Hampshire since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Sununu was a member of the New Hampshire Executive Coun ...
(Governor of New Hampshire) *
John E. Sununu John Edward Sununu (born September 10, 1964) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senator from New Hampshire. Sununu was the youngest member of the Senate for his entire ...
(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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Michele Tafoya Michele Tafoya is an American former sportscaster. From 2011 to 2022, she was a reporter for NBC Sports, primarily as a sideline reporter for '' NBC Sunday Night Football''. She currently works as a political advisor and makes television appear ...
(Former sportscaster, active in Republican governor campaign in Minnesota) *
Enrique Tarrio :''The surname'' Tarrio ''is of Spanish language origin. In Spanish, it is spelled'' Tarrío'', with an acute accent on the'' í. Henry "Enrique" Tarrio ( , ; born ) is an American activist, former FBI informant, and convicted felon who serve ...
(Florida chairman of
Latinos for Trump Latinos for Trump is a coalition of Latino supporters of Donald Trump, formed in the U.S. state of Florida in June 2019. Leadership Marco Gutierrez is a co-founder. Enrique Tarrio is the Florida state director of the grassroots organization ...
and chairman of the
Proud Boys The Proud Boys is an American far-right, neo-fascist, and exclusively male organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States.Far-right: * * Fascist: * * * * * Men only: * * * Political violence: * * * It has ...
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Tito the Builder Tito Muñoz, also known by the moniker "Tito the Builder", is a conservative activist who has received substantial media attention for various political campaign activities. During the 2008 United States presidential election, Muñoz became notabl ...
(Tito Munoz, construction company owner, conservative activist, radio show host, member, Virginia State Board of Housing and Community Development) *
Jackie Toledo Jackie Toledo is an American politician and civil engineer who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives for the 60th district from 2016 to 2022. She is a member of the Florida Republican Party. Early life and education Toledo ...
(Florida State Representative) *
Carlos Trujillo Carlos Trujillo (born February 25, 1983) is an American lobbyist and government affairs professional who previously served as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States. A member of the Republican Party, he previously serv ...
(Florida State Representative)


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* Wanda Vázquez Garced (Governor of Puerto Rico) *
Jaci Velasquez Jacquelyn "Jaci" Davette Velasquez (Spanish ''Jaci Velásquez'', born October 15, 1979) is an American actress and contemporary Christian music, contemporary Christian and Latin pop singer and songwriter, performing in both English and Spanis ...
(singer) *
Raul Danny Vargas Raul "Danny" Vargas is an American businessman, media personality, U.S. Air Force veteran and political activist. He is founder and president of VARCom Solutions, a D.C. area-based marketing and public relations firm. He was the National Chairma ...
(businessman, media commentator and political activist) * Eduardo Verastegui (actor, model, singer, anti-abortion activist, presidential adviser) *
Barbara Vucanovich Barbara Farrell Vucanovich (June 22, 1921 – June 10, 2013) was an American Republican politician who was the first Latina elected to the United States House of Representatives, in which she served representing Nevada from 1983 to 1997. B ...
(late U.S. Representative from Nevada; first Latina woman elected to Congress)


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Congressional Hispanic Conference The Congressional Hispanic Conference (CHC) is a Republican sponsored caucus in the United States Congress. Currently with eleven members, the CHC was formed in 2003, with the stated goal of promoting policy outcomes of importance to Americans o ...
* List of American conservatives * List of Latin Americans * Republican National Hispanic Assembly * Latino conservatism in the United States


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