Luis Fortuño Backs Bob Cortes to Challenge Karen Castor Dentel

Former Gov. Luis Fortu of Puerto Rico announced on Monday he was supporting Bob Cortes for the Republican nomination to challenge Rep. Karen Castor Dentel, D-Maitland.

All of Central Florida, and especially the Puerto Rican community, will benefit from the leadership of Bob Cortes, said Fortu. We can count on Bob to work for more jobs and better schools, but more importantly, we can count on him to be a leader who tells the truth and puts people first.

Governor Fortu represents everything that is promising about the future of this country, said Cortes. He is a young and successful politician and businessman, a loving and caring family man, and an unwavering conservative, and he knows that jobs and schools are the two most important things for us to focus on if we want to continue to succeed as a nation.

Fortu won applause from conservatives for his leadership in Puerto Rico, including some activists hoping he would enter the Republican presidential race in 2012. He lost his re-election effort in 2012.