According to this story, at least three members of the U.S. House have responded to the June 11 Puerto Rico vote by saying they will work for statehood for Puerto Rico. They are all Democrats: Darren Soto and Stephanie Murphy of Florida, and Jared Huffman of California. Soto is on the Subcommittee that would consider a statehood bill.
The U.S. Supreme Court had Gill v Whitford, 16-1161, for consideration at its June 8 conference. However, on June 12, when the Court released the list of actions it had taken on June 8, there was no news about Gill v Whitford. This means the Court hasn’t decided yet what to do. The next news from the Court will be on Monday, June 19. The case is from Wisconsin, where the lower court had thrown out the legislative districts as a partisan gerrymander. The state is trying to get the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the lower court decision.
La Republique En Marche, the political party formed in France last year by Emmanuel Macron, has emerged as the strongest party in the Parliamentary election of June 11. There will be another round on June 18. See this story.
Matthew Riccardi, the Constitution Party gubernatorial nominee in New Jersey this year, will have his party label “Constitution Party” on the November 2017 ballot. The New Jersey Elections Department had originally believed he was not entitled to it because of a missing form, but the problem has been straightened out.
According to this story, with most of the vote counted, 97% of Puerto Ricans who voted favor statehood. Polls closed at 3 p.m. Puerto Rico time.
UPDATE: see this story.
