PUERTO RICO: According to an official from the incumbent New Progressive Party (PNP), Pedro Pierluisi will be nominated Secretary of State of Puerto Rico; if he is appointed, Pierluisi will become the new governor of the island. The congressional representative would replace in for Secretary of Justice Wanda Vásquez, who said that she is “not interested” and would refuse the position. However, Pierluisi’s candidacy is not supported by Thomas Rivera Schatz, president of Puerto Rico’s Senate who allegedly is interested in succeeding lame-duck Governor Ricardo Rosselló, who will step down on Friday.