Brian Lair on WNYC.

By the way, I should have said when we finished up with Estead Herndon from the Times,

that we will carry those remarks that we're expecting from President Biden.

They say in the 11 o'clock hour, sometimes these things run really late,

but they're saying in the 11 o'clock hour, we will carry it live whenever it happens,

even if that's after 12 o'clock during all of it,

but they are saying in the 11 o'clock hour, President Biden will

address the nation about the election. Now, one election not getting much press, but very interesting

this week, was the election for governor of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico, of course, was thrust into

the center of the presidential election after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called the U.S.

territory a floating island of garbage at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally.

And while Puerto Ricans living on the island can't vote for president, even though they're U.S. citizens,

they did vote for governor on Election Day in a race that was very different from the usual for Puerto Rico.

Historically, the race for governor on the island has come down to choosing between a pro-statehood

or pro-commonwealth, the current status party. This week, there was a third option on the ballot,

the third party pro-independence candidate Juan Dalmo. Dalmau. And while it looks like

Dalmow is going to lose to the pro-statehood Republican and Trump ally, Jennifer Gonzalez,

his Alianza Coalition came in second making history and changing the conversation on the island. According to the

Puerto Rico Elections Commission, as of Wednesday afternoon, Gonzalez had 39% of the vote

with 91% of the precincts reporting. Dalmower was in second place with nearly 33% of the vote,

and joining us now to discuss all this and take calls from anybody

who votes in Puerto Rico who's listening right now or just anybody who has an interest,

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