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Article posted: 11/7/2012 7:33 PM

Puerto Rico vote endorses statehood with asterisk

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Alejandro Garcia Padilla, candidate for governor of Puerto Rico, of the pro-commonwealth Popular Democratic Party, speaks to supporters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday. Incumbent Gov. Luis Fortuno conceded defeat to Garcia Padilla in a close election with a margin less than 1 percent.

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Puerto Ricans have supported U.S. statehood in a vote that jubilant members of the pro-statehood party say is the strongest sign yet that the Caribbean island territory is on the road to losing its second-class status.