ricardo elsaya, and his campaign manager elliot sanchez. >> i talked to a couple mayors in the show.alked to. thank you for helping me work my way up the governmental food chain. >> exactly. >> so, the whole idea behind me coming to puerto rico is i knew i didn't know enough about puerto rico. >> we are american citizens, yet we don't have the same rights as other citizens. so, there needs to be a path forward. i am pro state, i want to be full part of the united states, get equal treatment. >> yeah, so, you believe puerto rico would be better off if it was officially a state? >> yes, i firmly believe that. we feel that we are limited in our growth. if you look at all of the states, even the poorest states like mississippi and west virginia, they still have an income per capita that's more than twice what we have over here in puerto rico and, you know, the glaring difference is how we participate in the federal context. our representation, our voting rights for the presidency. on the business front, when we try to do business with other nations, we are treated as a state so we can't