Marco Rubio to hold rally in Tampa Monday afternoon

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With his presidential aspirations on the line, Marco Rubio continues his all out battle to win Florida by holding a rally Monday afternoon at the Tampa Convention Center.

The event is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

Since becoming Florida’s junior U.S. Senator in January 2011, Rubio hasn’t spent much time at all in Tampa, but he’ll be there to try to push up his poll numbers in the Sunshine State.

Recent polls show him down by double digits to front-runner Donald Trump, but the Rubio camp insists that he’ll win Florida and continue on in the GOP presidential sweepstakes.

Rubio campaigns in Jacksonville later on Saturday.

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