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Scott PowersJune 22, 2016

The last-week moves today by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis to seek re-election will have the backing of a group that played a major role in getting each of them elected in the first place. The Club for Growth PAC, a conservative economics committee, had strongly backed both of them in […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 22, 2016

The Republican Party of Florida said it welcomed Marco Rubio’s decision to run for re-election. Rubio announced Wednesday he planned to run for a second term in 2016. The decision reverses an earlier pledge to return home at the end of his term. “Keeping Florida’s U.S. Senate seat Republican is a top priority for our […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 22, 2016

A onetime opponent is throwing his support behind Marco Rubio. On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz said he was “glad to support” Rubio in his re-election bid. Cruz, a Texas Republican, was one of more than a dozen Republicans who ran for president earlier this year. “Marco Rubio is a friend and has been an ally […]

Mitch PerryJune 22, 2016

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During his ultimately unsuccessful presidential campaign, Marco Rubio went further than most Republicans ever have when he said he would deny abortion to women who are survivors of rape and incest. Such a stance was considered outside mainstream sensibilities, and the pro-choice group NARAL Pro-Choice began airing TV ads against Rubio following the New Hampshire […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 22, 2016

It’s official: Marco Rubio is running for re-election. The Miami Republican announced Wednesday he planned to run again in 2016. The announcement came after weeks of speculation about whether Rubio would seek another term in the U.S. Senate. The decision reverses a pledge to return to private life when his term was over in January. […]

Mitch PerryJune 22, 2016

Shortly after Marco Rubio officially announced he would be running for re-election to his U.S. Senate seat, his good friend Carlos Lopez-Cantera said he would be dropping out of the race. “I want to thank all of my supporters in this campaign, and I want to congratulate and thank Marco for his decision to pursue re-election to the U.S. Senate,” […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2016

For more than a year, Republicans in the U.S. Senate played no favorites among candidates running to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, but now that Rubio has decided last-minute to seek re-election that changed swiftly. The chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, quickly declared Rubio will have “the full support of […]

Mitch PerryJune 22, 2016

Marco Rubio’s decision to run for re-election to his U.S. Senate seat after saying he wouldn’t is receiving an avalanche of criticism, and not just from Democrats. Conservative radio talk-show host Laura Ingraham, a supporter of Congressman Ron DeSantis‘ bid for the Senate, reacted with hostility to the news Rubio was breaking his vow and […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 22, 2016

Now that Marco Rubio is going to run for re-election for the U.S. Senate, Ron DeSantis is running for re-election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. “Marco Rubio’s announcement changes the contours of the U.S. Senate race in Florida,” DeSantis said. “As a well-known incumbent, Senator Rubio is a strong bet to win what will be a pivotal U.S. Senate […]

Mitch PerryJune 22, 2016

Patrick Murphy and Alan Grayson are reacting to the news that Marco Rubio intends to run for re-election to his U.S. Senate seat. “Marco Rubio abandoned his constituents, and now he’s treating them like a consolation prize. Unlike Marco Rubio, I love working hard every single day for the people of Florida,” Murphy said early Wednesday. “From missing the most votes of […]

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Club for Growth endorses Marco Rubio, Ron DeSantis

RPOF says it welcomes Marco Rubio’s decision to run for re-election

Ted Cruz endorses Marco Rubio’s re-election

NARAL Pro-Choice America to begin airing ads attacking Marco Rubio in Florida

Reversing course, Marco Rubio announces he will seek re-election

Carlos Lopez-Cantera officially drops out of Florida’s U.S. Senate race

Republican Senate committee wastes no time backing Marco Rubio

Laura Ingraham slams Marco Rubio — says Ron DeSantis should stay in Senate race

Ron DeSantis will run for re-election in CD 6

Patrick Murphy and Alan Grayson blast Marco Rubio’s decision to run for re-election to his Senate seat