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Marco Rubio
Official portrait, 2025
72nd United States Secretary of State
Incumbent
Assumed office January 21, 2025
President	Donald Trump
Deputy	Christopher Landau
Preceded by	Antony Blinken
Acting United States National Security Advisor
Incumbent
Assumed office May 1, 2025
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Mike Waltz
Acting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
Incumbent
Assumed office February 3, 2025
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Jason Gray
Acting Archivist of the United States
Incumbent
Assumed office February 16, 2025
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	William J. Bosanko (acting)
United States Senator from Florida
In office January 3, 2011 – January 20, 2025
Preceded by	George LeMieux
Succeeded by	Ashley Moody
Committee positions Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee In office February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2025 Preceded by Mark Warner Succeeded by Mark Warner Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee Acting May 18, 2020 – February 3, 2021 Preceded by Richard Burr Succeeded by Mark Warner Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee In office January 9, 2019 – February 3, 2021 Preceded by Jim Risch Succeeded by Ben Cardin
94th Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
In office November 21, 2006 – November 18, 2008
Preceded by	Allan Bense
Succeeded by	Ray Sansom
Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 111th district
In office February 7, 2000 – November 18, 2008
Preceded by	Carlos Valdes
Succeeded by	Erik Fresen
Personal details
Born	Marco Antonio Rubio (1971-05-28) May 28, 1971 Miami, Florida, U.S.
Party	Republican
Spouse	Jeanette Dousdebes ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	4
Education	University of Florida (BA) University of Miami (JD)
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Marco Antonio Rubio (/ˈruːbioʊ/; born May 28, 1971) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney who has served as the United States secretary of state since 2025. Rubio has also served as the acting national security advisor, the acting administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the acting archivist of the United States since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States senator from Florida from 2011 to 2025 and was a candidate for president of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries. Rubio served as a representative in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008, and as speaker of the Florida House from 2006 to 2008.

Born to Cuban American refugees, Rubio studied political science at the University of Florida and graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 1996. He worked as a political advisor and was elected to the West Miami Commission in 1998. Rubio was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2000 and became its speaker in 2006, serving a two-year term as the first Cuban American in the position. After leaving the House, he began working as a part-time professor at Florida International University. In 2009, he entered the 2010 United States Senate election in Florida, defeating Charlie Crist, an independent, and Kendrick Meek, a Democrat.

In April 2015, Rubio announced his presidential campaign for the 2016 presidential election. His close third place finish in the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses was considered a victory. In the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Rubio finished in fifth place, owing to his poor debate performance. After the Nevada Republican presidential caucuses, he shifted his strategy towards attacking frontrunner Donald Trump, though he suffered losses in the first and second Super Tuesdays, including finishing second in Florida behind Trump. Rubio suspended his campaign in March 2016, later endorsing Trump. He won re-election to the Senate in 2016 and in 2022.

After Trump's victory in the 2016 election, Rubio served as his foreign policy advisor, helping to prepare Trump for his first debate with Joe Biden in 2024. He was considered to be Trump's running mate in his 2024 presidential campaign. In November 2024, president-elect Trump named Rubio as his nominee for secretary of state. A Senate Committee on Foreign Relations committee hearing for Rubio was held days before Trump's second inauguration. He was confirmed by the Senate by unanimous consent after the inauguration. Rubio is the first Hispanic and Latino American to serve as secretary of state, the highest-ranking Hispanic and Latino American in U.S. history, and the first Floridian to serve the position. He is also the first secretary of state since Henry Kissinger to serve simultaneously as the national security advisor.

Early life and education (1971–1996)

Rubio's great-grandmother, Ramona García, lived in Jicotea, a village that was the satellite of Santo Domingo in Santa Clara Province, a key region for rebels during the Cuban War of Independence. She was a soltara (transl. single woman) and gave birth to Rubio's maternal grandfather, Pedro Víctor, in 1899. Rubio, speaking at an event at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in 2011, said that Pedro Víctor García was stricken with polio at a young age and sent to school. He became the only literate member of his family at the time, getting a job at a local cigar rolling factory. In 1920, García married 16-year-old Dominga de la Caridad Rodríguez y Chirolde. By the following year, they had settled in Camagüey Province and later the city of Jatibonico for a decade. The Garcías had seven daughters, including Oriales, Rubio's mother.

Rubio's father, Mario Rubio y Reina, was raised an orphan after the death of his mother, Eloísa Reina y Sánchez, and his father, Antonio Rubio. As a teenager, Mario worked as a security guard at a variety store and a street vendor who sold coffee. In his autobiography An American Son (2012), Rubio claimed that his grandfather participated in a failed military plot to overthrow Rafael Trujillo, the dictator of the Dominican Republic. He later married Oriales, then a 17-year-old cashier, in Havana. They had one son, Mario Victor Rubio, in Cuba. The Rubios immigrated to the United States in Miami, Florida, in May 1956. According to The Washington Post, he received his Social Security number that year and became a permanent resident. Oriales made several visits to Cuba before the Battle of Santa Clara in 1959, when Fidel Castro declared victory.

According to Rubio, Mario attempted to make a living as an entertainer in New York, but he found it "too cold"; likewise, Mario found Miami "too hard" and Los Angeles "too California". His father opened several businesses, including a sandwich shop, a beauty supply store, and a dry cleaner, and the Rubios later found work stitching nylon beach chairs. By 1958, Mario was an employee of the Roney Plaza Hotel. In December 1956, after the Cuban Constitutional Army staged a coup d'état in 1952 that led to the Cuban Revolution, they arrived in Florida. The New York Times later reported that Pedro Víctor, who had last been in the United States in 1959, was almost denied entry three years later over suspicions that he was working for the Castro government, but was later granted parole. He became a permanent resident in 1967.

Marco Antonio Rubio was born on May 28, 1971, at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, later Jackson Memorial Hospital, in Miami, as the third of four children. Mario worked at the Sans Souci Hotel after Rubio was born, beginning as a bar boy and later a bartender. In his youth, Rubio suffered from a knee problem and wore a leg brace to correct it. Mario served as the equipment manager for Marco's Pop Warner football team while Oriales was a stock clerk for Kmart. Speaking to the Sun Sentinel in 2005, he recalled his grandfather telling him stories of the Cuban War of Independence. Rubio's parents petitioned for naturalization in 1975. In May 1979, the Rubios moved to Las Vegas, where Rubio's father was a bar boy—and later bartender—for Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, while his mother was a housekeeper for Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino.

As a child, Rubio was loquacious and set the rules in neighborhood games of tag, according to The Rise of Marco Rubio (2015). The Denises, the family of Oriales's sister, introduced him to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was baptized as a Mormon and was active in the church, singing songs by The Osmonds and attending Mormon church groups; his father was opposed to joining the church for its prohibition of alcohol and tobacco in the Word of Wisdom. The Rubios returned to Miami in 1985 and the family converted back to the Catholic Church. They settled in West Miami, where Mario found a bartending job at an expensive hotel. Rubio enrolled in South Miami Senior High School and played on the school's football team as a defensive back.

Rubio enrolled in Tarkio College, a college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Tarkio, Missouri. He was partially able to fund his education through a football scholarship. Rubio expressed displeasure at the college to his recruiter, describing it as a "government experiment" and enrolled in Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida, the following year; Tarkio closed in 1991 amid a scandal that the college had distributed loans to ineligible students. Rubio transferred to the University of Florida in 1991, taking out student loans and grants. That year, he interned for Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican representative from Florida. Rubio attended the University of Miami School of Law, graduating cum laude. To attend law school, he took out student loans that indebted him; by 2012, he was more than US$100,000 in debt.

Career

Legal and political work (1996–2000)

Rubio was a floor manager at the 1996 Republican National Convention. He served as an executive director for former senator Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign in the counties of Miami-Dade and Monroe; by April 1998, he was also a member of the board of directors of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly. In November 1996, Rubio joined the law firm Tew and Beasley. He represented Suelo Neutral (transl. Neutral Ground), a halfway house for former Immigration and Naturalization Service prisoners. In December, Rubio became an associate of the firm. He filed to run in the West Miami Commission election in March 1998. In an interview with the Miami Herald, Rubio advocated for grants rather than taxes. He focused on community policing efforts and senior programs in his campaign. The following month, Rubio and Enrique González defeated incumbents Tania Rozio and Cesar Carera, with Rubio receiving one less vote than González. As commissioner, Rubio championed a bike officer program. In August 1998, he was hired as an associate of Ruden McClosky specializing in government relations and contracts, and in October, he married Jeanette Dousdebes, a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader, at Church of the Little Flower. Puerto Rican singer Carlos Ponce, who was married to Rubio's sister, Veronica, at the time, appeared at their wedding. He was named to the board of trustees of the United Way of Miami-Dade in July 1999.

Florida state representative (2000–2006)

In August 1999, Rubio announced that he would seek the Florida House of Representatives seat of Carlos L. Valdes, who was set to resign; at the time, Rubio was not a resident in Valdes's district, District 111, but in District 117. He told the Miami Herald that he would move into District 111 before the 2000 election. His campaign emphasized housing for low-income seniors and education. Rubio was endorsed by the Miami Herald, who commended his "thoughtful and idealistic sense of politics". Rubio and Angel Zayon received a majority of the votes in December 1999, but an outright winner was not determined, necessitating a runoff election. Rubio narrowly defeated Zayon the following month. Zayon consequently challenged the results of the runoff to the county canvassing board. Rubio supported "reasonable restrictions" on firearms—including background checks—but advocated for seeking to resolve the cause of gun violence, restrictions on partial-birth abortions if the mother's life is not at risk, and voluntary prayers in schools. He defeated Anastasia Garcia in the special election that month. In February, Rubio was sworn in. He vacated his seat on the West Miami Commission.

After taking office, Rubio co-sponsored a bill to establish an airport authority to oversee Miami International Airport. He introduced his own bill to form a panel for regional project requests. Jeanette had her first child with Rubio in April. He voted for a bill that declared partial-birth abortions a felony. The Miami Herald gave Rubio a low ranking on its legislative scorecard, owing to his failure to pass several bills—such as allowing Miami to spend traffic funds on its police radio system and limiting nursing home licenses for certain individuals—in the Senate, but noted his lobbying for a bill that would require the state to justify taking in property and his defense of US$3.75 million in funding for downtown public works projects. No candidate filed to run against Rubio in the 2000 election, allowing him to run uncontested. In December, following the 2000 presidential election recount in Florida, governor Jeb Bush appointed Rubio to a panel to resolve the state's election issues. Rubio was described as the "architect" of a proposal to fund a stadium for the Miami Marlins, then the Florida Marlins. By May, he had improved his Miami Herald rank; the paper praised him for negotiating a deal to reform elections in Florida and working to garner support for the stadium proposal.

Rubio chaired the House Subcommittee on Civil Justice and Claims. By July 2001, he was a member of the Subcommittee on Healthcare Regulation, and by October, the Committee on Security. In October, he joined Becker and Poliakoff. By the following month, Rubio joined the fifteen-member Freedom Caucus, a group of conservatives who support tax cuts, though he later distanced himself from the caucus. He served as chairman of the House Republican Conference Committee. Rubio led a task force to examine a tax reform plan supported by John McKay, the president of the Senate, and assisted in a redistricting effort that strengthened the Republican Party's standing in Miami-Dade. The redrawn map was subject to a Florida Supreme Court case and rejected by the United States Department of Justice over allegations that it disenfranchised Cuban Americans. Rubio ran uncontested in the 2002 election. In December, he was appointed as House majority leader by speaker Johnnie Byrd, of whom Rubio was considered an ally by The Tampa Tribune. The Miami Herald reported in January 2003 that Rubio was considering running for speaker of the House in 2006. He officially entered the race that month.

As House majority leader, Rubio openly defied governor Jeb Bush, who proposed raising the state's sales tax by a cent to fund smaller class sizes and high-speed rail. He devised a proposal to reward teachers that yield performant students using funds from Bush's plan, furthering their divide. Rubio later introduced a motion to reconsider a constitutional amendment on high-speed rail. He presided over a Republican opposition to taxes and gambling. An key Byrd supporter, in budget negotiations, Rubio defended Byrd's US$45 million research facility for Alzheimer's disease, and later criticized senator Nancy Argenziano for sharply insulting Byrd. He sought US$7 million for Miami Dade Community College to purchase Freedom Tower, garnering controversy from House Democrats. The Miami Herald ranked Rubio second in 2003. By October, he was listed as a member of George W. Bush's steering committee for his 2004 presidential campaign in Florida. In November, representative Dennis Ross withdrew his nomination for speaker of the House, positioning Rubio to be elected. Two days later, he had secured enough pledges to become speaker, becoming the first Cuban-American to serve as speaker.

In June 2004, Rubio joined Broad and Cassel's real estate and land use practice group. He was named as a delegate in the 2004 presidential election. In the 2004 Florida House elections, Rubio was challenged by Laura Leyva, a Democrat. The Miami Herald endorsed Rubio again, who praised his efforts to lessen the damage from cuts to local education funding. Rubio defeated Leyva in November. He served as a close advisor to speaker Allan Bense for South Florida issues; the Orlando Sentinel described Rubio's role as prepatory in advance of his speakership. Ahead of his speakership, he was the primary negotiator for most issues, though his efforts to stop a school funding formula change that would negatively affect local schools in Miami-Dade County and to pass a sales tax subsidy for the Florida Marlins failed. By June, Rubio was named chairman of the House Select Committee to Protect Property Rights. He was officially named as speaker in September. Jeb Bush gave Rubio a sword from "Chang", a mythical "conservative warrior" in reference to Republic of China leader Chiang Kai-shek, an in-joke within the Bush family, according to The Washington Post. Rubio's speech, which was broadcasted on Radio Martí, laid out an agenda to support impoverished Floridians.

Prior to assuming the speakership, Rubio embarked on an Internet-based initiative, titled "100 Ideas", originating from an intentionally empty book titled 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future that was given to every member of the Florida House. He encouraged representatives to meet with their constituents to garner ideas for the book. Rubio promoted the effort through town meetings. The project was later replicated by former U.S. representative Newt Gingrich in Georgia, U.S. representative Jim Nussle in Iowa, and state representative Mark Wagoner in Ohio. Rubio supported Bush's education reform, proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow all students to pursue limitless school vouchers. In comparison to his predecessors, Rubio gave greater authority to his eventual successors, Ray Sansom and Dean Cannon, appointing them as key policy advisors and delegating responsibility for the 2006 House elections. According to the Tallahassee Democrat, he approached representative Gustavo Barreiro on serving as a senior policy advisor. By August, Rubio had spent US$400,000 to "decentralize" his authority, notifying as many as ten staffers that they would be fired in November. In October, he announced he would hire eighteen staffers from the governor's office. That month, after representative Ralph Arza was discovered to have used a racial slur, Rubio requested he resign.

Speaker of the Florida House (2006–2008)

On November 21, 2006, Rubio was sworn in as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. He became the first Cuban American to serve as speaker. Four days before, Rubio named Marty Bowen as majority leader—the first Republican woman to serve in the position, Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff as majority whip, Dennis Baxley as speaker pro tempore, and Adam Hasner as deputy majority leader. He identified two issues, increasing insurance premiums and property taxes, to focus on. Rubio, joined by Ken Pruitt, the president of the Senate, supported an early Florida primary. By that month, he had joined the Vipers, a recreational gridiron football team within the South Florida Sports League. In December, Rubio underwent surgery after he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury. The Tallahassee Democrat reported that month that he had hired at least twenty-two former Bush staffers.

U.S. Senate (2010–2025)

Tenure

In December 2008, governor Jeb Bush stated that he was considering running in the 2010 United States Senate election for the seat later vacated by Mel Martínez, who announced he would not seek re-election. Rubio told Politico that he would "find it very difficult not to run" if Bush rejected a bid. The following month, Bush called Rubio to inform him that he would not run for United States Senate, positioning Rubio to enter the election. By April 2009, Rubio had raised US$250,000 for his Senate exploratory committee.

Rubio garnered endorsements from Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, and Bush's sons.

Committee assignments

In January 2019, Rubio was elected chairman of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He outlined his agenda to go against China's economic policies, introducing a bill to prevent the Small Business Administration from giving loans to Chinese firms. After the 2020 Senate elections, senator Ben Cardin was named chairman of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship in February 2020.

After senator Richard Burr announced that he would step down as chair of the Committee on Intelligence amid a congressional insider trading scandal, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell named Rubio as acting chair. Senator Mark Warner became chair in February 2020.

Trump advisorship

In Donald Trump's first presidency, Rubio served as an advisor on Latin American affairs, directly contacting Trump on matters regarding Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. He was described by Politico and The New York Times as effectively the "secretary of state for Latin America", though he rejected the label in an interview with the former publication and instead described his work as suggestive. In February 2017, Rubio and vice president Mike Pence arranged for Lilian Tintori, a Venezuelan activist, to meet Trump in the Oval Office. Rubio, along with Florida representative Mario Díaz-Balart, devised Trump's strategy to undo the Cuban thaw. The Office of the Coordinator for Cuban Affairs in the Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs largely had connections to Rubio, including Mauricio Claver-Carone, its director.

Rubio helped Trump prepare for his debate with president Joe Biden.

By May 2024, Rubio had been considered as a potential running mate for Trump in his 2024 presidential campaign, levying a subdued campaign. That month, he refused to commit to accepting the results of the election and suggested that Trump's prosecution in New York was a sham trial comparable to those leveraged in the Soviet Union. After Trump was convicted, Rubio urged his followers to donate to Trump's campaign. He later supported the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States (2024), which give presidents broad immunity for official acts. In June, NBC News reported that the vice presidential candidate selection had narrowed to Rubio, Ohio senator JD Vance, and North Dakota governor Doug Burgum. Rubio appeared at a campaign event for Trump in Doral, Florida. Speaking to Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio, Trump noted that selecting Rubio would be "more complicated"; the Twelfth Amendment prevents a presidential and vice presidential candidate from receiving electoral votes from their own state. Trump later chose Vance as his running mate at the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Resignation

After president-elect Donald Trump announced that Rubio would serve as his secretary of state, discussions over Rubio's successor in the Senate began; the Constitution of Florida gives the governor, Ron DeSantis, authority to appoint an interim senator to serve for the remainder of a vacant seat's term. Lara Trump, Trump's daughter-in-law, privately received support from Alabama senator Katie Britt and Florida representative Anna Paulina Luna to position herself as Rubio's successor. DeSantis began interviewing candidates days later. By November, lieutenant governor Jeanette Nuñez, attorney general Ashley Moody, former Florida House of Representatives speaker José R. Oliva, and chief of staff James Uthmeier had been considered as potential successors. Lara announced her resignation from the Republican National Committee in December,

Presidential campaign (2015–2016)

Main article: Marco Rubio 2016 presidential campaign

Announcement and initial stages

In April 2014, Rubio told attendees of the Reuters Health Summit that he would consider entering the 2016 presidential election "around this time next year"; he had amassed US$2.3 million in preparation by the end of 2013, according to The New York Times. The following month, Rubio expressed interest in running for president to George Stephanopoulos. He later stated on Fox & Friends that his decision would not be dependent on whether Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida and an ally of Rubio, would enter the race. By January 2015, Rubio had positioned himself as a potential presidential candidate. That month, ABC News reported that he had asked his advisors to prepare for a presidential campaign, hiring Anna Rogers, the financial director of American Crossroads PAC, to lead a fundraising effort. Rubio, joined by Texas senator Ted Cruz and Kentucky senator Rand Paul, appeared at the American Recovery Policy Forum, a sought-after donor event for prospective Republican candidates hosted by the Koch brothers.

On April 13, 2015, Rubio announced at the Freedom Tower in Miami that he would run for president. His campaign embraced an optimistic tone that emphasized the American Dream, and he was viewed as a contender to garner the Latino vote. Rubio approached his bid as a moderate who opposed Donald Trump, in contrast to Ted Cruz.

Secretary of State (2025–present)

Nomination and confirmation

In November 2024, The New York Times reported that president-elect Donald Trump was considering Rubio to serve as his secretary of state, along with Tennessee senator Bill Hagerty and Richard Grenell, who served as acting director of national intelligence in Trump's first term. The Times later reported that Trump was expected to nominate Rubio to the position. On November 13, Trump named Rubio as his nominee for secretary of state.

On January 20, Rubio was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in a 99–0 vote. He became the first Hispanic and Latino American secretary of state, the highest-ranking Hispanic and Latino American in U.S. history, and the first Floridian to serve the position.

Tenure

See also: List of international trips made by Marco Rubio as United States Secretary of State

Rubio moved to halt foreign aid at the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development following an executive order Trump signed a day afer he was sworn in. In a memorandum sent to employees, he outlined a goal to "prioritize securing America's borders", end programs to increase diversity, and no longer pursue "climate policies that weakened America". Rubio met with diplomats from the Quad that day. The pause in aid applied to Ukraine, Taiwan, Lebanon, but not Israel and Egypt. On February 3, Rubio said that he had become acting administrator of the United States Agency for International Development but that he would delegate his responsibilities to Peter Marocco, USAID's director of foreign assistance.

Rubio's tenure was initially affected by the Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk. Though he assured to exempt humanitarian assistance from budget cuts, contracts for humanitarian programs were nonetheless cut by the organization. In March 2025, The New York Times reported that Musk had clashed with Rubio in a Cabinet Room meeting.

According to The Washington Post, the decision to detain Mahmoud Khalil, a student activist who negotiated on behalf of protesters involved in pro-Palestinian campus protests and occupations during the Gaza war at Columbia University, was vested in Rubio's interpretation of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952.

Political positions

Main article: Political positions of Marco Rubio

Domestic issues

Following an incident in which Nazi symbols appeared outside the Florida Holocaust Museum in July 2022, Rubio described antisemitism as a "dangerous poison" that must be condemned. After the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, he urged secretary of state Antony Blinken to revoke the student visas of "Hamas sympathizers". Rubio accused TikTok of being used as a mechanism to "downplay Hamas terrorism" and called to ban the app after Osama bin Laden's manifesto, Letter to the American People, went viral.

Rubio opposed a bipartisan deal to strengthen the Mexico–United States border wall near the end of Joe Biden's presidency, believing that it would give Biden a political victory without resolving immigration issues.

Books

In November 2006, Rubio published his first book, 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future, based on ideas from public meetings he conducted throughout the year leading up to his speakership.

Electoral history

2010

2010 United States Senate Republican Party primary in Florida

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marco Rubio	1,059,513	84.6
	Republican	William Kogut	111,584	8.9
	Republican	William Escoffery	81,873	6.5
Total votes			1,252,970	100.0

2010 United States Senate election in Florida

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marco Rubio	2,645,743	48.9
	Independent	Charlie Crist	1,607,549	29.7
	Democratic	Kendrick Meek	1,092,936	20.2
	Libertarian	Alexander Snitker	24,850	0.5
	Independent	Sue Askeland	15,340	0.3
	Independent	Rick Tyler	7,397	0.1
	Constitution	Bernie DeCastro	4,792	0.1
	Independent	Lewis Armstrong	4,443	0.1
	Independent	Bobbie Bean	4,301	0.1
	Independent	Bruce Riggs	3,647	0.1
Total votes			5,411,106	100.0

2016

Presidential election

Senate election

2016 United States Senate Republican Party primary in Florida

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marco Rubio	1,028,283	72.0
	Republican	Carlos Beruff	264,122	18.5
	Republican	Dwight Young	90,921	6.4
	Republican	Ernie Rivera	45,069	3.2
Total votes			1,428,395	100.0

2016 United States Senate election in Florida

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Marco Rubio	4,835,191	52.0	+3.09
	Democratic	Patrick Murphy	4,122,088	44.3	+24.11
	Libertarian	Paul Stanton	196,956	2.1	+1.66
	Independent	Bruce Nathan	52,451	0.6
	Independent	Tony Khoury	45,820	0.5
	Independent	Steven Machat	26,918	0.3
	Independent	Basil Dalack	22,236	0.2
Total votes			9,301,660	100.0

2022

2022 United States Senate election in Florida

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Marco Rubio	4,474,946	57.7	+5.70
	Democratic	Val Demings	3,201,534	41.3	−3.04
	Libertarian	Dennis Misigoy	32,177	0.4	−1.71
	Independent	Steven B. Grant	31,817	0.4
	Independent	Tuan Nguyen	17,385	0.2
Total votes			7,757,859	100.0

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