Marco Rubio (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Florida. He assumed office on January 3, 2011. His current term ends on January 3, 2029.
Rubio (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Florida. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Rubio was first elected to the Senate in 2010 to replace retiring incumbent Mel Martinez (R). In the general election, Rubio defeated Kendrick B. Meek (D) and Gov. Charlie Crist (I). Crist had been running in the Republican primary against Rubio but dropped out to run as an independent after polling showed Rubio in the lead.
In April 2015, Rubio announced that he was running for president of the United States in 2016 and said he would not seek re-election to his Senate seat in 2016. Rubio dropped out of the presidential election in March 2016 after coming in second to Donald Trump in the Florida Republican primary. In June, Rubio announced that he would seek re-election to his Senate seat. He won re-election with 52 percent of the vote.
He previously was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008, serving as majority leader from 2003 to 2006 and House speaker from 2006 to 2008. Before serving in the state House, Rubio was a member of the West Miami City Commission. Rubio's parents immigrated to the United States from Cuba in 1956.
On May 18, 2020, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) announced Rubio as the interim chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Rubio replaced Senator Richard Burr (R) who stepped down from the position on May 15, 2020, due to a pending federal investigation.
As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Rubio is an average Republican member of Congress, meaning he will vote with the Republican Party on the majority of bills.
Born to a family of Cuban immigrants, Rubio was raised in Miami, FL, and Las Vegas, NV. He attended South Miami Senior High School and graduated in 1989. He then attended Tarkio College for one year on a football scholarship from 1989 to 1990, before enrolling at Santa Fe Community College (later renamed Santa Fe College). He earned a B.S. degree from the University of Florida in 1993 and his J.D. degree cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law in 1996.
