Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. And our programs to help them should reflect that.

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Electoral history. Though largely supporting the Violence Against Women Act Rubio voted against the 2013 extension of the act because "it would divert funds from domestic violence programs to sexual assault programs". Tenure
Rubio was named Freshman of the Year by the Florida Petroleum Marketers Association.

A member of the Republican Party he previously served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (2007–2009). Initially trailing by double-digits against the incumbent Republican Governor Charlie Crist Rubio eventually surpassed him in polling for the Republican nomination. Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28 1971) is the junior United States Senator from Florida serving since January 2011.