Of course there are critics who believe that no matter what we do, the Florida dream is over. They claim that we must accept the idea that inevitably our future is one of high taxes and big government.

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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.