Biography
RUBIO, Marco, a Senator from Florida; born in Miami, Fla., May 28, 1971; graduated University of Florida, B.S., 1993; graduated University of Miami, J.D., 1996; lawyer; West Miami City Commission 1998-2000; member of the Florida house of representatives 2000-2008; majority leader 2003-2006; speaker 2006-2008; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 2010; reelected in 2016, and again in 2022 and served from January 3, 2011, until January 20, 2025, when he resigned to become Secretary of State; chair, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (One Hundred Sixteenth Congress); was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016; Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Donald J. Trump, 2025-.
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Vote Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025