Archive for the ‘Marco Rubio’ Category

Rubio jumps in

Well, that was fast.

Just hours after former Florida Governor Jeb Bush announced he would not seek Florida’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2010, the Orlando Sentinel is reporting that former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio has committed to running:

“In an interview, Rubio, Florida’s first Cuban-American House speaker from 2006-2008, said he’d consider a run ‘about as seriously as you can consider anything.’ He’ll have a formal announcement in a few weeks, he said…”

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Looking to 2010: U.S. Senator

Continuing our series of articles looking forward to races in 2010, we take a look at the race for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Mel Martinez.
The Republicans
Mel Martinez
Republican incumbent Mel Martinez is not incredibly popular, with only a 42% approval rating among Floridians, according to a recent Quinnipac poll.  In fact, Martinez [...]

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