(Newswire.net — March 15, 2016) — Marco Rubio has maintained part of the spotlight in the 2016 presidential race. In fact, The Chicago Tribune recently endorsed U.S. Senator Marco Rubio in the 2016 Republican presidential race. The powerhouse newspaper of Illinois’s prominent city credited Marco Rubio’s embrace of spending limits, a line-item veto and a balanced budget amendment. “Crucially, his foreign affairs expertise vastly exceeds that of his rivals,” it said. This was following a Florida newspaper, the Miami Herald’s endorsement for Marco Rubio for president.
Marco Rubio has been distinguished for his extraordinarily knowledgeable and his strong advocacy for American power and influence. Marco Rubio is noted for following the tradition of Ronald Reagan’s three-legged stool: foreign policy, the economy and social issues, which has gained him many big-name endorsers. Some of these include:
- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley
- Billionaire Hedge Fund Magnate Paul Singer
- Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake
- North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis
- South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott
- Michigan businessman John Rakolta, who served as a national finance co-chairman on Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign
- New Hampshire Mayor Ken Merrifield
- Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
- Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam
- Idaho billionaire Frank VanderSloot
- Tennessee Rep. Zach Wamp
- State House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick
- Donnie Wahlberg, current reality star and former member of pop group New Kids on the Block
- Onetime presidential candidate and former New York governor George Pataki
- Arizona philanthropist and CEO Lloyd Claycomb
Marco Rubio information summary:
- May 28, 1971 – Born in Miami, Florida
- 1998 – Present – Married Jeanette (Dousdebes) Rubio
- Children: Amanda Loren, Daniella, Anthony, Dominick
- Education: Attended Tarkio College in Missouri, 1989-1990; attended Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida, 1990-1991; University of Florida, political science, B.S., 1993; University of Miami, J.D., cum laude, 1996.
- 1991 – Interns with U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen while in law school at the University of Miami.
- 1998-2000 – City Commissioner of West Miami.
- January 25, 2000 – Elected to the Florida House of Representatives for District 111.
- 2004-December 2008 – Attorney with the real estate and land use practice groups.
- 2000-2008 – Elected and served in the Florida House of Representatives.
- November 2006-November 2008 – Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, which made Marco Rubio the first Cuban-American to hold the position.
- 2008 – 2015 – Taught at Florida International University’s School of International and Public Affairs
- November 2, 2010 – Elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate.
- 2011-present – Serves in the U.S. Senate for a term set to end January 3, 2017.
- 2012 – Marco Rubio is named to the Time 100, the magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people.
- June 2012 – Marco Rubio’s book, “An American Son: A Memoir,” is released.
- February 12, 2013 – Delivers the Republican response in both English and Spanish to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, which is the first bilingual response to the address delivered by the same person.
- April 13, 2015 – During an appearance at Miami’s Freedom Tower, Marco Rubio announces he is entering the 2016 race for president.
As the primaries continue, the campaign for Marco Rubio will endure and hope for a stronger victory.