Elections Marco Rubio

on may 5, 2009, rubio announced on website planned run united states senate seat being vacated mel martínez, had announced not seek reelection. martinez subsequently announced (in august 2009) resign before completing term, , upon resignation replaced george lemieux. prior making may 5, 2009 announcement, rubio had been meeting fundraisers , supporters throughout state. trailing double-digits in primary against incumbent governor of own party, charlie crist, rubio surpassed crist in polling republican nomination. in campaign, rubio received support of members of tea party, many of whom dissatisfied crist s policies governor.

on april 28, 2010, crist announced running without party affiliation, ceding republican nomination rubio.

several of crist s top fundraisers, republican leadership, refused support crist after rubio won republican nomination senate.

on november 2, 2010, rubio won general election 49 percent of vote crist s 30% , democrat kendrick meek s 20%. following victory in elections, rubio became subject of speculation potential republican candidate 2012 presidential election. @ time of election, rubio joined bob menendez of new jersey 2 latino americans in senate. (ted cruz elected senator texas 2 years later.)

2016

on june 13, 2016, despite previous statements not run reelection senate seat, rubio seemed open door running re-election, citing previous day s 2016 orlando nightclub shooting , how gives pause, think little bit service country , can useful country, officially announcing candidacy 9 days later, on june 22. rubio won republican primary on august 30, 2016, defeating carlos beruff. faced democratic nominee patrick murphy in general election, defeating him 52% of vote.