Donald Trump speaks on March 15, 2016 in Palm Beach, Fla. (Photo: Win McNamee, Getty Images)
If the U.S. Senate holds any votes next week, don't be surprised to see Marco Rubio there.
A little less than six years ago, Rubio surged to national prominence, winning a Florida Senate seat with nearly 50% of the vote in a three-way race that included the incumbent governor, Charlie Crist. From that point on, he was on a fast track in GOP politics, with Time magazine in early 2013 putting him on the cover with a headline "The Republican Savior."
But his campaign stumbled and he was continually hectored for missing votes and being an absentee senator — among other things.
And on Tuesday, his home state couldn't save him from the dominant force that is Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. The New York billionaire defeated Rubio by nearly 20 points to capture all of the state's 99 delegates. The Florida senator had vowed before the results came in to press on no matter what, but the magnitude of the loss forced him to acknowledge he was not on the "winning side" this year.
Where does Rubio go from here? Hard to say. His Senate term ends at the end of the year, and he didn't hedge his bets like Rand Paul, who is seeking re-election to his Kentucky Senate seat after falling short in his White House bid. And a Trump-Rubio ticket? Don't count on it.
"While it is not God's plan that I be president in 2016 or maybe ever," Rubio told supporters in Miami in announcing the suspension of his campaign. But we would not be surprised to see him on some ballot for some office sooner rather than later.
Source by:http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/03/16/takeaways-primaries-trump-rubio-kasich-clinton-sanders-cruz/81839940/
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