Marco Rubio

He was Speaker of the Florida House and a U.S. Senator from Florida from 2011 to 2025. Since 2025 he has been U.S. Secretary of State and acting National Security Advisor. He is named among the possible contenders for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination.

Career

Rubio studied political science at the University of Florida (1993) and took a law degree at the University of Miami (1996). He was a West Miami city commissioner from 1998 to 2000 and sat in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008, serving as Speaker from 2006 to 2008. He won U.S. Senate elections in Florida in 2010, 2016 and 2022, and ran for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, suspending his campaign on 15 March 2016. He became Secretary of State in 2025.

Positions

Wikipedia describes Rubio as an advocate of tax cuts, and he has proposed eliminating capital gains taxes. On immigration he co-sponsored the bipartisan Gang of Eight reform bill, which paired a conditional path to citizenship with other measures. On foreign policy he is described as hawkish toward China and as a critic of easing the Cuba embargo, which he defends; he also supported intervention in Libya.

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