I think there are some in the Democratic Party - not all - but I think there are some people in the Democratic Party that think that the immigration issue is more valuable to them unsolved. That it gives them something to talk about, that they can go back to Hispanic communities and make unrealistic promises every two years and win votes.

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Electoral history. Though largely supporting the Violence Against Women Act Rubio voted against the 2013 extension of the act because "it would divert funds from domestic violence programs to sexual assault programs". Tenure
Rubio was named Freshman of the Year by the Florida Petroleum Marketers Association.

A member of the Republican Party he previously served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (2007–2009). Initially trailing by double-digits against the incumbent Republican Governor Charlie Crist Rubio eventually surpassed him in polling for the Republican nomination. Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28 1971) is the junior United States Senator from Florida serving since January 2011.