Politics
Illustration: Mark Marturello/The Des Moines Register
PARTY: Republican
BORN: May 28, 1971 in Miami, Florida
Senator Marco Rubio, a committed Miami Dolphins fan, shows off his gear in his office on Capitol Hill on December 20, 2012. Photograph by: Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times
Rubio attends a discussion on veterans’ affairs in Washington, D.C., on April 3, 2014. Photograph by: Doug Mills/The New York Times
Rubio unveils his official portrait for the Florida House chamber on May 2, 2008 in Tallahassee, Florida. Photograph by: AP Photo/Phil Coale
Rubio scratches his head as he looks for the correct line to sign on the document declaring his candidacy in the Florida GOP primary for the U.S. Senate, in West Miami, Florida, on April 27, 2010. Photograph by: AP Photo/Lynne Sladky
Rubio embraces Mitt Romney after introducing him to the crowd during a stop on Romney’s presidential campaign in Miami on August 13, 2012. Photograph by: AP Photo/J Pat Carter/Corbis
Rubio greets people at an appreciation lunch for volunteers who worked on his weeklong senate campaign initiative, the “Road to Reclaim America” Bus Tour, in St. Petersburg, Florida, on October 8, 2010. Photograph by: Cherie Diez/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Press/Corbis
Rubio stands with his wife, Jeanette, and their children after announcing his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination at Miami's Freedom Tower on April 13, 2015. Photograph by: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Marco Rubio's $100,000 Problem
Rubio discusses why the issue of student loans is personal for him, and what he thinks is wrong with the current system.
“Whether they came here on the Mayflower, on a slave ship, or on an airplane from Havana, we are all descendants of the men and women who built here the nation that saved the world.”
— During his first speech on the Senate floor in June 2011.
“There are only two ways forward ... we will either bring on another American century or we are doomed to witness America’s decline.”
“Florida’s not a laugh line.”
“Another Clinton presidency would be a death blow to the American Dream."
Rubio performed a shirtless rendition of Lionel Ritchie’s “Still” at his high school talent show.
Wife
Jeanette Dousdebes
Former Miami Dolphins cheerleader.
Children
Daniella Rubio, Daughter
Amanda Rubio, Daughter
Anthony Rubio, Son
Dominick Rubio, Son
Parents
Oriales Garcia Rubio, Mother
Mario Rubio, Father
