Mr. Rubio is
the third child of Mario Rubio and Oria Garcia, and was Born in
Miami, Florida May 28, 1971. He has one brother Mario (born 1950), and two
sisters Barbara (born 1960) and Veronica (born 1972). They later move to Las
Vegas, Nevada in 1979, where his father was a bartender and his mother worked
as a hotel housekeeper. The family returns to Miami in 1985.
Married to
Jeanette Dousdebes in 1998, they meet when she was 17 (he was 19). They have
four children Amanda, Daniella, Anthony and Dominic.
He is a
devoted Roman Catholic and was baptized, confirmed, and married there. For the
past seven years, Mr. Rubio has attended the Christ Fellowship Church, an evangelical
Protestant Church in Kendall, Florida. His wife also leads a weekly Bible study
group at the church.
Rubio attended
South Miami Senior High School and graduated in 1989. He then attended Tarkio
College for one year on a football scholarship from 1989 to 1990, before
enrolling at Santa Fe Community College. He earned his Bachelor of Science
degree from the University of Florida in 1993 (B.A.), and his degree cum laude
from the University Of Miami School Of Law in 1996 (J.D.).
In the late
1990s, he served as a City Commissioner for West Miami. Rubio was elected to
the Florida House of Representatives in 2000, representing the 111th House district.
He was elected Speaker in November 2006. Rubio announced a run for U.S. Senate
in May 2009 after incumbent Republican Mel Martinez resigned. Initially
trailing by double-digits against the incumbent Republican Governor Charlie
Crist, Rubio eventually surpassed him in polling for the Republican nomination.
Rubio won the Republican nomination after Crist opted instead for an
independent run. In a three-way split against Crist and Democratic candidate
Kendrick Meek, Rubio won the general election in November 2010 by a 19-point
margin. On January 3 2011, He Assumed office as a United States Senator from
Florida.
Steel, the question is asked, Who
is Marco Rubio?
