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Miami GOP rainmaker Mike Fernandez endorses Patrick Murphy, gives $100K

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Mike Fernandez is backing Democrat Patrick Murphy in his race against Republican Marco Rubio for the U.S. Senate. Fernandez, the Miami billionaire who is one of the nation’s largest GOP funders, announced his support of Murphy to the Miami Herald Friday morning. He told reporters the main reason heā€™s voting for Murphy is the Jupiter Democrat’s support for lifting the Cuba embargo. As well as voting for Murphy, the Herald also reportsĀ Fernandez has given $100,000 to a pro-Murphy super PAC.…

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Jeanette Rubio highlights husband’s support of the Girls Count Act in new ad

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Jeanette Rubio is praising her husbandā€™s work against human trafficking in a new campaign ad. The Marco Rubio campaign released a new advertisement Friday featuring the Miami Republicanā€™s wife. The 30-second spot gives Jeanette Rubio a chance to highlight the Girls Count Act, which helps ensure children in developing countries are registered at birth. ā€œHuman trafficking is a tragedy. Of all the things Marco has done, the Girls Count Act is the one thing Iā€™m most proud of,ā€ says Jeanette…

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Marco Rubio rallies the faithful during Naples stop

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Sen. Marco RubioĀ used a stop in deep-red Collier County to gin upĀ supporters and encourage Floridians to get out and vote. The Miami Republican held a get-out-the vote rally in Naples on Thursday. The campaign stop came just one day after the second and final U.S. Senate debate, and Rubio used the stop to hammer Rep. Patrick Murphy over his limited congressional accomplishments. ā€œIā€™m running against someone who has been in Congress for four years; heā€™s not a theory, heā€™s not…

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Marco Rubio: ‘I don’t have any plan, any intention, any desire to run for office in 2020’

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Marco Rubio sidestepped questions about Donald Trump, saying voters ā€œwill have to make their own decisionsā€ about the Republican nominee. ā€œI think every race has to stand on its own; Iā€™ve said that from the beginning,ā€ said Rubio, following a campaign stop in Naples on Thursday. ā€œIf he wins, that doesnā€™t mean I win. If he loses, that doesnā€™t mean I lose. I think every candidate is going to have to stand on their own merits and their own ideas.ā€…

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Marco Rubio campaign reports raising $2.85M

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Sen. Marco Rubio raised nearly $3 million ahead of the election, his campaign announced this week. The campaign announced Thursday that Rubio raised $2.85 million in 19 days. According to the campaign, $1.74 million of that went directly to the campaign, while 1.1 million went to the ā€œRubio Victory Committee.ā€ According to the most recent campaign finance report filed with the Federal Election Commission, Rubio raised more than $11.1 million through Sept. 30. Reports show he had $5.5 million cash-on-hand…

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Iraq veteran says Marco Rubio insulted Kurdish forces in Senate debate

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While discussing U.S. policy in Syria during theĀ Senate debate between Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy in Davie on Wednesday night, Rubio one-upped his Democratic opponent by chiding him for saying that the Kurdish resistance fighters known as the Peshmerga were fighting inĀ Iraq, not Syria. Now a Democratic RepresentativeĀ and Iraq veteran is calling on Rubio to apologize for “using these brave soldiers as a punchline.” ā€œAs a veteran of the war in Iraq, I know exactly what kind of sacrifice the…

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Marco Rubio, Patrick Murphy spar over policy, fall back on old attacks

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Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Patrick Murphy tried to to focus largely on policy during a televised debate Wednesday, but neither man could escape from attacks that have dogged them for months. Rubio was blasted for his attendance record, one of the worst in the Senate, while Murphy was criticized his limited record congressional accomplishments. And while neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump were anywhere near the Broward College stage, both presidential hopefuls loomed large over the debate. The debate…

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