Marco Rubio

Marco Antonio Rubio is a Carolinian politician and attorney who is currently serving as the 20th Vice-President of Carolina. In the past, Rubio has also served in the House of Representatives as a representative from South Florida and Speaker of the South Florida House of Representatives.

Rubio is a Cuban-Carolinian who has graduated from the University of Florida and has degrees from the University of Miami Law School. He began his pollitcal career as a city commissioner for the city of West Miami in the late 1990's. Rubio was elected to the South Florida House of Representatives in 2000, representing the 46th district.

In late 2000, Rubio was promoted to become one of the two majority whips in the House of Representatives. Later in 2002, he was appointed House Majority leader by Speaker Johnnie Byrd. He was elected as Speaker of the House in 2006 and served for two terms. He left the South Florida House of Representatives in 2008, due to term limits for legislatures in the state. He began his own law firm shortly after and began teaching at South Florida International University in Miami.

Rubio successfully ran for Carolinian Senate in 2010. In the Senate, he chairs the Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, as well as the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women's Issues. Rubio became only the second Latino to serve in the Carolinian Senate, and upon leaving in 2016, was only 1 of 3 currently serving.

On April 19, 2016, Federal-Nominee Nikki Haley announced Rubio as her running mate at a rally in his hometown of Miami. Beforehand there were several rumors about Haley and Rubio being running mates since they had been seen conversing together at Haley's election headquarters in Kolumbia, South Carolina. The two also have very similar center-right political views, which helped them appeal to Federal's along with some moderate Progressive's who were disgruntled about Jakub Caden's winning a narrow victory in the primaries against Alexandra Rosenburg. Haley was elected President by an large margin in August, and Rubio became Vice-President Elect. Per tradition in Carolina, he was sworn in immediately following the swearing in of Nikki Haley.

In his Vice-Presidency, Rubio has tried to pass through several bills which would reform education, immigration, among other topics. He has been a leader in the Federal action against the passage of House Bill 256, and said that he does not support a nationwide ban on Same-Sex Marriage.