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Rubio at a rally at Miami's Freedom Tower on April 13. (Photo: AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Rubio announces he is running for the Republican presidential nomination at Miami's Freedom Tower on April 13. (Photo: AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee
People wait for Rubio's arrival before he announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
A Rubio supporter waits for his arrival and his announcement that he is running for president. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Co-hosts Julie Roginsky and Eric Bolling, center, interview Rubio, on the television program "The Five." (Photo: AP Photo/Richard Drew)
AP Photo/Richard Drew
Rubio with Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., in October 2013, as Republicans returned to the Capitol after a White House meeting with Obama during which they tried to come up with a bipartisan solution to the budget stalemate. (Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Rubio before a news conference where he expressed disappointment in Obama's initiative to normalize relations between the U.S. and Cuba. (Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is joined by Rubio during a town hall meeting in Aston, Pa., in 2012. (Photo: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Rubio addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2012. (Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Assisting former first lady Nancy Reagan as she takes a tumble at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in 2011. (Photo: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
A copy of Rubio's book "American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone." (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Alex Wong/Getty Images
Rubio gives his reaction to President Obama's announcement about revising policies on U.S.-Cuba relations. Rubio called the President a bad negotiator and criticized what he claimed was a deal with no democratic advances for Cuba. (Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)
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Rubio at a press conference on health care in October 2013 on Capitol Hill. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Alex Wong/Getty Images
Rubio speaks at a 2013 news conference on immigration reform as, from left, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Bob Menendez and Sen. Michael Bennet listen. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Rubio addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2013. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Alex Wong/Getty Images
Rubio addresses the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in 2013. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Alex Wong/Getty Images
During the 2012 presidential campaign, Republican nominee Mitt Romney is greeted by Rubio at the conclusion of his remarks during a campaign rally at the University of Miami. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Rubio during the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Rubio during the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Rubio speaks to the Latino Coalition's annual economic summit in 2012. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Win McNamee/Getty Images
Sen. Rubio speaks to the Latino Coalition's annual economic summit in 2012. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Win McNamee/Getty Images
The senator-elect (with his daughter Amanda as son Anthony holds his hands over his ears) as the crowd cheers during his victory celebration in 2010. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Senate candidate Rubio speaks at a Republican National Committee fundraising rally in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., in 2010. (Photo: Matt Stroshane/Getty Images)
Matt Stroshane/Getty Images
From left, Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and Rubio before a campaign debate in 2010. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
With his wife, Jeanette, and son Dominick, 2, before signing a document declaring his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in the 2010 Florida GOP primary. (Photo: AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
AP Photo/Lynne Sladky
Rubio (with his son Anthony, left, and father, Mario) shows off the election documents he signed, officially qualifying him as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Rubio in 2010, as a U.S. Senate candidate, by his bus. (Photo: AP Photo/John Raoux)
AP Photo/John Raoux
Rubio, then a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Florida, at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., in 2010. (Photo: Robert Giroux/Getty Images)
Robert Giroux/Getty Images
Marco Rubio, then speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, speaks during a Cuban Independence Day celebration in Miami in 2008. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Rubio, then Florida House speaker, at a news conference in 2007. (Photo: AP Photo/Phil Coale)
AP Photo/Phil Coale
Rubio during the ceremony naming him speaker of the Florida House of Representatives in 2005. (Photo: AP Photo/Phil Coale)
AP Photo/Phil Coale
The then-Florida state representative during a House session in 2004. At 32, Rubio was one of the youngest legislators. (Photo: AP Photo/Phil Coale)
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Rubio at a rally at Miami's Freedom Tower on April 13. (Photo: AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
AP Photo/Wilfredo LeeAs Marco Rubio prepares to announce his expected run for the presidency, Yahoo News takes a look at the Florida senator’s political ascent. (Yahoo News)
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