He got his start as the Commissioner of West Miami. In 2000, he was elected to the Florida House of Representatives and was re-elected three more times. In 2006 he was elected the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.
Policy:
-Conservative Republican
-Anti-Establishment sentiment
-Authored 100 Ideas for Florida's Future.
-Was the figurehead of a 2007 tax overhaul that was supposed to lower property taxes and reduce the size of government.
Rubio was initially trailing then-Republican Charlie Crist by double digit percentage points but slowly gained momentum and passed him, causing Crist to run as an independent.
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