Below is the Florida deadline for federal office candidates. Marco can either stay in the presidential race or opt out before to hopefully remain as a Senator. He cannot do both under Florida law.
I predict he will run the Presidential gauntlet up to the last second and then bow out to retain his Senate seat. I still will support Ron DeSantis who has already made his intentions known and will abstain if Rubio falls back and runs again for the Senate.
Qualifying Dates
Noon, May 2 - Noon, May 6, 2016
*Note: Qualifying papers will be accepted beginning April 18, 2016, pursuant to Section 99.061(8), F.S.
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State Attorney & Public Defender (All Except 20th Circuit)
I agree. I’ve thought about that too. He has to say that he’s not going to run for Senate to have credibility as a presidential candidate, but in the end, is he really going to quit the Senate. He hasn’t been there long enough to get the big bucks on K-Street like Cantor’s getting...so go back home and “practice law”. Nope. And how does he launch another Presidential campaign after dropping out of high-society after just one Senate term?
He’ll be running for re-election...almost for sure, and if he can behave for now on in the Senate, perhaps in the far-off future he can make another (more credible) run at the big prize.
He has already announced he is resigning from the Senate. Of course, you’re probably thinking, “why should we believe him?”