Republican Sen. Marco Rubio won a third term Tuesday, defeating Democratic Rep. Val Demings in a race that could help decide control of the narrowly divided Senate. With more than 70% of the vote in, Rubio was the projected winner over Demings, NBC News reported. Demings, 65, is a third-term congresswoman who prominently featured her background as a police officer…
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio won a third term Tuesday, defeating Democratic Rep. Val Demings in a race that could help decide control of the narrowly divided Senate.Demings, 65, is a third-term congresswoman who prominently featured her background as a police officer and Orlando’s first female police chief.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.
Rubio ran for president in 2016, winning the Minnesota primary before dropping out of the race eventually won by Donald Trump. Rubio initially said he wouldn’t seek a second term, which led to a scramble of GOP candidates looking to fill his seat. But Rubio changed his mind just before candidate qualifying ended and easily won a second term.
During his first Senate campaign, Rubio repeatedly reminded voters of his working class background, saying it was an"only in America” idea that the son of Cuban immigrants could become a U.S. senator. His father was a bartender and his mother was a hotel maid. “If you want to talk about radical plans, Congresswoman Demings supported a radical plan,” Rubio said in their only debate."She actually voted for the crazy people’s budget, a socialist budget."
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