Poll: Rubio Leads Dem Opponents In Florida Senate Race

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. speaks during a campaign stop, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Summerville, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Although Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has not yet announced whether he will run for re-election to the Senate, a new Quinnipiac poll released on Wednesday found Rubio leading both potential Democratic challengers in the race.

Rubio leads Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL) 47-40 and leads Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) 48-40, according to the Quinnipiac poll.

Rubio performs better against Democrats than the other Republican candidates in the Florida Senate primary. Both Murphy and Grayson beat all of the other Republican candidates in individual match-ups, according to the Quinnipiac poll.

Quinnipiac University surveyed 975 Florida voters via phone June 8-19 with a margin of error plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

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  1. The guy who hates being in the Senate.

    Republicans don’t really believe in meritocracy. Reward is not based on achievement. For Republicans, reward is just their version of welfare.

  2. So the Floridians love them some dehydrated Marcobot. What on earth could those voters be thinking? Does Marco have “special” talents we don’t know about? What can this idiot possibly offer?

  3. Rubio is another Republican slacker, taker and lazy do nothing infantile politician. IOW: Perfect GOP politician!

  4. Avatar for 1gg 1gg says:

    Why in the world would you hire someone who tells you up front he hates the job and doesn’t plan on showing up for work?
    This is the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over again and yet expecting different results, good job Floridians!

  5. Wait. How is there not a Democratic candidate yet?

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