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 Gowdy of South Carolina, who sits on the House of Representatives
Oversight Committee, announced his support for the junior senator
from Florida while on a two-day campaign swing with the candidate
through Iowa.
"I’m going to vote for Marco Rubio, and I’ll tell you why. National
security and public safety are the most important issues today, and
there is nobody better on those two issues than Marco Rubio,” Gowdy
said.
The endorsement follows Gowdy's participation this year in a highly
publicized select committee inquiry into former Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton and whether her use of a private email server
compromised national security.
 Gowdy chaired the panel investigating the 2012 attack on Americans
in Benghazi, Libya in which four were killed, and the focus on him
peaked in October when Clinton testified in an 11-hour hearing.
Gowdy is a rising star among congressional Republicans, and his
endorsement could carry some weight, especially in South Carolina,
which is an important early voter state.
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According to a Reuters/Ipsos survey ended on Dec. 29, Rubio stands
in third place among candidates for the Republican nomination for
the November 2016 presidential election with 12 percent.
Real-estate mogul Donald Trump tops the list with 39 percent
support, and Ted Cruz placed second with just under 14 percent
support. The five-day rolling survey includes responses from 686
respondents.
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