Republican
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio preparing for 2016 run: ABC
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[January 23, 2015]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator
Marco Rubio is preparing to launch a bid for the 2016 Republican
presidential nomination, signing on a prominent fundraiser and planning
trips to early voting states, ABC News reported on Friday, citing an
adviser.
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"He has told us to proceed as if he is running for president," a
senior Rubio adviser was quoted as telling ABC.
Rubio has chosen Anna Rogers, the finance director for conservative
group American Crossroads founded by former President George W. Bush
adviser Karl Rove, to lead his fundraising effort, ABC reported.
Rogers will start work at Rubio’s political action committee on Feb.
1 and become the finance director of his presidential campaign, the
network said. It did not identify the adviser.
Rubio, a Cuban American whose entry into the race was in question
after fellow Florida Republican Jeb Bush, the son and brother of
former U.S. presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, moved
toward a candidacy this month.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2015/Jan/23/images/ads/current/pest_control_bch_092414.png) A Bush candidacy complicated the path to the White House for
potential Republican rivals, including Mitt Romney, who ran
unsuccessfully in 2008 and 2012. Other 2016 hopefuls competing for
Republican fundraising dollars include New Jersey Governor Chris
Christie and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.
ABC News reported Rubio will make a fundraising trip through
California next week and scheduled a book tour that will include
stops in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida.
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Rubio, 43, who served in the Florida legislature while Bush was
governor, would compete with many of the same donors in their home
state. He is up for re-election to the Senate in 2016.
Rubio said on Wednesday the foreign policy experience he gained in
the Senate would set him apart from the current and former governors
making a White House bid.
The senator was a fierce critic of President Barack Obama's move
last month to normalize relations with Cuba.
(Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Susan Heavey)
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