A Nation at Crossroads - A 2024 Election Game (Gameplay Thread)

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Marco Rubio's speech in New Orleans, Louisiana

Of course, many are the candidates who talk about taking on Wall Street. But among the presidential candidates running in this cycle, I am the one who actually did something about it, who actually got things done about this critical issue.

In the U.S. Senate, I cosponsored the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011 which sought a full audit of the Federal Reserve.

Because of Dodd-Frank, a big government job-killing policy adopted by the previous administration, big banks got big because the government made them big by imposing thousands of pages of regulations. Unlike small banks, big banks were able to deal with all these regulations because they had an army of lawyers and compliance officers. As a consequence, big banks got bigger and small banks were struggling to lend or to exist. So Dodd Frank was only helping out Wall Street even more. We have actually created a category of systemically important institutions, and these banks go around bragging about it. You know what they said to people with a wink and a nod? « We are so big, we are so important that if we get in trouble, the government has to bail us out. » Dodd-Frank reduced consumer choice while driving consumer costs and the compliance burden higher. This law cost almost 40 billion dollars within 5 years, has added complexity and confusion for consumers and financial intuitions, which was detrimental to the housing market, work force, and free market in general. Dodd-Frank eviscerated small businesses and small banks. Over 40 % of small and mid-size banks that loan money to small businesses have been wiped out when Dodd-Frank has passed in 2010, which bankrupted small businesses, killed tens of thousands of jobs and drastically raised the unemployment rate. Everything has changed when President Trump came to office, and that year we put forward the Financial CHOICE Act that rolled back those devastating regulations, thus giving a chance to small banks and allowing them to compete because these small banks are the lifeblood of our Main Streets.

And for years, Wall Street has been getting rich helping Chinese companies raise money on U.S. stock exchanges, without those firms being required to meet basic U.S. standards for transparency. Millions of Americans have unknowingly invested hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese companies whose audits have never been verified by U.S. regulators because the Chinese government did not permit its companies to submit to basic scrutiny and oversight in the United States. Hundreds of Chinese companies are listed on U.S. stock exchanges through a variety of creative investment mechanisms. Their financial audits, according to Chinese law, couldn't ever be checked. What’s worse, when a Chinese firm is revealed to be involved in fraudulent activity, as happened all the time, U.S. investors had zero recourse in China. As a result, Chinese companies were bilking U.S. investors and U.S. markets were carrying huge and incalculable added risk. Something had to be done about it and that is why, in 2019, I worked with my senate colleagues to introduce the a bill that would give any foreign firm three years to make their audits available to U.S. regulators or face increased disclosure requirements. If they don’t comply, they would be delisted from U.S. exchanges.

In 2021, a contraction in economics caused a recession in this country but our administration approved the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2022 to audit Wall Street, making this recession one of the shortest ones in history.

So if you want a candidate ready to lead, to ensure full transparency and to get things done as I did, then I am your candidate.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

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Source : https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2018/11/07/fox-news-has-highest-rated-midterm-coverage-in-cable-news-history/#76bc9896c867

Fox News Election Night Theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88je-dAzZPM

Brett Baier : "Welcome back one and all to the Fox News Coverage of the 2024 Presidential Primaries!"

Martha MacCullum : "Tonight, the four major remaining candidates of both parties are fighting to win the 389 delegates up for grabs in the GOP race, as well as the 459 delegates in the Democratic race. Currently, the polls have just closed and we are expecting the first major results to come in soon!"

Kentucky Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 54 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 46 %

Puerto Rico Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 62 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 38 %

Martha MacCullum : "The results currently showing another very promising night for the Vice President, but it is still early in both of these contests."

Current Republican Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 663 Delegates (11 States)
Ivan Rodriguez : 434 Delegates (6 States)
Kristi Noem : 18 Delegates (1 State)
1,262 Delegates needed for the Nomination
2,522 Total Delegates

Current Democratic Delegate Count

Tammy Duckworth : 1,341 Delegates (9 States)
Jeff Merkley : 1,327 Delegates (10 States)
Andrew Cuomo : 21 Delegates (0 States)
2,853 Delegates needed for the Nomination
5,705 Total Delegates

Martha MacCullum : "Stay tuned as we take you into the rest of the Republican results, as well as the first Democratic results, after the break!"

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Source : https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2018/11/07/fox-news-has-highest-rated-midterm-coverage-in-cable-news-history/#76bc9896c867

Fox News Election Night Theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88je-dAzZPM

Brett Baier : "Welcome back one and all to the Fox News Coverage of the 2024 Presidential Primaries!"

Martha MacCullum : "And, if you're just joining us, it is 7 PM in the East, and we are watching the results come in from Kentucky and Puerto Rico's Republican primaries, the latter of which we can now make a call in."

Kentucky Republican Primary - 25% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 53 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 47 %

Puerto Rico Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 65 % ✔ (23 delegates)
Ivan Rodriguez : 35 % (0 delegates)

Martha MacCullum : "This is Vice President Rubio's first win of the night, and a big one in the winner-take-all race in Puerto Rico, giving him all 23 of the territory's delegates."

Current Republican Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 686 Delegates (11 States + PR)
Ivan Rodriguez : 434 Delegates (6 States)
Kristi Noem : 18 Delegates (1 State)
1,262 Delegates needed for the Nomination
2,522 Total Delegates

Current Democratic Delegate Count

Tammy Duckworth : 1,341 Delegates (9 States)
Jeff Merkley : 1,327 Delegates (10 States)
Andrew Cuomo : 21 Delegates (0 States)
2,853 Delegates needed for the Nomination
5,705 Total Delegates

Martha MacCullum : "Stay tuned as we take you into the rest of the Republican results, as well as the first Democratic results, after the break!"

[Cabbage]

Source : https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2018/11/07/fox-news-has-highest-rated-midterm-coverage-in-cable-news-history/#76bc9896c867

Fox News Election Night Theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88je-dAzZPM

Brett Baier : "Welcome back one and all to the Fox News Coverage of the 2024 Presidential Primaries!"

Martha MacCullum : "And, if you're just joining us, it is 8 PM in the East, and we are watching the results come in from Kentucky's Republican primaries, as well as numerous races where the polls are just now closing."

Kentucky Republican Primary - 60% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 55 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 45 %

Maine Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 57 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 43 %

Mississippi Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 54 %
Marco Rubio : 46 %

Missouri Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 50.2 %
Marco Rubio : 49.8 %

Maine Democratic Primary - 1% Reporting

Jeff Merkley - 55 %
Tammy Duckworth : 45 %

Mississippi Democratic Primary - 1% Reporting

Jeff Merkley - 52 %
Tammy Duckworth : 48 %

Missouri Democratic Primary - 1% Reporting

Jeff Merkley - 54 %
Tammy Duckworth : 46 %

Martha MacCullum : "The Vice President with a commanding lead in Maine to start off as we watch further results come in from Kentucky. Meanwhile, Governor Rodriguez leading in Mississippi and having a surprise early lead in the state of Missouri. At the same time, Senator Merkley leading across the board in the early returns from the Democratic races."

Current Republican Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 686 Delegates (11 States + PR)
Ivan Rodriguez : 434 Delegates (6 States)
Kristi Noem : 18 Delegates (1 State)
1,262 Delegates needed for the Nomination
2,522 Total Delegates

Current Democratic Delegate Count

Tammy Duckworth : 1,341 Delegates (9 States)
Jeff Merkley : 1,327 Delegates (10 States)
Andrew Cuomo : 21 Delegates (0 States)
2,853 Delegates needed for the Nomination
5,705 Total Delegates

Martha MacCullum : "Stay tuned as we take you into the rest of the results after the break!"

[Cabbage]

Source : https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2018/11/07/fox-news-has-highest-rated-midterm-coverage-in-cable-news-history/#76bc9896c867

Fox News Election Night Theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88je-dAzZPM

Brett Baier : "Welcome back one and all to the Fox News Coverage of the 2024 Presidential Primaries!"

Martha MacCullum : "And, if you're just joining us, it is 9 PM in the East, and we are watching the results come in from numerous races where the polls are just now closing, as well as others where the polls have been closed for some time now. The longest-outstanding of these races is Kentucky, where we have a call to make."

Kentucky Republican Primary - 90% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 52 % ✔ (22 delegates)
Ivan Rodriguez : 48 % (20 delegates)

Maine Republican Primary - 25% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 60 % ✔ (13 delegates)
Ivan Rodriguez : 40 % (8 delegates)

Mississippi Republican Primary - 25% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 53 %
Marco Rubio : 47 %

Missouri Republican Primary - 25% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 52 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 48 %

Michigan Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 56 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 44 %

Kansas Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 54 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 46 %

Louisiana Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 51 %
Marco Rubio : 49 %

Maine Democratic Primary - 25% Reporting

Jeff Merkley - 53 %
Tammy Duckworth : 47 %

Mississippi Democratic Primary - 25% Reporting

Jeff Merkley - 54 %
Tammy Duckworth : 46 %

Missouri Democratic Primary - 25% Reporting

Jeff Merkley - 55 %
Tammy Duckworth : 45 %

Michigan Democratic Primary - 1% Reporting

Jeff Merkley - 51 %
Tammy Duckworth : 49 %

Kansas Democratic Primary - 1% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 53 %
Jeff Merkley - 47 %

Louisiana Democratic Primary - 1% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 52 %
Jeff Merkley - 48 %

Martha MacCullum : "The Vice President with a commanding lead in Maine to start off as we watch further results come in from Kentucky. Meanwhile, Governor Rodriguez leading in Mississippi and having a surprise early lead in the state of Missouri. At the same time, Senator Merkley leading across the board in the early returns from the Democratic races."

Current Republican Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 721 Delegates (13 States + PR)
Ivan Rodriguez : 462 Delegates (6 States)
Kristi Noem : 18 Delegates (1 State)
1,262 Delegates needed for the Nomination
2,522 Total Delegates

Current Democratic Delegate Count

Tammy Duckworth : 1,341 Delegates (9 States)
Jeff Merkley : 1,327 Delegates (10 States)
Andrew Cuomo : 21 Delegates (0 States)
2,853 Delegates needed for the Nomination
5,705 Total Delegates

Martha MacCullum : "Stay tuned as we take you into the rest of the results after the break!"

[Cabbage]

Source : https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2018/11/07/fox-news-has-highest-rated-midterm-coverage-in-cable-news-history/#76bc9896c867

Fox News Election Night Theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88je-dAzZPM

Brett Baier : "Welcome back one and all to the Fox News Coverage of the 2024 Presidential Primaries!"

Martha MacCullum : "And, if you're just joining us, it is 10 PM in the East, and we are watching the results come in from numerous races where the polls have been closed for some time now. We also have our first calls to make in the Democratic race, as well as more in the GOP race."

Mississippi Republican Primary - 60% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 52 %
Marco Rubio : 48 %

Missouri Republican Primary - 60% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 53 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 47 %

Michigan Republican Primary - 25% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 59 % ✔ (52 delegates)
Ivan Rodriguez : 41 % (12 delegates)

Kansas Republican Primary - 25% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 57 % ✔ (23 delegates)
Ivan Rodriguez : 43 % (17 delegates)

Louisiana Republican Primary - 25% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 52 %
Marco Rubio : 48 %

Maine Democratic Primary - 50% Reporting

Jeff Merkley - 55 % ✔ (17 delegates)
Tammy Duckworth : 45 % (13 delegates)

Mississippi Democratic Primary - 50% Reporting

Jeff Merkley - 55 % ✔ (37 delegates)
Tammy Duckworth : 45 % (30 delegates)

Missouri Democratic Primary - 50% Reporting

Jeff Merkley - 58 % ✔ (52 delegates)
Tammy Duckworth : 42 % (36 delegates)

Michigan Democratic Primary - 25% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 52 %
Jeff Merkley - 48 %

Kansas Democratic Primary - 25% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 54 %
Jeff Merkley - 46 %

Louisiana Democratic Primary - 25% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 51 %
Jeff Merkley - 49 %

Martha MacCullum : "The Vice President carrying Michigan and Kansas while Governor Rodriguez digs in in the South. At the same time, Senator Merkley winning three sizable victories in Missouri, Mississippi, and Maine from the Democratic races. However, the later-closing states once again look like they might smile on Duckworth, allowing her to catch up later in the night."

Current Republican Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 796 Delegates (15 States + PR)
Ivan Rodriguez : 491 Delegates (6 States)
Kristi Noem : 18 Delegates (1 State)
1,262 Delegates needed for the Nomination
2,522 Total Delegates

Current Democratic Delegate Count

Jeff Merkley : 1,433 Delegates (13 States)
Tammy Duckworth : 1,420 Delegates (9 States)
Andrew Cuomo : 21 Delegates (0 States)
2,853 Delegates needed for the Nomination
5,705 Total Delegates

Martha MacCullum : "Stay tuned as we take you into the rest of the results after the break!"

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Source : https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2018/11/07/fox-news-has-highest-rated-midterm-coverage-in-cable-news-history/#76bc9896c867

Fox News Election Night Theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88je-dAzZPM

Brett Baier : "Welcome back one and all to the Fox News Coverage of the 2024 Presidential Primaries!"

Martha MacCullum : "And, if you're just joining us, it is 11 PM in the East, and we are watching the results come in from numerous races where the polls have been closed for some time now, as well as a few races where the polls have just closed. We also have more calls in both races."

Mississippi Republican Primary - 85% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 53 % ✔ (22 delegates)
Marco Rubio : 47 % (18 delegates)

Missouri Republican Primary - 85% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 53 % ✔ (43 delegates)
Ivan Rodriguez : 47 % (10 delegates)

Louisiana Republican Primary - 50% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 51 %
Marco Rubio : 49 %

Idaho Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 58 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 42 %

Hawaii Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 55 %
Marco Rubio : 45 %

Michigan Democratic Primary - 50% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 53 %
Jeff Merkley - 47 %

Kansas Democratic Primary - 50% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 56 % ✔ (22 delegates)
Jeff Merkley - 44 % (17 delegates)

Louisiana Democratic Primary - 50% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 51 %
Jeff Merkley - 49 %

Martha MacCullum : "The Vice President carrying Missouri while Governor Rodriguez takes Mississippi. At the same time, Senator Duckworth her first race of the night in Kansas, and is looking better and better as time goes on in Michigan."

Current Republican Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 857 Delegates (16 States + PR)
Ivan Rodriguez : 523 Delegates (7 States)
Kristi Noem : 18 Delegates (1 State)
1,262 Delegates needed for the Nomination
2,522 Total Delegates

Current Democratic Delegate Count

Jeff Merkley : 1,450 Delegates (13 States)
Tammy Duckworth : 1,442 Delegates (10 States)
Andrew Cuomo : 21 Delegates (0 States)
2,853 Delegates needed for the Nomination
5,705 Total Delegates

Martha MacCullum : "Stay tuned as we take you into the rest of the results after the break!"

[Cabbage]

Source : https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2018/11/07/fox-news-has-highest-rated-midterm-coverage-in-cable-news-history/#76bc9896c867

Fox News Election Night Theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88je-dAzZPM

Brett Baier : "Welcome back one and all to the Fox News Coverage of the 2024 Presidential Primaries!"

Martha MacCullum : "And, if you're just joining us, it is 1 AM in the East, and we are watching the results come in from the few remaining GOP races, both of which we can call at this time."

Louisiana Republican Primary - 98% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 50.2 % ✔ (29 delegates)
Marco Rubio : 49.8 % (17 delegates)

Hawaii Republican Primary - 50% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 54 % ✔ (11 delegates)
Marco Rubio : 46 % (8 delegates)

Martha MacCullum : "Governor Rodriguez finishing up the night with wins in Louisiana and Hawaii. That will conclude our coverage of tonight's Democratic primaries, as the RNC is planning to announce the results of the Northern Mariana Islands and Democrats Abroad primaries this coming morning."

Current Republican Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 911 Delegates (17 States + PR)
Ivan Rodriguez : 576 Delegates (9 States)
Kristi Noem : 18 Delegates (1 State)
1,262 Delegates needed for the Nomination
2,522 Total Delegates

Current Democratic Delegate Count

Tammy Duckworth : 1,575 Delegates (12 States)
Jeff Merkley : 1,564 Delegates (13 States)
Andrew Cuomo : 21 Delegates (0 States)
2,853 Delegates needed for the Nomination
5,705 Total Delegates

Martha MacCullum : "Thank you for tuning in tonight, and we will be bringing you the results in the Northern Mariana Islands and Democrats Abroad primaries tomorrow morning!"

[Cabbage]

So, due to a minor accident, I overwrote the midnight calls, but the margins were basically the same as they were in the 11 o'clock update. Also, here's the final results:

Northern Mariana Islands Republican Primary - 100% reporting
Marco Rubio : 54% (9 delegates)
Ivan Rodriguez : 46% (0 delegates)

Democrats Abroad Primary - 100% reporting
Jeff Merkley - 61 % (11 delegates)
Tammy Duckworth : 39 % (6 delegates)

Northern Mariana Islands Democratic Primary - 100% reporting
Tammy Duckworth : 65 % (8 delegates)
Jeff Merkley: 35% (3 delegates)

Current Republican Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 920 Delegates (17 States + PR + NMI)
Ivan Rodriguez : 576 Delegates (9 States)
Kristi Noem : 18 Delegates (1 State)
1,262 Delegates needed for the Nomination
2,522 Total Delegates

Current Democratic Delegate Count

Tammy Duckworth : 1,589 Delegates (12 States + NMI)
Jeff Merkley : 1,578 Delegates (13 States + DA)
Andrew Cuomo : 21 Delegates (0 States)
2,853 Delegates needed for the Nomination
5,705 Total Delegates

[Cabbage]

TURN XI: March 13-19
IRL: Feb. 25 - Mar. 2; extensions until Mar. 6 as needed

President Trump Approval Rating
Disapprove: 55%
Approve: 40%
Undecided: 5%

Hypothetical GE Matchups:

Tammy Duckworth: 57%
Marco Rubio: 36%

Jeff Merkley: 56%
Marco Rubio: 32%

Tammy Duckworth: 55%
Ivan Rodriguez: 40%

Jeff Merkley: 51%
Ivan Rodriguez: 43%

Rubio claims more wins this week

Vice President Rubio celebrated a major victory in Detroit Tuesday night as he won more than 250 delegates, carrying six states, as well as Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands. Rubio is viewed as having solidified his lead by many pundits, but many in the Rodriguez camp have gone against that line of thinking, pointing to the Governor's continued victories in several states. Only time will tell who is right.

Swalwell asked to step down as Minority Leader due to unpopularity

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15), the House Minority Leader, has been asked to step down after only four days in the post. This is largely the result of his unpopularity (only 27% of Americans approve of him, compared to 63% who disapprove), which has been exacerbated by what his opponents call "sanctimonious Twitter rants," including several where he refers to himself as "the next Speaker of the House."

Several candidates have emerged to replace Swalwell, but none have sufficient support to take him on at the moment. Swalwell has stated he has "no intention" of stepping down on his own.

Sandoval meets with numerous Senators ahead of hearings; states hope of "bypassing the filibuster."

Former Nevada Governor and Supreme Court nominee Brian Sandoval has been meeting with both Republicans and moderate Democrats in the Senate in the hopes of "bypassing the filibuster" that Senator Jeff Merkley has threatened against his confirmation. Sandoval has stated his displeasure with "these strictly partisan efforts" to block his confirmation. As of yet, no vote totals exist to determine whether or not this strategy is succeeding.

"New Socialism" leaders arrested in California as organization condemns "false socialists" who pushed for their categorization as a terrorist group

A raid on a Los Angeles apartment building led to the arrest of four major leaders of the group "New Socialism," which was overwhelmingly classified as a terrorist organization by the US Senate last week, following their attack on the motorcade of Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. Their location was traced via the Internet, where they took to various social media platforms to condemn the "false socialists" who voted to classify them as terrorists. The ringleader of the organization is seemingly still at large.

Trump mulls endorsement despite there being no set GOP nominee yet

A source from inside the White House told CBS News Friday that President Trump is "mulling an endorsement" in the 2024 Republican primaries, which could be a gamechanger in a race where no candidate has yet reached the necessary 1262 delegates needed to claim the nomination.

Said source stated that the President has considered endorsing both candidates, and that there is no clear favorite at this point. Several close advisors have encouraged the President to hold off until someone reached 1262 delegates. It remains to be seen whether or not he will listen.

Polonsky scores big win in first round of Russian election; Medvedev also to advance to runoff

Sergei Polonsky, the isolationist independent frontrunner in the Russian presidential race, confirmed his status with a major win in the first round of the election, scoring 47% of the vote. Prime Minister Medvedev came in second, with 22%. The runoff will be held in three weeks.

2024 CPAC releases straw poll results; Rubio out front by healthy margin

Vice President Rubio gained another boost to his candidacy as the Conservative Political Action Conference released the results of its presidential straw poll, which showed Rubio with 57% to Governor Ivan Rodriguez's 43%. Rubio has lauded this poll as "another sign of our impending victory," while Rodriguez declined to comment.

Noem appoints Paul TenHaken to Thune's seat

Following the death of Senator John Thune, Governor Kristi Noem appointed Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken to fill his seat. TenHaken, who is best known for his skills in technology and marketing, has been called "the future of the Senate" by Governor Noem. TenHaken has said he will "gladly" support Governor Sandoval's confirmation.

(If there were any follow-ups/additional news stories I missed, please let me know.)

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Marco Rubio's Victory Speech in Detroit, Michigan

Thank you! Thank you, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Puerto Rico and Northern Marianas for those massive victories tonight! Thank you!

Tonight's results demonstrate that there is obviously an increasing desire for party unity in order for us to bring this party together behind a leader like me who knows how to get things done and for us to start the general election campaign to pursue and secure America's future with a strong economy through free enterprise and small government, with the defense of our constitutional rights, with a free-market health care system and with a strong national security and global peace through a strong military and tough American leadership.

Tonight's results demonstrate that our country has a strong desire to pursue the progress made in the last 8 years and that requires proven and steady leadership. And I'm the one candidate in this race who has those qualities to lead. As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship so I know how to get us to full employment and that requires lower taxes for all Americans, including the middle class, fiscal discipline and the promotion of energy independence and free trade. As Vice-President of the United States, I'm proud to have helped defeat ISIS, to denuclearize North Korea and Iran. And now we've got strong national security challenges facing our country : radical Islamic terrorist threat from West Africa, New Socialism attempting to impose fear over hope in our homeland and a Middle East destabilized by a conflict in Turkey. But I'm the only candidate in this race to have openly put forward solutions to successfully face our national security challenges because that's what the American people is seeking in their next President. I listened to you and I earned your trust.

My friends, tonight's results has put us just 342 delegates away from reaching the delegate threshold to win the Republican nomination for President of the United States so let's use this momentum for mini Super Tuesday next week. This week, a lot of important primaries will be held, including in my home state of Florida, in Ohio, the crucial battleground state which no Republican won the White House without winning there, and the great state of Illinois. And thanks to that momentum, we will win big in these 3 states, bring us much closer to the nomination and we will finally bring our party and our people together for opportunity and to fight for your future, a bright future for all Americans.

Thank you. God bless you and God bless America.

[Jaguar4life]

What Ivan Rodriguez did part 1

In a break during campaigning Ivan Rodriguez visited the White House for a governor dinner but didn’t talk to Trump about a possible endorsement.  The Governor went to Ohio for a few campaign rallies talking about economic issues and how he is different from Marco Rubio and how he is the more moderate choice this election.

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Marco Rubio's campaign schedule, Part 1

(Own creation)

March 13, 2024
-Campaign in Miami, Florida with Governor Ron De Santis and Senator Pam Bondi
-Economic policy speech at PortMiami in Miami, FL
-Immigration policy speech in Miami, FL
-Global peace policy speech in Miami, FL
-Fundraising event at the Freedom Tower in Miami, FL
-Welcome Home rally with voters at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, FL :

Own creation
Thank you Florida! Thank you for that warm welcome! It’s good to be home ahead of the primary that will be held here and will propel us to victory for the nomination on Tuesday and for the presidency in November.

Every single vote, especially here in Florida, counts. As you know, Florida has saved the nation so many times in the past, including in 2000 when we won this state by only 537 votes, which narrowly got then Governor George W. Bush over the top with 271 electoral votes. Imagine 9/11 with Al Gore at the White House : we would have been facing stronger terrorist threat caused by a weak foreign policy by Gore who spent his political career fighting to gut our military and our security measures and to diminish American leadership, which allowed disasters in the Clinton years such as the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, the failure of Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, Al Qaida's terrorist attacks against our embassies in Africa in 1998 and against the USS Cole in 2000. But fortunately, because Florida elected George W. Bush in 2000, we avoided such tragedies by restoring American leadership and when 9/11 occured, we took strong action against Al Qaida and we kept our military strong and, along with our allies, we deployed all the necessary troops in Afghanistan to defeat this terrorist organization. As a result, we kept our country safe and reinforced security as well as justice, freedom and democracy around the world.

And 8 years ago, Florida has once again saved our nation in the process of deciding which direction our country would be taking. But instead of chosing corruption with a person who had a private email server as Secretary of State, deleted 30 000 emails and consistently lied about why 4 U.S. ambassadors were killed in Benghazi, Florida has chosen change that got North Korea and Iran to denuclearize, got us to victory against ISIS and provided the largest tax cuts in American history, which brought our unemployment rate below 4 %, the lowest rate in modern history.

I am proud to have served Florida, whether it’s as state legislator, as the Speaker of the Florida House or as U.S. Senator. During my speakership, I led the Florida House in apologizing for the state’s role in slavery. I put together a package expanding mentoring programs for teen boys, and helped create a program modeled on the Harlem Children's Zone in Miami. With the help of my colleagues, I published a book titled 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future. And 24 of these ideas became law, including multiple-year car registrations, a requirement that high schools provide more vocational courses, and an expanded voucher-like school-choice program, and another 10 were partially enacted. In the Senate, I helped block Obamacare bailouts that has eventually been abolished through the repeal and replacement of Obamacare in the last 8 years. In 2014, I sponsored the VA reform law that empowered the VA secretary to hold managers accountable for incompetence, negligence and corruption and to care more about veterans than bureaucrats. A few years later, I led the effort to pass the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act in order to protect any whistleblower denouncing any mistreatment and abuse towards our veterans. I passed tough sanctions on the Hezbollah for the sake of our national security. I fought the Obama administration to pass sanctions on Venezuelan human rights violators and passed the Girls Count Act to combat human trafficking. In order to make the Trump tax cuts even broader and permanent, I helped pass an amendment that doubled the Child Tax Credit from $1000 to $2000, which put more money in the pockets of Americans, including Floridians, and ensured the strong economic growth that America is now living. In 2019, I co-sponsored the Let Freedom Reign Act that provided military training and arms sales for the Venezuelan insurgency during the Venezuelan Civil War and helped the people of Venezuela to transfer towards democracy, liberty and integrity. In 2021, I also became the first Vice-President in office to visit Iran since the Iranian Revolution and Arsham Parsi and I discussed issues in which we managed to reach agreements thanks to Parsi’s friendliness to our country. It was in the aftermath of that visit, a few weeks later, that Parsi announced, during a Joint Session of Congress that I presided along with the Speaker of the House, that Iran going to proceed towards their denuclearization, to stop sponsoring global terrorism and that our relations with Tehran were going to be normalized. And that’s exactly what happened, getting us to stronger nuclear security, stronger stability in the Middle East and to stronger global peace.

I am proud of my record and that’s the kind of experience the American people is seeking in their next President. And that’s why we’re going to win Florida both on next Tuesday and in November, which will lead us to victory in the presidential race and that requires all of you to go to the polls, because who knows the outcome of the entire election might come down to Florida this year so you have the chance to save the nation once again like we did in 2000 and 2016 in order to pursue America’s progress. That’s why I need your support and your vote because if you give me that mandate, we will win the presidency and pursue America’s progress by promoting lower taxes for all Americans, including the middle class, by getting us to energy independence and championing free trade to get America to full-employment, by defending our constitutional rights, by keeping our military as well as American leadership strong to defeat Boko Haram, by normalizing our relations with Russia in the eventuality of a Sergei Polonsky presidency for the sake of global peace and stability and by keeping the world free from the nightmare of nuclear war through the ratification of the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty and by keeping America’s status as the leader in space exploration by sending a crewed mission to Mars. Thanks to that kind of leadership, we will protect and even expand the American Dream and preserve America’s status as the greatest nation in the history of mankind.

Thank you. God bless you. God bless Florida and God bless the United States of America.

-Campaign in Haileah, FL
-Campaign in Fort Lauderdale, FL
-Trade policy speech in Fort Lauderdale, FL
-Infrastructure policy speech in Fort Lauderdale, FL
-Campaign in Pembroke Pines, FL
-Anti-opioid policy speech in Pembroke Pines, FL
-Campaign in Hollywood, FL
-Town hall meeting with voters in Hollywood, FL
-Campaign in West Palm Beach, FL
-Tax cut policy speech in West Palm Beach, FL
-Hurricane infrastructure policy speech in West Palm Beach, FL
-Health care policy speech in West Palm Beach, FL
-Campaign in Boca Raton, FL
-Meet with college voters at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL
-Campaign in Stuart, FL
-Campaign in Palm City, FL
-Gun rights policy speech in Palm City, FL
-Campaign in Fort Pierce, FL
-Budget balance policy speech in Fort Pierce, FL
-Campaign in Port St. Lucie, FL
-Veterans policy speech in Port St. Lucie, FL
-Speech about experience in Port St. Lucie, FL
-Campaign in Kissimmee, FL
-Social security policy speech in Kissimmee, FL
-Campaign in St. Cloud, FL
-Campaign in Titusville, FL
-Energy policy speech in Titusville, FL
-Campaign in Palm Bay, FL
-Manufacturing policy speech in Palm Bay, FL
-Campaign in Apopka, FL
-Education policy speech in Apopka, FL
-Campaign in Winter Park, FL
-Campaign in Orlando, FL
-Counter-terrorism policy speech in Orlando, FL
-Space policy speech in Orlando, FL
-Fundraising event at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL
-Rally with voters at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, FL
-Campaign in Winter Springs, FL
-Campaign in Casselberry, FL
-Campaign in Altamonte Springs, FL
-Campaign in Sanford, FL
-Free trade policy speech in Sanford, FL
-School choice policy speech in Sanford, FL
-Campaign in Tavares, FL
-Campaign in Clermont, FL
-Agriculture policy speech in Clermont, FL
-Campaign in Tampa, FL
-Foreign policy speech in Tampa, FL
-Free enterprise policy speech in Tampa, FL
-Energy independence policy speech at Big Bend Power Station in Tampa, FL
-Speech at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay in Tampa, FL in an effort to appeal among Hispanic voters by reminding voters there of the effects of the Trump tax cuts on the Hispanic unemployment rate by bringing it at its lowest rate ever, by reminding them of Rubio’s efforts to pass the Let Freedom Reign Act of 2019 that provided weapons and training to the Venezuelan insurgency during the Venezuelan Civil War and led to democratization of Venezuela and by reminding people that school choice will lead to lower education costs for families, including immigrant families living paycheck to paycheck, production of higher outcomes, in contrast to public education (which will expand opportunities for low-income students—notably minorities—to attend high-quality schools that would otherwise be accessible only to high-income families, thus giving them a fair chance of success and an easier path to the workforce).
-Rally with voters at Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, FL
-Campaign in St. Petersburg, FL
-Free market policy speech at Jabil headquarters in St. Petersburg, FL
-National security policy speech in St. Petersburg, FL
-SCOTUS policy speech in St. Petersburg, FL
-Freedom of religion in St. Petersburg, FL
-Campaign in Clearwater, FL
-Border security policy speech in Clearwater, FL
-Campaign in Pinellas Park, FL
-Economic policy speech at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum in Pinellas Park, FL
-Campaign in Largo, FL
-Campaign in Dade City, FL
-Campaign in New Port Richey, FL
-Pro-life policy speech in New Port Richey, FL

March 14, 2024
-Campaign in Gainesville, FL
-Energy independence policy speech in Gainesville, FL
-Campaign in Deltona, FL
-Medicare policy speech in Deltona, FL
-Campaign in Daytona Beach, FL
-Trade policy speech in Daytona Beach, FL
-Campaign in DeLand, FL
-Campaign in Merritt Island, FL
-Space policy speech at the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, FL where VP Rubio reiterates his pledge to make the establishment of Lunar Gateway his top priority in terms of space exploration to propel America to the accomplishment of sending a crewed mission to Mars by 2030
-Campaign in Palatka, FL
-Town hall meeting with voters in Palatka, FL
-Campaign in St. Augustine, FL
-Education policy speech in St. Augustine, FL
-Campaign in Jacksonville, FL
-Free enterprise policy speech in Jacksonville, FL
-Counter-terrorism policy speech in Jacksonville, FL
-Gun rights policy speech in Jacksonville, FL
-Freedom of religion policy speech in Jacksonville, FL
-Fundraising event in Jacksonville, FL
-Rally with voters at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, FL
-Campaign in Green Cove Springs, FL
-Campaign in Lakeside, FL
-Campaign in Madison, FL
-Campaign in Tallahassee, FL
-Veterans policy speech in Tallahassee, FL
-Anti-opioid policy speech in Tallahassee, FL
-Free market policy speech in Tallahassee, FL
-Meet with college voters at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL
-Free market health care policy speech in Tallahassee, FL
-Campaign in Cheyenne, Wyoming with Kristi Noem and Mike Pompeo
-Energy policy speech in Cheyenne, WY
-Global peace policy speech in Cheyenne, WY
-Campaign in Casper, WY
-Agriculture policy speech in Casper, WY
-Tax-cut policy speech in Casper, WY
-Campaign in Laramie, WY
-Pro-life policy speech in Laramie, WY
-Campaign in Gillette, WY
-Town hall meeting with voters in Gillette, WY
-Campaign in Rock Springs, WY
-Campaign in Green River, WY
-Campaign in Sheridan, WY
-Campaign in Evanston, WY
-Freedom of religion policy speech in Evanston, WY
-Campaign in Cleveland, Ohio with Senator Mary Taylor and House Speaker Jim Jordan
-Economic policy speech in Cleveland, OH
-Free trade policy speech in Cleveland, OH
-Foreign policy speech in Cleveland, OH
-Rally with voters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, OH
-Space exploration policy speech at the International Women’s Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, OH
-Campaign in Parma, OH
-Campaign in Lakewood, OH
-Immigration policy speech in Lakewood, OH
-Campaign in Elyria, OH
-Town hall meeting with voters in Elyria, OH
-Campaign in Lorain, OH
-Infrastructure policy speech in Lorain, OH
-Small business policy speech in Lorain, OH
-Campaign in Akron, OH
-Coal policy speech at FirstEnergy headquarters in Akron, OH
-Health care policy speech in Akron, OH
-Campaign in Cuyahoga Falls, OH
-Campaign in Stow, OH
-Campaign in Green, OH
-Campaign in Newark, OH
-Tax reform policy speech at Longaberger headquarters in Newark, OH
-Campaign in Reynoldsburg, OH
-Town hall meeting with voters in Reynoldsburg, OH
-Campaign in Columbus, OH
-National security policy speech in Columbus, OH
-Social security policy speech in Columbus, OH
-Speech about experience in Columbus, OH
-Rally with voters at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, OH
-Manufacturing policy speech in Columbus, OH :

Source : https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/official-photo
Our manufacturing industry is a major pillar of our economy. The manufacturing sector composes 18.3 % of Ohio’s GDP, making it Ohio’s largest industry by percentage of GDP. The Buckeye State has the third largest manufacturing workforce after California and Texas and has the largest bioscience sector in the Midwest, and is a national leader in the "green" economy. Fifty-nine of the United States' top 1,000 publicly traded companies (by revenue in 2008) are headquartered in Ohio, including Procter & Gamble, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, AK Steel, Timken, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Wendy's. Ohio is the largest producer in the country of plastics, rubber, fabricated metals, electrical equipment, and appliances.

The Democrats keep claiming that they are the champions of American manufacturing workers. But their policies have been proven throughout history to be devastating for our manufacturing industry. In Bill Clinton’s final 3 years in office, more than 430,000 manufacturing jobs were lost. During the 8 years of the Obama administration, America lost 300 000 manufacturing jobs, including 45 000 in Pennsylvania and 37 000 here in the state of Ohio. Those declines are caused by higher taxes and regulations and an increase of the size of government, which are policies supported by both Tammy Duckworth and Jeff Merkley and that shipped manufacturing jobs overseas throughout the years by punishing businesses. We can’t afford to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Fortunately, in the last 8 years, we championed policies that promote U.S. businesses and  free enterprise by passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the largest tax reform policy in American history, by reducing our corporate tax rate from 40 % to 21 % and by repealing the Death Tax and the of the Marriage Penalty Tax, giving us the strongest economy in modern history through the lowest unemployment rate since 1970 and the creation of 7 million new jobs. Those policies helped create 500 000 new manufacturing jobs, including more than 25 000 here in Ohio, 13 000 in Pennsylvania, 18 000 in Michigan, 11 000 in Wisconsin and 22 000 in Illinois (another of the states holding a primary on March 19 along with Ohio and Florida), thus drastically reinforcing our manufacturing industry. And the renegotiation of NAFTA as well as the ratification of the USMCA further boosted our manufacturing industry through an increase of auto manufacturing by calling for 75% of a vehicle's parts to be produced in one of the 3 signatory countries in order to remain free from tariffs when moving between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, through stronger labor laws and by keeping tariffs at zero while further opening up the Canadian market to US dairy, poultry and eggs and allowing more Canadian dairy, peanuts and peanut products to cross the border. This deal resulted to the creation of 76 000 auto jobs, increased exports and imports and strengthened our competitiveness in the world economy.

As President of the United States, I will promote free trade with our allies in the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Europe while reducing the corporate tax rate to 15 % and lowering taxes for all businesses across the country, including manufacturing businesses. That will make it easy for manufacturing business owners and workers  to do business in America and promote free trade at the same time. I chaired the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, I know what it takes to get us to a strong manufacturing industry and to ensure the continuation of the strong economic growth that America is now living in order to get America to full-employment and to make the American Dream accessible for all Americans. And that’s why I ask for your vote.

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Merkley 2024

March 13-15: Merkley, flush from success on Super Tuesday, campaigned in heavily in Florida these days. He would speak notably on the issue of climate change, pointing to the rising sea levels around Miami, and the environmental crisis in the Everglades. He also brought up plans to fight climate change, intent on selling the fight as an economic stimulus. He brought up the need to focus on construction of renewable energy plants and prepare adaptation to the effects in areas being affected, in addition to cleanup efforts. Finally, he hit his usual talking point on raising the minimum wage, repealing Taft-Hartley and so on.

He also spoke on his bill to designate New Socialism a terrorist organization.

"What else would you call a political organization that fires on government officials and kills elected politicians? I call people who do that terrorists, and so does everyone else. This bill designates New Socialism as a terrorist group because they are one.

Also, they are right. I'm not a socialist. I'm a social democrat. I want to reform capitalism to make it fairer for people who don't have the ability to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. I don't want to abolish it, that is talk from a bunch of fringe groups.

March 16-19: These days were spent in Ohio, where Merkley campaigned on his infrastructure plan and of course, his union agenda. Notably, he also talked more on his minimum wage hike and the various economic benefits that it would bring. Again, he highlighted his Taft-Hartley repeal, and that it would be high on his list of priorities. He also introduced his plan to reform the military .

"Our military needs to be reformed for versatility, not power projection. We spend nearly $900 billion a year for power projection. The problem is that it hampers our ability to respond. We are in the 21st century. We are entering an age where tanks are close to being obsolete, and that's just for starters. We need more airborne troops, a special forces expansion and a reorganisation of our armored divisions.

These are not radical ideas. We live in an age where one mperson with a recoilless rifle can render a tank inoperable. This will not only save money, but will ensure we are properly prepared to respond to threats in the world."

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Marco Rubio's campaign schedule, Part 2

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March 15, 2024
-Campaign in Delaware, Ohio
-Small government policy speech in Delaware, OH
-Campaign in Dublin, OH
-Town hall meeting with voters in Dublin, OH
-Campaign in Powell, OH
-Campaign in Westerville, OH
-School choice policy speech in Westville, OH
-Campaign in Lancaster, OH
-Manufacturing policy speech at Anchor Hocking headquarters in Lancaster, OH
-Campaign in Springfield, OH
-Tax reform policy speech in Springfield, OH
-Campaign in New Carlisle, OH
-Campaign in Troy, OH
-Health care policy speech in Troy, OH
-Campaign in Kettering, OH
-Agriculture policy speech in Kettering, OH
-Campaign in Dayton, OH
-Economic policy speech in Dayton, OH
-Coal policy speech in Dayton, OH
-National security policy speech at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH
-Rally with voters at DOC Stadium in Dayton, OH
-Campaign in Lebanon, OH
-Campaign in Mason, OH
-Gun rights in Mason, OH
-Campaign in Eaton, OH
-Campaign in Xenia, OH
-Anti-opioid policy speech in Xenia, OH
-Campaign in Fairborn, OH
-Trade policy speech in Fairborn, OH
-Campaign in Beavercreek, OH
-Balanced budget policy speech in Beavercreek, OH
-Campaign in Washington Court House, OH
-Campaign in Wilmington, OH
-Veterans policy speech at Wilmington Air Park in Wilmington, OH
-Campaign in Middletown, OH
-Free market policy speech at AK Steel Holding headquarters in Middletown, OH
-Campaign in Hamilton, OH
-Town hall meeting with voters in Hamilton, OH
-Campaign in Cincinnati, OH
-Economic policy speech in Cincinnati, OH
-Homeland security policy speech in Cincinnati, OH where VP Rubio declares his support to the efforts given by the Congress to categorize New Socialism as a terrorist organization and praised the courage of the police officers who led the recent raid that led to the arrest of major leaders of the organization in Los Angeles

Source : https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/bay-of-pigs-veterans
A few days ago, a terrorist organization named New Socialism led a horrible, outrageous and coward attack against Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb that severely wounded him. We need to call this kind of attack like it is : barbarism and terrorism. These terrorists are even more than extremist socialists, they are marxists and marxism is based on the belief that no person has any value as an individual, you’re a member of a class. Marxism always leads to authoritarianism and dictatorship eventually, everywhere in the world that it’s been tried. As a son of Cuban immigrants who came to Florida from Cuba prior to Fidel Castro's rise to power, I know what it is to lose the gift of freedom like so many people in Cuba and around the world did because of communist dictatorship. And New Socialism is attempting to impose fear over hope and wants to destroy the values that we, Americans, cherish, which are free enterprise, capitalism, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, gender equity and democracy. And we thank the police officers who bravely risked their lives in defense of those values by leading the recent successful raid that arrested 4 major New Socialism leaders in Los Angeles. We will not surrender to fear, we will always stand up and defend those values and that's why I support Senator Merkley's bill to designate New Socialism as exactly like it is : a terrorist organization. Because regardless of our political differences and even though I could face Senator Merkley as the Democratic presidential nominee, we need to work together as Americans to keep America safe and defend our country's values and freedom.

-Energy policy speech in Cincinnati, OH
-Rally with voters at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, OH
-Meet with college voters at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH
-Campaign in Chicago, Illinois with former Governor James R. Thompson and U.S. Representative Catalina Lauf
-Free enterprise policy speech at the Chicago Board of Trade Building in Chicago, IL
-Free trade policy speech at the Quaker Oats Company headquarters in Chicago, IL
-Tax cut policy speech at the Boeing Company headquarters in Chicago, IL
-Immigration policy speech in Chicago, IL
-Foreign policy speech at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago, IL
-Fundraising event at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago, IL
-Speech in Chicago, IL given by former Governor James R. Thompson who reminded people of his record of taking on corruption in Cook County and Chicago as US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and of contributing to America’s national security as Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board and as Chair of the 9/11 Commission and takes on the occasion to praise Marco Rubio’s foreign policy experience, credentials and accomplishments such as passing sanctions on Hezbollah and the Let Freedom Reign Act and helping President Trump to defeat ISIS and to denuclearizing North Korea and Iran, describing Rubio as the candidate ready to be President on Day One and the best one to keep America safe

Source : https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=James+R.+Thompson&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1#/media/File:James_R._Thompson.jpg
-Rally with voters at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL
-GOTV efforts in Wyoming, District of Columbia and Virgin Islands
-Watch the coverage of the primary contests in Wyoming, D.C. and Virgin Islands in Chicago, IL

March 16, 2024
-Campaign in Wheaton, IL
-Agriculture policy speech in Wheaton, IL
-Campaign in Batavia, IL
-Campaign in West Chicago, IL
-Campaign in Dearfield, IL
-Free enterprise policy speech at Caterpillar Inc. headquarters in Dearfield, IL
-Campaign in Waukegan, IL
-Infrastructure policy in Waukegan, IL
-Town hall meeting with voters at Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, IL
-Campaign in Aurora, IL
-Economic policy speech in Aurora, IL
-Foreign policy speech in Aurora, IL
-Veterans policy speech in Aurora, IL
-Manufacturing policy speech in Aurora, IL
-Campaign in Geneva, IL
-Education policy speech in Geneva, IL
-Campaign in Batavia, IL
-Campaign in St. Charles, IL
-Campaign in Yorkville, IL
-Manufacturing policy speech at the William Wrigley Company facility in Yorkville, IL
-Campaign in Oswego, IL
-Trade policy speech in Oswego, IL
-Campaign in Lockport, IL
-Anti-opioid policy speech in Lockport, IL
-Campaign in Crest Hill, IL
-Campaign in Naperville, IL
-Energy policy speech at Nicor headquarters in Naperville, IL
-Tax reform policy speech in Naperville, IL
-Campaign in Joliet, IL
-Free market policy speech at Amazon facility in Joliet, IL
-National security policy speech in Joliet, IL
-Campaign in Belvidere, IL
-Campaign in Sycamore, IL
-Balanced budget policy speech in Sycamore, IL
-Campaign in DeKalb, IL
-Meet with college voters at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL
-Campaign in Oregon, IL
-Campaign in Rochelle, IL
-Campaign in Rockford, IL
-Economic policy speech at Woodward Inc. headquarters in Rockford, IL
-Health care policy speech in Rockford, IL
-Energy independence policy speech in Rockford, IL where VP Rubio reiterates his plan to make America the world’s leader in nuclear energy production and export through the construction of 40 new nuclear power plants in America by 2050
-Rally with voters at the Coronado Theatre in Rockford, IL
-Campaign in Freeport, IL
-Campaign in Cicero, IL
-Campaign in Woodstock, IL
-Town hall meeting with voters in Woodstock, IL
-Campaign in Crystal Lake, IL
-Tax reform policy speech in Crystal Lake, IL
-Campaign in Peoria, IL
-Global peace policy speech in Peoria, IL
-Medicare policy speech in Peoria, IL
-Small business policy speech in Peoria, IL
-Space policy speech in Peoria, IL
-Campaign in Chillicothe, IL
-Campaign in Toledo, OH with Jim Jordan, Mary Taylor and Mike Pence
-Free enterprise policy speech at Jeep headquarters in Toledo, OH
-Speech in Toledo, OH where VP Rubio calls out the Democrats’ attempts to filibuster Brian Sandoval’s SCOTUS nomination and reiterates his support to Sandoval and his promise to cast the 51st vote needed to approve him in SCOTUS in the case of a 50-50 deadlock senate vote
-Free trade policy speech in Toledo, OH
-Counter-terrorism policy speech in Toledo, OH
-Campaign in Oregon, OH
-Campaign in Wauseon, OH
-Campaign in Napoleon, OH
-SCOTUS policy speech in Napoleon, OH
-Campaign in Bowling Green, OH
-Coal policy speech in Bowling Green, OH
-Agribusiness policy speech in Bowling Green, OH
-Campaign in Port Clinton, OH
-Economic policy speech in Port Clinton, OH
-Campaign in Sandusky, OH
-Immigration policy speech in Sandusky, OH
-Freedom of religion policy speech in Sandusky, OH
-Campaign in Medina, OH
-Fiscal discipline policy speech in Medina, OH
-Campaign in Brunswick, OH
-School choice policy speech in Brunswick, OH
-Gun rights policy speech in Brunswick, OH

March 17, 2024
-Campaign in Findlay, OH
-Campaign in Marion, OH
-Campaign in Cleveland, OH
-Global peace policy speech in Cleveland, OH
-Campaign in Canton, OH
-Economic policy speech in Canton, OH
-Veterans policy speech in Canton, OH
-Campaign in North Canton, OH
-Manufacturing policy speech at Timken Company headquarters in North Canton, OH
-Campaign in Youngstown, OH
-Free enterprise policy speech at Republic Steel factory in Youngstown, OH
-Infrastructure policy speech in Youngstown, OH
-Anti-opioid policy speech in Youngstown, OH
-Campaign in Warren, OH
-Town hall meeting with voters in Warren, OH
-Campaign in Niles, OH
-Campaign in Jefferson, OH
-Campaign in Ashtabula, OH
-Clean coal policy speech in Ashtabula, OH
-Trade policy speech in Ashtabula, OH
-Campaign in Ravena, OH
-Border security policy speech in Ravena, OH
-Campaign in Kent, OH
-Agri-business policy speech in Kent, OH
-Energy independence policy speech in Kent, OH
-Campaign in Norwalk, OH
-Small government policy speech in Norwalk, OH
-Campaign in Lisbon, OH
-Campaign in Salem, OH
-Trade policy speech in Salem, OH
-Campaign in Carrollton, OH
-Campaign in Steubenville, OH
-Middle class tax cut policy speech in Steubenville, OH
-Campaign in Cadiz, OH
-SCOTUS policy speech in Cadiz, OH
-Campaign in St. Clairsville, OH
-Campaign in Martins Ferry, OH
-School choice policy speech in Martins Ferry, OH
-Campaign in Caldwell, OH
-Government spending policy speech in Caldwell, OH
-Campaign in Woodsfield, OH
-Balanced budget policy speech in Woodsfield, OH
-Campaign in Springfield, IL with James R. Thompson and Catalina Lauf
-Foreign policy speech in Springfield, IL in reaction to Sergei Polonsky’s victory in the first round of the 2024 Russian presidential election :

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For more than 20 years, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has been challenging us on the world stage and has represented a threat to global peace and freedom. Putin has been heading down the same road that we've seen authoritarian leaders in Russia and the former Soviet Union head down before. In the United Nations, Russia used its veto power to stop us and our allies from protecting our national security interests and from protecting liberty around the world. In 2008, Russia invaded Georgia. In 2014, they invaded Ukraine and supported a pro-Russian insurgency in Eastern Europe, killing thousands of Ukrainians, annexing Crimea, violating Ukraine’s territorial integrity and threatening stability and peace in Eastern Europe. In response to that, we provided military training and material to our allies in the region. In 2019, Russia hacked our country’s infrastructure. In 2021, they captured 2 Japanese Navy vessels and engaged in a territorial dispute with Japan for the control of the Kuril Islands and so President Trump reinforced our navy’s presence there to counter Russia’s aggression and to ensure Japan’s sovereignty on this archipelago as Japan is the first country between the two territorial claimants to have occupied these islands in history. We also increased sanctions against Russia, including against Russia's military-industrial complex in order to further diminish Russia's military power. Throughout the last 20 years, Russia has engaged in an arms race against us as they added 26 MIRVed missiles that carry up to 10 missiles each, EW systems on X-101, X-102 and KH-102 cruise missiles carried by strategic bombers and deployed the Avangard hypersonic nuclear missile in 2020, thus violating the New START Treaty. Time and again, Putin’s regime eliminated free press and oppressed its own people, put people in jail, or worse, sentenced them to death for protesting and speaking out against Putin, including in the last 2 years in the context of civilian protests in Russia mobilized by increasing inflation there and injustices caused by Putin’s tyranny and insanity.

But fortunately, this era of oppression and threat is coming to an end :  in the context of the Russian presidential election, isolationist candidate Sergei Polonsky has massively won the first round with 47 % of the vote over Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s 22 %, which clearly proves that the Russian people is tired of tyranny and fear. As Polonsky won so close to 50 % and as Ksenia Sobchak (who likely came in third place in the first round) is also an opposition activist and also spoke out against the occupation of Crimea, I am convinced that Sobchak’s supporters will bring Polonsky over the top in the 2nd round in 3 weeks, which will finally put and end to 24 years of tyranny, escalation and terror and guarantee strong global peace and stability. That is why, I engage, in the case of Polonsky’s election at the presidency of Russia, to hold a summit to normalize our relations with Moscow in the first 100 days of my presidency. Just like Ronald Reagan and Mikhael Gorbatchev did three decades ago, Sergei Polonsky and I will work to dismantle dangerous Russian nuclear weapons that are representing a threat to global peace, we will work to ratify of the Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty in order to prohibit the use of fissile material for the purpose of building nuclear weapons, we will be partners for the maintenance of peace, including in the Middle East, in Europe and in the Pacific and we will work together to ensure the respect of human rights around the world. And thanks to such a change in Russia's leadership, Erdogan's Turkey will be deprived of a major partner in terms of trade and military support in the context of Operation Ceasefire, thus helping our local allies to defeat Turkish forces and leading to the recognition of Kurdistan’s independence, freedom and sovereignty. Polonsky and I will be strong partners for the development of decent trade relations between our two countries for the sake of our prosperity and peaceful collaboration.

My friends, in this time in which we defeated ISIS in the Middle East and are about to do the same for Boko Haram in Western Africa, in which North Korea and Iran denuclearized themselves thanks to the leadership of our administration and in which North Korea is transitioning to democracy, we are living times of great opportunity for long term global peace. We can't afford to miss this opportunity and that's why I need your support and your vote. As a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and as Vice-President of the United States, I have the best foreign policy experience to keep this country safe, to work with our allies and expand our alliances, to normalize our relations with Russia and to efficiently fight to expand and maintain peace through strength around the world and thanks to my experience and leadership, we will guarantee that our children and grandchildren will grow up in a world in which they will know peace, security, stability, freedom and prosperity.

Thank you. God bless you and God bless the United States of America.

-Tax reform policy speech in Springfield, IL
-Campaign in Auburn, IL
-Campaign in Elgin, IL
-Freedom of religion policy speech in Elgin, IL
-Campaign in Urbana, IL
-Agriculture policy speech in Urbana, IL
-Campaign in Champaign, IL
-Small business policy speech in Champaign, IL
-Meet with college voters at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, IL
-Campaign in Bloomington, IL
-Free trade policy speech in Bloomington, IL
-Campaign in Normal, IL
-Space policy speech in Normal, IL
-Campaign in Decatur, IL
-Energy policy speech in Decatur, IL
-Campaign in Belleville, IL
-Education policy speech in Belleville, IL
-Campaign in East St. Louis, IL
-Social security policy speech in East St. Louis, IL
-Campaign in Collinsville, IL
-Town hall meeting with voters in Collinsville, IL
-Campaign in Quincy, IL
-Campaign in Arlington Heights, IL
-Campaign in Crawfordville, Florida with Ron De Santis and Pam Bondi
-Campaign in Quincy, FL
-Free market policy speech in Quincy, FL
-Campaign in Bristol, FL
-Campaign in Apalachicola, FL
-Town hall meeting with voters in Apalachicola, FL
-Campaign in Eastpoint, FL
-Gun rights policy speech in Eastpoint, FL
-Campaign in Wewahitchka, FL
-Campaign in Blountstown, FL
-Immigration policy speech in Blountstown, FL
-Campaign in Panama City, FL
-National security policy speech in Panama City, FL
-Campaign in Mariana, FL
-Campaign in DeFuniak Springs, FL
-Campaign in Miramar Beach, FL
-Hurricane infrastructure policy speech in Miramar Beach, FL
-Campaign in Crestview, FL
-Fundraising event in Crestview, FL
-Campaign in Wright, FL
-Campaign in Valparaiso, FL
-Campaign in Milton, FL
-Nuclear energy power policy speech in Milton, FL
-Campaign in Navarre, FL
-Education policy speech in Navarre, FL
-Campaign in Pensacola in Navarre, FL
-Trade policy speech in Navarre, FL
-Counter-terrorism policy speech at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Navarre, FL

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Tammy Duckworth Campaign Schedule

Flora shares personal story at Congressional reception by Virginia Guard Public Affairs, on Flickr

March 13th-15th: Illinois

- Welcome Home, Tammy rally in Chicago with Governor JB Pritzker
- Rally on paid family leave in Chicago
- Townhall in Oak Park, speaking on protecting and enshrining the right to vote
- Joint rally with Senator Raja Krishnamoorthi in Arlington Heights
- Rally in Naperville
- Rally in Aurora on extending citizenship to DACA and DAPA recipients
- Townhalls in Sheridan, Ottawa, and Washington
- Rally in Peoria on rebuilding relationships with allies abroad
- Townhall in Peoria on a green infrastructure bill
- Rally in Bloomington
- Townhalls in Atlanta, Lincoln, and Williamsville
- Rally in Springfield on universal childcare and the benefits to the economy

March 16-17th: Ohio

- Rally in Cincinnatti on fighting to protect unions at the federal level
- Townhalls in Mason and Beavercreek
- Rally in Dayton
- Townhalls in Springfield and London
- Rally in Columbus on expanding the ACA to get to universal healthcare
- Rally in Columbus on increasing funding for education and increasing teacher pay
- Townhalls in Westerville and Mt. Vernon on raising the minimum wage
- Rally in Mansfield on passing the Equality Act
- Townhalls in Ashland, Wooster, and Canton on addressing terrorism at home and abroad, learning from the mistakes of the Bush-era by working with our allies and respecting the rights of Americans by ending the Patriot Act
- Rally in Akron on protecting the environment, highlighting environmental racism
- Townhall in Akron on combating the maternal mortality rate
- Townhalls in Medina, Strongsville, and Parma
- Rally in Cleveland on equal pay and the benefits of valuing women in the economy

March 18th-19th: Florida

- Rally in Tallahassee on restrengthening the VRA and the right to vote
- Townhalls in Madison, Lake City, and Baldwin
- Rally in Jacksonville on making college affordable for everyone
- Townhalls in St. Augustine, Palm Coast, and Daytona Beach on climate change
- Townhalls in Deltona, Sanford, and Winter Park
- Rally in Orlando on statehood for Puerto Rico
- Rally in Orlando on the Equality Act and protecting the LGBTQ community from discrimination
- Townhalls in Kissimmee, Lakeland, and Brandon
- Rally in Tampa on expanding the VA to provide psychological help for veterans
- Rally in Tampa on banning weapons of war
- Rally in St. Petersburg
- Townhalls in Sarasota, Venice, and Port Charlotte
- Rally in Fort Myers
- Rally in Miami on the impact of climate change on the area
- Rally in Miami on education
- Rally in Fort Lauderdale on raising the minimum wage
- Rally in West Palm Beach on immigration reform
- GOTV in Miami

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Marco Rubio's campaign schedule, Part 3

(Own creation)

March 18, 2024
-Campaign in Delray Beach, Florida
-Anti-opioid policy speech in Delray Beach, FL
-Campaign in Boynton Beach, FL
-Healthcare policy speech in Boynton Beach, FL
-Campaign in Jupiter, FL
-National security policy speech in Jupiter, FL
-Infrastructure policy speech in Jupiter, FL
-Campaign in Moore Haven, FL
-Campaign in Port Labelle, FL
-Campaign in Clewiston, FL
-Agriculture policy speech in Clewiston, FL
-Campaign in Sanibel, FL
-Campaign in Bonita Springs, FL
-Tax reform policy speech in Bonita Springs, FL
-Immigration policy in Bonita Springs, FL
-Campaign in Fort Myers, FL
-Trade policy speech in Fort Myers, FL
-Campaign in Cape Coral, FL
-Town hall meeting with voters in Cape Coral, FL
-Campaign in Marco Island, FL
-Campaign in Everglades City, FL
-Campaign in Naples, FL
-Space policy speech in Naples, FL
-Economic policy speech in Naples, FL
-Veterans policy speech in Naples, FL
-Foreign policy speech in Naples, FL
-Campaign in Islamorada, FL
-Campaign in Key West, FL
-Small government policy speech in Key West, FL
-Campaign in Port Charlotte, FL
-Education policy speech in Port Charlotte, FL
-Campaign in Punta Gorda, FL
-Campaign in Arcadia, FL
-Campaign in Venice, FL
-Trade policy speech in Venice, FL
-Counter-terrorism policy speech at Huffman Aviation (which was attended by several of the hijackers of the 9/11 attacks) in Venice, FL
-Campaign in Sarasota, FL
-Fundraising event at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in Sarasota, FL
-Rally with voters at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, FL
-Economic policy speech in Sarasota, FL
-Gun rights policy speech in Sarasota, FL
-Climate change policy speech in Sarasota, FL reminding people that in the Senate Rubio has successfully led the effort to secure funds and resources for the for Everglades restoration
-Campaign in North Port, FL
-Agriculture policy speech in North Port, FL
-Campaign in Zolfo Springs, FL
-Campaign in Bowling Green, FL
-Campaign in Wauchula, FL
 -Veterans policy speech in Wauchula, FL
-Campaign in Holmes Beach, FL
-Government spending cut policy speech in Holmes Beach, FL
-Campaign in Longboat Key, FL
-Social security policy speech in Longboat Key, FL
-Campaign in Bradenton, FL
-Campaign in Largo, FL
-Free market policy speech at Tech Data headquarters in Largo, FL
-Campaign in Gulfport, FL
-Campaign in St. Pete Beach, FL
-Campaign in Tarpon Springs, FL
-SCOTUS policy speech in Tarpon Springs, FL
-Campaign in Bradenton, FL
-Campaign in Dunedin, FL
-Campaign in Marietta, Ohio with Mary Taylor and Jim Jordan
-Coal policy speech in Marietta, OH
-Campaign in McConnelsville, OH
-Campaign in Athens, OH
-Agribusiness policy speech in Athens, OH
-Campaign in New Lexington, OH
-Education policy speech in New Lexington, OH
-Campaign in Hillsboro, OH
-Tax cut policy speech in Hillsboro, OH
-Campaign in Batavia, OH
-Campaign in Milford, OH
-Campaign in Wilmington, OH
-Campaign in Cincinnati, OH
-Phone banking in Cincinnati, OH
-Campaign in Pekin, Illinois with Catalina Lauf and James R. Thompson
-Energy policy speech in Pekin, IL
-Campaign in Danville, IL
-Balanced budget policy speech in Danville, IL
-Campaign in Evanston, IL
-Manufacturing policy speech in Evanston, IL
-Campaign in Schaumburg, IL
-Campaign in Bolingbrook, IL
-Small business policy speech in Bolingbrook, IL
-Campaign in Palatine, IL
-Campaign in Skokie, IL
-Campaign in Des Plaines, IL
-Energy independence policy speech at Honeywell UOP headquarters in Des Plaines, IL
-Campaign in Chicago, IL
-Economic policy speech in Chicago, IL
-Fundraising event in Chicago, IL
-Phone banking in Chicago, IL
-Campaign in Aurora, IL
-Global peace policy speech in Aurora, IL
-Free trade policy speech in Aurora, IL

March 19, 2024
-Campaign in Cambridge, IL
-Campaign in Kewanee, IL
-Campaign in Rock Island, IL
-Town hall meeting with voters in Rock Island, IL
-Campaign in Moline, IL
-Economic policy at the John Deere World headquarters in Moline, IL
-Campaign in Chicago, IL
-Rally with voters at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago, IL
-Free enterprise policy speech in Chicago, IL
-Foreign policy speech in Chicago, IL
-Campaign in Oak Park, IL
-Campaign in Sheridan, IL
-Campaign in Ottawa, IL
-Manufacturing policy speech in Ottawa, IL
-Campaign in Washington, IL
-Anti-opioid policy speech in Washington, IL
-Campaign in Atlanta, IL
-Campaign in Lincoln, IL
-Town hall meeting in Lincoln, IL
-Campaign in Williamsville, IL
-Campaign in Springfield, IL
-Tax cut policy speech in Springfield, IL
-Campaign in Peoria, IL
-Agri-business policy speech in Peoria, IL
-Campaign in West Peoria, IL
-Campaign in Benton, IL
-Campaign in West Frankfort, IL
-Campaign in Rockford, IL
-Infrastructure policy speech in Rockford, IL
-Campaign in Joliet, IL
-Campaign in Aurora, IL
-Phone banking in Aurora, IL
-Trade policy speech in Aurora, IL
-National security policy speech in Aurora, IL
-Campaign in Cleveland, OH with Jim Jordan, Mary Taylor and Mike Pence
-Economic policy speech in Cleveland, OH
-Health care policy speech in Cleveland, OH
-Rally with voters at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH
-Speech in Cleveland, OH where VP Rubio calls on all voters to go to the polls and to cast their vote for him because of his qualifications based on his experience, accomplishments and beliefs for America’s future and also for the sake of party unity by propelling Rubio to the nomination, thus uniting the Republican Party so early and giving them enough time to campaign in toss-up states for the general election, to attract independent voters, to raise campaign funds and to put forward the Republican platform and also to campaign for Republican congressional candidates in the upcoming special House elections that will be held in the next few months in AL-04, CA-25, FL-03, IL-01, IN-06, MD-01 and NE-02 in order to keep the House of Representatives under Republican hands and to put our party in good position for the 2024 general election.

-Campaign in Strongsville, OH
-Campaign in Akron, OH
-Energy policy speech in Akron, OH
-Campaign in Wooster, OH
-Balanced budget policy speech in Wooster, OH
-Campaign in Mount Vernon, OH
-Town hall meeting with voters in Mount Vernon, OH
-Campaign in Ashland, OH
-Campaign in Columbus, OH
-Free trade policy speech in Columbus, OH
-Small business policy speech in Columbus, OH
-Campaign in London, OH
-Campaign in Dayton, OH
-Free market policy speech in Dayton, OH
-Campaign in Toledo, OH
-Government policy speech in Toledo, OH
-Gun rights policy speech in Toledo, OH
-Campaign in Cincinnati, OH
-Coal policy speech in Cincinnati, OH
-Counter-terrorism policy speech in Cincinnati, OH
-Campaign in Sarasota, Florida with Ron De Santis, Pam Bondi and family
-Pro-life policy speech in Sarasota, FL
-Campaign in Tallahassee, FL
-Speech about experience in Tallahassee, FL
-Campaign in Lake City, FL
-School choice policy speech in Lake City, FL
-Campaign in Baldwin, FL
-Campaign in Jacksonville, FL
-Phone banking in Jacksonville, FL
-Veterans policy speech in Jacksonville, FL
-Space policy speech in Jacksonville, FL
-Campaign in Palm Coast, FL
-Immigration policy speech in Palm Coast, FL
-Campaign in Lakeland, FL
-Tax cut policy speech in Lakeland, FL
-Campaign in Orlando, FL
-Global peace policy speech in Orlando, FL
-Campaign in Tampa, FL
-Agriculture policy speech in Tampa, FL where Rubio reminds voters of the importance to protect the interests of citrus companies for the sake of economic growth, reminding them that he supported provisions included in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 such as $80 million per year for the Specialty Crop Research Initiative and $25 million per year for the Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund. He promises to lower tariffs on agriculture products, including citrus products, in order to make sure they will reach more consumers around the world, thus making them competitive.
-Immigration policy speech in Tampa, FL
-Campaign in Brandon, FL
-Campaign in St. Petersburg, FL
-Economic policy speech in St. Petersburg, FL
-Town hall meeting with voters in St. Petersburg, FL
-Campaign in East Naples, FL
-SCOTUS policy speech in East Naples, FL
-Campaign in Okeechobee, FL
-Campaign in Miami, FL
-Phone banking in Miami, FL
-Fundraising event in Miami, FL
-GOTV speech with voters at Marlins Park in Miami, FL
-GOTV efforts in Florida, Ohio, Illinois and Guam
-Watch the coverage of the Florida, Ohio, Illinois and Guam primaries at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami in Miami, FL

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What Ivan Rodriguez did part 2

Ivan Rodriguez went to Florida and campaigned on the idea of free enterprise and free society plus went down to Cape Canaveral to talk about his plan for the space program and how he plans to get a man on Mars and planned moon colonies by the end of the 2040s.

He also talked about more about free trade with China and the Koreas and that it it would make their place a better place to live and travel.

In a more charming visit Ivan Rodriguez held a rally close to where Pro Player Stadium was once where he played with the Florida Marlins when they won the World Series in 2003.

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Rubio's surrogate schedule

Second Lady of the United States Jeanette Rubio campaigns for her husband in Florida, Ohio and Illinois on his experience and record of accomplishments and praised his qualities as a leader.

Rubio’s daughter Amanda campaigns for her father in Florida, Ohio, Illinois and Wyoming on economy, social security, energy and foreign policy.

Rubio’s older son Anthony campaigns for his father in Florida, Ohio and Illinois on economy, social security, energy, space policy, veteran affairs and foreign policy.

Former Vice-President Mike Pence campaigns for Rubio in Florida, Ohio and Illinois. Pence also hold fundraising events for the Rubio campaign.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo campaigns for Rubio in Florida, Ohio, Illinois and Wyoming on economic issues, energy, agriculture, free trade and foreign policy, praising the Vice-President's foreign policy credentials and accomplishments. Pompeo also hold fundraising events for the Rubio campaign in mini-Super Tuesday states.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Senator Pam Bondi and Florida Lieutenant-Governor Jeanette Nunez campaign for Vice-President Rubio all across the state of Florida on economy, energy, trade, social security, health care, opioids, SCOTUS, gun rights, abortion, veterans, national security, foreign policy, Rubio’s experience and record of accomplishments for Florida throughout his political career. During a rally in Jacksonville, Governor DeSantis reminded people that thanks to Rubio's amendment to double the Child Tax Credit, which helped the Trump tax cuts to pass both houses of Congress, Florida's economy boomed through a decline of the state unemployment rate to below 3 %, a decline of the Florida Hispanic unemployment rate at its lowest rate ever (3.3 %) a rise of the state GDP to more than 3 %. He takes on the occasion that Rubio's experience as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small business and Entrepreneurship and as Vice-President makes him the best qualified candidate to help grow the economy. Senator Bondi praised Rubio's foreign policy credentials and accomplishments, citing the sanctions on Hezbollah, the Let Freedom Reign Act and the successful efforts by the Trump/Rubio administration to defeat ISIS and to denuclearize North Korea and Iran. During a rally in Pinellas, FL, she led efforts to appeal among Florida Jewish voters in favor of Rubio by reminding them that thanks to the denuclearization of IRan and the normalization of the US-Iran relations due to strong American leadership by the Trump/Rubio Administration, Israel is no longer in danger of being wiped out by Iranian nuclear weapons. During a rally in Boca Raton, LG Nunez praised the Vice-President's space plan to establish Lunar Gateway on the Moon by 2028 to propel a crewed mission to Mars by 2030. During a rally in Orlando, she reminded people of the importance of Florida's citrus industry and to Rubio's contributions to protect Florida citrus workers, reminding voters that in 2014, South Korea had levied a 54 % tariff on orange products, which was harming Florida orange juice producers, in the aftermah of which Rubio visited South Korea where he pressed officials there on this harmful tariff and helped fast-track a solution by urging South Korean Ambassador Ahn Ho-young and his colleagues to tour Florida facilities and resolve their concerns, which they did a month later. As a result, this dispute between the United States and South Korea over frozen orange juice concentrate was resolved and thanks to this free trade agreement Florida natural juice sales reportedly have gone from $4 million to $40 million in three years and the sale of fresh grapefruit went from $1 million to nearly $5 million over the same period. Nunez takes on the occasion to promote Rubio's plan to cut taxes, to make America the best place in the world to do business and to champion free trade, which will increase our citrus industry as well as the U.S. economy in general competitive in the world economy, thus increasing international consumers' access to American citrus products.

Ohio Senator Mary Taylor and Speaker of the House of Representatives Jim Jordan campaign for Rubio all across the state of Ohio on economy, manufacturing, coal, energy independence, free trade and foreign policy. Speaker Jordan declares during a rally in Columbus that he's proud to be working with Trump and Rubio to pass creative legislation that kept taxes low, grow the economy, defend America's constitutional rights, kept the military strong and kept America safe and that, based on Rubio's record, the Vice-President is the candidate to get things done and to get America to full-employment through the promotion of free enterprise and to long-term global peace and national security.

Former Illinois Governor James R. Thompson and U.S. Representative Catalina Lauf campaign for Rubio all across the state of Illinois on economy, free trade, energy, veteran affairs, manufacturing, agriculture, national security and foreign policy. During a rally in Rockford, IL, Congresswoman Lauf praises Rubio's free trade plan, declaring that as a former special adviser for the U.S. Department of Commerce she knows that the Vice-President's plan to expand free trade with Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and India will make America the most competitive nation in the world economy, further boost the strong economic growth America is now living, counter-balance China's trade power, allow American businesses to make direct investments into foreign economies to produce goods at a lower cost in these environments and make America number one in auto production again in the world. She takes on the occasion to call on the people of Illinois to cast their votes for Rubio on March 19 to keep America great and even expand this greatness.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker campaigns for Rubio in Illinois and Ohio on economy, free trade, agriculture, manufacturing, energy, social issues, national security and foreign policy.

Arizona Senator Martha McSally campaigns for Rubio in Florida, Ohio, Illinois and Wyoming on economy, energy, immigration, social issues, national security and foreign policy. She also campaigns for the Vice-President in her home state of Arizona and Utah in order to make sure that these 2 states will put Rubio over the top for the Republican nomination next week.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem campaigns for Rubio in Florida, Illinois and Wyoming on economy, agriculture, energy and foreign policy.

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Marco Rubio's TV Ad

In an effort to win among voters who selected the economy as the most important issue, the Rubio campaign broadcasts an ad narrating the Vice-President's plan to make America number one in nuclear energy export and to get the United States to energy independence.

Title : Energy Dominance

Airing : Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Wyoming, District of Columbia, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Arizona, Utah, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Colorado and Pennsylvania

Energy Dominance ad narration :

Source(s) : https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&limit=250&offset=0&profile=default&search=Donald+Trump+coal&advancedSearch-current={}&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1#/media/File:Donald_Trump_rally_in_Huntington_(a)_(cropped)_.png; https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?sort=relevance&search=Alaska+pipeline&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&advancedSearch-current=%7B%7D&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1#/media/File:Trans-Alaska_Pipeline.jpg
Narrator : After abolishing the Obama Administration's War on Coal and thanks to the promotion of clean coal technologies, to the lifting of ban on crude oil exportation, to the approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline and Keystone XL pipeline and the opening of ANWR to oil drilling, America made strong progress for its goal to energy independence and in encouraging the strong economic growth that our country is now living.


Source(s) : https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&limit=250&offset=0&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1&search=File%3ANuclear+symbol&advancedSearch-current=%7B%7D#/media/File:Nuclear_energy_icon.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?sort=relevance&search=russian+nuclear+plant&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&advancedSearch-current=%7B%7D&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1#/media/File:-Leningrad_Nuclear_Power_Plant_20JUL2010-FK.jpg
Nuclear power is a proven, zero-emission source of energy, and it is time to commit advancing our use of nuclear power. Currently, nuclear power produces 20% of our power but as of today, our country is losing the nuclear energy export race to China and Russia. Russian and Chinese companies are aggressively pursuing nuclear energy export deals and building more reactors overseas than U.S. firms. This tendency is making us more dependent on foreign energy and that’s why we need to reverse that tendency.


Source(s) : https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/home; https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&limit=250&offset=0&profile=default&search=American+Nuclear+power+plant+&advancedSearch-current={}&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1#/media/File:Smoke_rising_from_nuclear_power_plant_tower.jpg
That's why Marco Rubio will lead America to energy independence. He will do so by encouraging the building of new nuclear power plants here in this country with the objective of building 40 new nuclear power plants by 2050 in order to reach to a total number of 100 nuclear power plants on the U.S. soil by the end of the first half of this century with the ultimate goal of building 100 new nuclear power plants. And instead of doing it with taxpayers’ money like the Democrats want to do, he will invest a part of the revenues from oil drilling into the development of renewable energies, including nuclear power, wind, solar, hydro and geothermal energies. That plan will help create 600 000 new jobs (nearly 15 000 jobs created for every new nuclear plant built).

Source(s) : https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?sort=relevance&search=Solar+panels&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&advancedSearch-current=%7B%7D&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1#/media/File:Solar_panels_in_the_desert.jpg; https://www.energy.gov/ne/nuclear-reactor-technologies
That way, our nation's industrial and manufacturing base will be rejuvenated and we will encourage both economic growth and job creation as well as an improvement of our ecological footprint, making our country more independent from foreign suppliers and foreign nuclear power and increasing America’s competitiveness in the nuclear power export race at the point of becoming the world’s leader in nuclear energy export and edging China and Russia on that level.

Source : https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Wind%20power&title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1#/media/File:Power_County_Wind_Farm_002.jpg
That plan, along with the approval of oil drilling projects and the construction of pipelines (such as the Alaska gas pipeline and the Atlantic coast pipeline) to facilitate oil production and transportation, will ensure America’s path to energy independence and improve American families’ quality of life through even stronger access to electricity and heat. A vote for Marco Rubio is a vote for prosperity, energy independence and preservation of our environment through fiscally responsible policies. And that’s why he needs your vote to ensure the continuation of America’s economic prosperity and status as the world’s top energy producer.

Marco Rubio : I’m Marco Rubio and I approve this message.

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GOTV speech in Boca Raton, FL with Governor Ron DeSantis

Own creation
Governor Ron DeSantis : Thank you Florida! Thank you for coming here at a very huge number.

Tonight will likely be a turning point in the process of selecting our party’s nominee and the next President of the United States of America. And I can tell you without the shadow of a doubt that there is no candidate more qualified for the job of President and Commander-in-Chief than my friend and fellow Floridian Marco Rubio.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

He has the kind of qualification, integrity and leadership that we need in a President. And I’m proud to be endorsing him for the highest office in the world.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

You know, I proudly and patriotically served our country as Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy, fighting terrorism and tyranny along with my comrades in Iraq in defense of democracy, freedom, integrity and security. And our men and women in uniform have the confidence, the loyalty and the respect of President Trump and Vice-President Rubio. That’s why Marco sponsored the VA reform law that empowered the VA secretary to hold managers accountable for incompetence, negligence and corruption and to care more about veterans than bureaucrats. A few years, later, he led the effort to pass the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act in order to protect any whistleblower denouncing any mistreatment and abuse towards our veterans. Under President Trump and Vice-President Rubio, the Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2022 has been adopted, making the federal Department of Veterans Affairs work with state and federal agencies to stop con men who are diverting federal aid away from veterans. And throughout his political career, Marco Rubio stood for a principle making sure that our soldiers’ fight for our country’s security and liberty would not be in vain and that’s why he passed these tough sanctions on Hezbollah and he helped President Trump to keep this country safe, to secure our borders, to defeat ISIS and to get the world to the denuclearization of North Korea and Iran, which are accomplishments that have been made possible thanks to a strong and modernized military and to the restoration of American leadership by this great and talented team leading our country. As a result, our country is now safer than ever before.

[Crowd cheers, applauds and chants USA! USA! USA!]

As Governor of Florida, I took strong leadership in protecting this great and beautiful state from climate change challenges by $2.5 billion executive order for water quality and Everglades restoration work. I created a chief science officer position and created an office of coastal protection and resilience. And every time, every time Florida suffered a tragedy, whether it’s a hurricane, a terrorist attack or a shooting, Marco Rubio was there to help.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

That is why he worked hard getting Senator Jim Inhofe, former Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman, to commit to authorizing the Central Everglades Planning Project in the water resources bill. And that is why Marco helped secure funds and resources for the for Everglades restoration so we make sure that in the years to come our children and grandchildren can have the same wonderful memories of the Everglades than we earned.

That is why, after this terrible shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, he introduced and passed the Terror Intelligence Improvement Act that allowed the U.S. attorney general to delay a firearms' purchase for up to three days and filed an emergency court petition if someone previously investigated for terrorism tried to buy a gun. The reason why Omar Mateen was able to buy a gun is because he was no longer under active investigation, and so this bill made sure that if you have been suspected for terror in the last decade, the FBI would be notifying that you’ve gone in to buy a gun and would have the opportunity to stop that sale and to investigate what you’re up to. That is the right solution to keep this country safe while protecting the Second Amendment and your right to defend yourself.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

As you know, Florida is among the states mostly hit by the Opioid Crisis : this great state is ranked 13th in the nation in terms of youth affected by this epidemic. Florida medical examiners reported 5,725 opioid-related deaths in 2016, a 35 percent increase from the year before. There were 211 deaths in the Sarasota-Manatee area in 2016 in which oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone or morphine were present in the person’s body. As a result, Florida, along with Ohio and Illinois, suffered 52.0 per 100 000 drug overdose deaths of the 64,070 overdose deaths in the US in 2016. Under my tenure as Governor, we led multi-pronged efforts to address the state’s opioid abuse crisis, including bringing back the state Office of Drug Control and establishing a statewide task force on opioid abuse. And what concerns me is that all other presidential candidates running in this election cycle want to legalize opioids, which will only make the Opioid Crisis even worse as it will embolden fentanyl traffickers by making it easier for them to orchestrate their drug trafficking activities and by making opioids easily accessible because drug companies pushed for doctors and the government to embrace their drugs and different levels of government loosened access to opioids after lobbying from drug companies. As a result, a lot of people have died : in terms of overdoses, the opioid epidemic is deadlier than any other drug crisis in US history. More than 560,000 people in the US died to drug overdoses between 1999 and 2015 because opioid companies got a hold of a dangerous, addictive product, marketed it irresponsibly, and lobbied for lax rules. Marco Rubio is the only candidate in this race who displayed strong leadership to combat the Opioid Crisis. He successfully co-introduced the Fentanyl Sanctions Act of 2019, a bipartisan anti-opioid measure to impose sanctions against Chinese and other foreign traffickers of fentanyl. He championed provisions to the SUPPORT Act, the single largest legislative package addressing a single drug crisis in history, to help stop payments to middlemen referring patients to illicit sober homes and treatment centers; an amendment to improve the quality of care provided to newborn babies suffering from opioid withdrawal by providing states additional funding to research babies born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome; the Hospice Safe Drug Disposal Act to allow hospice providers to safely dispose of unused opioids so they do not end up in the wrong hands; the Sober Home Fraud Detection Act to help states, law enforcement, private insurers and patients identify potentially illicit sober homes to make sure those who need care are able to find reputable legitimate facilities; the SALTS Act that made it easier for law enforcement to prosecute those that sell and distribute synthetic drugs that are substantially similar to other illegal drugs by closing a loophole that enabled wrongdoers to avoid prosecution by simply labeling the deadly drug as “not intended for human consumption”; and the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act, legislation to interdict fentanyl, synthetic opioids, and other narcotics by requiring international shipments through the U.S. Postal Service to provide advance information on where the shipment is coming from, where it is going, and its contents, and to instruct U.S. Postal Service and Customs and Border Protection to develop technology to identify fentanyl and illicit opioids entering the United States by mail. As President, he will do even more about it by reducing demand and over-prescription, including educating Americans about the dangers of opioid misuse; cutting down on the supply of illicit drugs by cracking down on the international and domestic drug supply chains that devastate American communities; and helping those struggling with addiction through evidence-based treatment and recovery support services. And with your help, your support and your vote, he will lead this fight, because our security, the American people's health and our children's future depends on it, because our children’s future is worth fighting for.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

Time and again, Marco led a distinguished and effective fight to protect Florida’s citrus workers and producers. In 2017, after Hurricane Irma roared across the peninsula, he worked with his colleagues to secure the creation of a $343 million block grant for Florida citrus as part of the 2017 hurricane disaster supplemental package. Shortly after my inauguration as Governor of Florida, he asked me to disburse citrus funding to restore confidence in Florida’s signature crop. And that’s exactly what I did by approving more than $173 million for citrus growers recovering from Hurricane Irma. Ten years ago, when South Korea had levied a 54 % tariff on orange products, which was harming Florida orange juice producers, Marco visited South Korea where he pressed officials there on this harmful tariff. Upon returning home, he helped fast-track a solution by urging South Korean Ambassador Ahn Ho-young and his colleagues to tour Florida facilities and resolve their concerns, which they did a month later. In the aftermath, this dispute between the United States and South Korea over frozen orange juice concentrate was settled and thanks to this free trade agreement, Florida natural juice sales reportedly have gone from $4 million to $40 million in three years and the sale of fresh grapefruit went from $1 million to nearly $5 million over the same period. And by keeping your taxes low and by promoting free trade, Marco Rubio will increase the competitiveness of our citrus industry and of the U.S. economy in general competitive in the world economy, thus increasing international consumers' access to American citrus products.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

In Florida, we promoted tax cuts in order to encourage economic growth, free enterprise and prosperity for all. In 2017, President Trump provided the largest tax cuts in American history and this has been made possible mostly thanks to Marco Rubio’s efforts to double the Child Tax Credit from $1000 to $2000 and as a result, these tax reform policies, America is now living the strong economic growth in our nation’s history with the creation of 7 million new jobs and a drop of the national unemployment rate at its lowest rate since 1969. And as a result, Florida has the 12th lowest unemployment rate among all the 50 states. Marco chaired the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and took strong leadership in protecting the interests of small businesses for the stake of a strong economy and so he knows that economic growth requires lower taxes, promotion of free enterprise, making America the best place in the world to do business and that is exactly what he will do as President in order to get this country to permanent economic prosperity, to full-employment and guarantee that we will preserve and reinforce America’s status as the land of opportunity so the American Dream can reach all the American people.

[Crowd cheers, applauds and chants « We need Marco! », « We need Marco! »]

That’s right, we need Marco. And even though I ran against him for the Republican nomination last year, I continue to have tremendous admiration and respect for him. I made it clear that even after this race is over, we would remain friends that either of us would have each other’s full support for the general election campaign. Now it is time for us, my fellow Republicans, my fellow Americans, to come together to rapidly guarantee party unity by rallying behind Marco Rubio because he is the best positioned to both win the Republican nomination and the general election in November and because he has the best experience to keep this economy growing, to defend our constitutional rights and to keep this country safe and to ensure permanent global peace in order to keep and reinforce our country’s status as the simple greatest nation in the history of mankind. And that’s why I’m proud to introduce to you a leader, a fighter, a good man and a great American and the next President of the United States of America, Marco Antonio Rubio.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

Vice-President Marco Rubio : Thank you Florida for this wonderful hospitality! And thank you, Ron for your endorsement and for your engagement for Florida and for this country.

As Governor DeSantis said, it has always been my purpose to make sure that our children, including my 4 children, will be better off than the previous generation. The moreover that when I started this campaign, my older son Anthony has graduated from high school and so I want to make sure that my 4 children, and all of our children across this country as well as generations to come, will earn all the opportunities that previous generations could not have earned for themselves. That’s the reason why, as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, I led the Florida House in apologizing for the state’s role in slavery. I put together a package expanding mentoring programs for teen boys, and helped create a program modeled on the Harlem Children's Zone in Miami. That’s why I published a book titled 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future, 24 of them becoming law such as a multiple-year car registrations, a requirement that high schools provide more vocational courses, and an expanded voucher-like school-choice program, and another 10 were partially enacted. That is why I passed this VA Reform law in 2014, passed tough sanctions on the Hezbollah for the sake of our national security, urged the Obama Administration to sanction Venezuelan human rights violators and passed the Girls Count Act to fight human trafficking. I’m proud to have helped President Trump to pass the largest tax cuts in our country’s history thanks to my efforts to double the Child Tax Credit, which gave us the strongest economy in modern history and brought our unemployment rate to a 50-plus year low record.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

I’m proud to have helped President Trump to provide the economic prosperity that our country is living, I’m proud to have helped him to defeat ISIS and to denuclearize North Korea and Iran, which allowed us to make a great step towards global peace.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

However, there are still challenges facing this country such as the Opioid Crisis, radical Islamic terrorist threat from West Africa imposed by Boko Haram and a war enflaming the Middle East between our local allies and Erdogan’s Turkey. And to help our allies to prevail in Operation Ceasefire we will establish an embargo on Turkish oil to diminish their economy as because their military, like every modern military, mostly function through oil, which will help our allies to defeat the Turkish troops. We’ll also do it by sanctioning any weaponry supplies to Turkey. As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, I know what it takes to keep this economy growing this economy and encouraging job creation and that’s why I will cut taxes for all Americans, including the middle class, make America the best business-friendly environment in the world, get America to energy independence by taking advantage of all of our country’s sources of energy (oil, gas, coal, nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, etc.), promote school choice and expand free trade so we can boost our manufacturing industry, counter-balance China's trade power, allow American businesses to make direct investments into foreign economies to produce goods at a lower cost in these environments and to make America number one in auto production again in the world.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

As a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and as Vice-President of the United States, I know what it takes to lead and to keep America safe and that’s why we’re going to keep our military strong and modernize it, target Boko Haram terrorists wherever they are through drone airstrikes, take on their oil refineries so we can deprive them of any means to fund their war effort and providing our allies in the region in military training and arsenal. That way, we can do this without needing to send additional ground troops there. And thanks to strong diplomacy and by ratifying the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty, we’re going to accomplish our world’s path to long-term nuclear security and global peace after we got North Korea and Iran denuclearized. And under my presidency, we’re also going to strengthen America’s status as the leader in space exploration by establishing a manned lunar base by the end of my first term as a propeller to a crewed mission to Mars by 2030. That’s how we’re going to keep America great and even expand its greatness as well as the American Dream and our country’s status as the land of opportunity.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

And that’s why we need all of you, my fellow Americans to go to the polls on March 19th in order to give us massive wins that will bring us to the finish line, unite our party, make me our party’s presidential nominee and start the campaign to make sure that America’s future will be the brightest we can imagine thanks to full-employment, long-term global peace, permanent preservation of our country’s liberty and the promotion of opportunity for all so that America’s greatness and freedom will have no limits.

Thank you! God bless you, God bless Florida and God bless the United States of America.

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Source : https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2018/11/07/fox-news-has-highest-rated-midterm-coverage-in-cable-news-history/#76bc9896c867

Fox News Election Night Theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88je-dAzZPM

Brett Baier : "Welcome back one and all to the Fox News Coverage of the 2024 Presidential Primaries!"

Martha MacCullum : "Tonight, the four major remaining candidates of both parties are fighting to win the 321 delegates up for grabs in the GOP race, as well as the 908 delegates in the Democratic race. Currently, the polls have just closed and we are expecting the first major results to come in soon!"

Virgin Islands Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 57 %
Marco Rubio : 43 %

Ohio Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 56 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 44 %

Ohio Democratic Primary - 1% Reporting
Tammy Duckworth : 52%
Jeff Merkley : 48%

Martha MacCullum : "The results currently showing good news for the Vice President in Ohio, while Governor Rodriguez leads in the Virgin Islands. Meanwhile, Ohio on the Democratic side is too close to call."

Current Republican Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 920 Delegates (17 States + PR + NMI)
Ivan Rodriguez : 576 Delegates (9 States)
Kristi Noem : 18 Delegates (1 State)
1,262 Delegates needed for the Nomination
2,522 Total Delegates

Current Democratic Delegate Count

Tammy Duckworth : 1,589 Delegates (12 States + NMI)
Jeff Merkley : 1,578 Delegates (13 States + DA)
Andrew Cuomo : 21 Delegates (0 States)
2,853 Delegates needed for the Nomination
5,705 Total Delegates

Martha MacCullum : "Stay tuned as we take you into the rest of the results after the break!"

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Source : https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2018/11/07/fox-news-has-highest-rated-midterm-coverage-in-cable-news-history/#76bc9896c867

Fox News Election Night Theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88je-dAzZPM

Brett Baier : "Welcome back one and all to the Fox News Coverage of the 2024 Presidential Primaries!"

Martha MacCullum : "Right now, we are getting the first results in from several key states, and we can already make some projections."

Virgin Islands Republican Primary - 15% Reporting

Ivan Rodriguez : 59 % (9 delegates)
Marco Rubio : 41 %

Ohio Republican Primary - 15% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 55 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 45 %

District of Columbia Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 68 % (19 delegates)
Ivan Rodriguez : 32 %

Florida Republican Primary - 10% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 62 % (116 delegates)
Ivan Rodriguez : 38 %

Illinois Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 55 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 45 %

Ohio Democratic Primary - 15% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 53%
Jeff Merkley : 47%

Florida Democratic Primary - 10% Reporting

Jeff Merkley : 51%
Tammy Duckworth : 49%

Illinois Democratic Primary - 1% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 56%
Jeff Merkley : 44%

Martha MacCullum : "These results very good news for the Vice President, while Governor Rodriguez also picks up a win in the Virgin Islands. Meanwhile, all races on the Democratic side are too close to call."

Current Republican Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 1,055 Delegates (18 States + DC + PR + NMI)
Ivan Rodriguez : 585 Delegates (9 States + VI)
Kristi Noem : 18 Delegates (1 State)
1,262 Delegates needed for the Nomination
2,522 Total Delegates

Current Democratic Delegate Count

Tammy Duckworth : 1,589 Delegates (12 States + NMI)
Jeff Merkley : 1,578 Delegates (13 States + DA)
Andrew Cuomo : 21 Delegates (0 States)
2,853 Delegates needed for the Nomination
5,705 Total Delegates

Martha MacCullum : "Stay tuned as we take you into the rest of the results after the break!"

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Source : https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2018/11/07/fox-news-has-highest-rated-midterm-coverage-in-cable-news-history/#76bc9896c867

Fox News Election Night Theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88je-dAzZPM

Brett Baier : "Welcome back one and all to the Fox News Coverage of the 2024 Presidential Primaries!"

Martha MacCullum : "Right now, we are getting the first results in from Wyoming, and we can already make some projections."

Ohio Republican Primary - 50% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 56 % (74 delegates)
Ivan Rodriguez : 44 %

Wyoming Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 54 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 46 %

Illinois Republican Primary - 20% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 57 % (56 delegates)
Ivan Rodriguez : 43 % (11 delegates)

Ohio Democratic Primary - 50% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 52%
Jeff Merkley : 48%

Florida Democratic Primary - 35% Reporting

Jeff Merkley : 52%
Tammy Duckworth : 48%

Illinois Democratic Primary - 20% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 59% (208 delegates)
Jeff Merkley : 41% (144 delegates)

Martha MacCullum : "These results very good news for the Vice President, while Governor Rodriguez is proving surprisingly competitive in Wyoming. Meanwhile, all races on the Democratic side except Illinois, where Senator Duckworth is expected to win by a healthy margin, are too close to call."

Current Republican Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 1,185 Delegates (20 States + DC + PR + NMI)
Ivan Rodriguez : 596 Delegates (9 States + VI)
Kristi Noem : 18 Delegates (1 State)
1,262 Delegates needed for the Nomination
2,522 Total Delegates

Current Democratic Delegate Count

Tammy Duckworth : 1,797 Delegates (13 States + NMI)
Jeff Merkley : 1,722 Delegates (13 States + DA)
Andrew Cuomo : 21 Delegates (0 States)
2,853 Delegates needed for the Nomination
5,705 Total Delegates

Martha MacCullum : "Stay tuned as we take you into the rest of the results after the break!"

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Source : https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2018/11/07/fox-news-has-highest-rated-midterm-coverage-in-cable-news-history/#76bc9896c867

Fox News Election Night Theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88je-dAzZPM

Brett Baier : "Welcome back one and all to the Fox News Coverage of the 2024 Presidential Primaries!"

Martha MacCullum : "Right now, we are getting the first results in from Wyoming, and we can already make some projections."

Wyoming Republican Primary - 25% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 53 %
Ivan Rodriguez : 47 %

Guam Republican Primary - 1% Reporting

Marco Rubio : 59 % (9 delegates)
Ivan Rodriguez : 41 %

Ohio Democratic Primary - 50% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 54%
Jeff Merkley : 46%

Florida Democratic Primary - 65% Reporting

Jeff Merkley : 53%
Tammy Duckworth : 47%

American Samon Democratic Primary - 1% Reporting

Tammy Duckworth : 62% (7 delegates)
Jeff Merkley : 38% (4 delegates)

Martha MacCullum : "These results leave only Wyoming out for the Republicans, while the Democrats are still waiting on Ohio and Florida."

Current Republican Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 1,194 Delegates (20 States + DC + PR + NMI + GU)
Ivan Rodriguez : 596 Delegates (9 States + VI)
Kristi Noem : 18 Delegates (1 State)
1,262 Delegates needed for the Nomination
2,522 Total Delegates

Current Democratic Delegate Count

Tammy Duckworth : 1,804 Delegates (13 States + NMI + AS)
Jeff Merkley : 1,726 Delegates (13 States + DA)
Andrew Cuomo : 21 Delegates (0 States)
2,853 Delegates needed for the Nomination
5,705 Total Delegates

Martha MacCullum : "Stay tuned as we take you into the rest of the results after the break!"