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DeSantis Issues Update On Marco Rubio’s Senate Replacement: ‘Proven Record Of Results’

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis provided an update on the selection of a replacement for U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state. Writing on X, DeSantis revealed that a search is actively underway in anticipation of Rubio resigning on January 20th, the day of Trump’s inauguration, “creating a vacancy roughly two months from today.”

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“We have already received strong interest from several possible candidates, and we continue to gather names of additional candidates and conduct preliminary vetting. More extensive vetting and candidate interviews will be conducted over the next few weeks, with a selection likely made by the beginning of January,” the governor added. “Florida deserves a Senator who will help President Trump deliver on his election mandate, be strong on immigration and border security, take on the entrenched bureaucracy and administrative state, reverse the nation’s fiscal decline, be animated by conservative principles, and has a proven record of results.”

Florida has not seen a new U.S. senator since 2019 when Rick Scott (R-FL) left his second term as governor to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Democrat Bill Nelson before he became the administrator of NASA. Rubio, the senior senator, rode into office as part of the 2010 Tea Party wave and was in the middle of serving his third six-year term when tapped by Trump. According to state law, DeSantis is empowered to nominate his replacement and could even nominate himself if he chose to do so.

The power to make a selection to the most powerful deliberative body in the world also has its pitfalls. In 2009, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was indicated by the Justice Department after orchestrating a scheme to sell former President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat to the highest bidder. The Democrat was impeached by legislative leadership in his own party and served eight years in prison on public corruption charges.

Once a sharp critic of Trump, DeSantis has since worked to curry favor with his former competitor. He congratulated Trump on his victory, writing on X that Trump earned a “sweeping electoral victory” and a “mandate for change.” “The scope of the victory — electoral swing state domination, popular vote victory, and a Republican-controlled Senate — represents a decisive rejection of the Biden-Harris administration,” DeSantis wrote. “Roughly 75% of Americans think the country is on the wrong track. With last night’s results, that is likely to change for the better very soon.”

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Asked whether he is hoping to nab his own perch in the Trump-Vance administration, DeSantis said he’s happy with his current role. “I think for me, I’m not seeking anything,” DeSantis said. “I’ve got a great job in the state of Florida. … How can I best make a difference? I think, you know, given where we are, I think me quarterbacking the Sunshine State is probably how I make the biggest difference.”

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