U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is bringing his presidential campaign to The Villages.
He will take the stage at 3:45 p.m. Monday at Eisenhower Recreation Center.
Unfortunately, if you weren’t one of the early birds claiming tickets, you won’t get to see Rubio. All of the tickets for the event have already been claimed.
Rubio has been trailing in the polls while Donald Trump and Ben Carson have taken an unlikely lead. But many Floridians remember Rubio’s patience and strategy when he launched his uphill 2010 Senate bid. He faced then-popular Gov. Charlie Crist, eventually forcing the governor to abandon the GOP and launch an independent Senate bid. Rubio won a three-way race that included Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek.
Last year, Rubio spent time in Iowa stumping for Joni Ernst who prevailed in a bitter U.S. Senate contest. It was an opportunity for Rubio to make plenty of friends in the Hawkeye State.
And Rubio has reportedly been running a tight-fisted campaign with the candidate flying commercial more than 90 percent of the time.
This week, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker flamed out, thinning the Republican presidential field. A week earlier, Texas Gov. Rick Perry quit the White House race.
