What state will Marco Rubio win?

The Washington Post

Mainstream Republican donors and elected officials flocked to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Monday amid a growing sense that he is the last best chance to prevent Donald Trump from running away with the Republican nomination.

But Rubio’s path remains narrow and perilous. He has yet to win a state, and a raft of major March 1 contests known as “Super Tuesday” offers few obvious chances for him to do so. And if Trump keeps racking up wins, it will become more difficult to blunt his progress.

Rubio gives up on Senate: ‘He hates it’

By David A. Fahrenthold for The Washington Post

Marco Rubio is a U.S. senator. And he just can’t stand it anymore.

“I don’t know that ‘hate’ is the right word,” Rubio said in an interview. “I’m frustrated.”

This year, as Rubio runs for president, he has cast the Senate — the very place that cemented him as a national politician — as a place he’s given up on, after less than one term. It’s too slow. Too rule-bound. So Rubio, 44, has decided not to run for his seat again. It’s the White House or bust.