What did Marco Rubio predict about elections in March 2016?
Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator (R-FL) and Republican presidential candidate ·
We're going to win Florida.
Lost Florida 27.0% to Trump's 45.7%
Rubio said he would win the Florida primary. He lost it to Trump, 27.0% to 45.7%.
In the March 15, 2016 Florida Republican primary, Donald Trump won 1,079,870 votes (45.7%) and Rubio won 638,661 (27.0%) (FEC, Federal Elections 2016).
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- Interview with Megyn Kelly in Hialeah, Fla., aired as a special 11 p.m. edition of Fox News' The Kelly File, six days before Florida's Republican primary.