By Leah Barkoukis
This change of heart will be a boost to Republican hopes of holding their Senate majority after a tough couple of weeks.
While there has been no official announcement yet CNN is
reporting that barring some unexpected last-minute glitch" Sen. Marco Rubio will be getting into the Senate race this week despite
vowing he wouldnt since last year.
The Florida senator is telling top supporters he has changed his mind -- and will run for re-election to the Senate said CNNs Chief National Correspondent JohnKing. This change of heart will be a boost to Republican hopes of holding their Senate majority after a tough couple of weeks.
Rubio insisted he was leaving Washington after his failed presidential bid but with Republicans worried Donald Trump may bring down some Senate incumbentsand the fact that Florida is ranked
No. 3 on the Washington Posts list of Senate seats most likely to change parties in Novemberthe pressure from colleagues to run for reelection may have worked it seems.
