Sen. Marco Rubio has been re-elected to the U.S. Senate in Florida.
Rubio beat Democrat Patrick Murphy for the seat by 6 percent.
BREAKING: Rubio re-elected to U.S. Senate in Florida. @AP race call at 8:05 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall pic.twitter.com/wh2DO7gktZ
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2016
Updates: Florida voters say yes to medical marijuana
Rubio repeatedly said he would not run for re-election after his loss for the Republican nomination for president but he announced his run for re-election in June.
He said it is his duty to stay in his Senate seat, but he's gotten a lot of backlash for "not showing up to work."
Rubio has said he is the only one who stood up to both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Results: 2016 General Election
Cox Media Group
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/ITAXNZQQQ5QX6PKZQM6MJLCA7U.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/6HFAVG2HRVEQFKEAKAO6WNF2I4.jpg)
:quality(70)/d1hfln2sfez66z.cloudfront.net/11-19-2024/t_0f95066918734b29aa4df81b995c1797_name_file_960x540_1200_v3_1_.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/GUASCD5CAZD2RDAH4W5TMFDQWI.jpeg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/XQRAQFOYLFAWLLTUDFT4CDJSRA.jpeg)