Sen. Marco Rubio beats Patrick Murphy for U.S. Senate seat

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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.

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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