Marco Rubio, R-FL, for president.
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Pataki was the only GOP presidential candidate who failed to appear at the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit held in November.
Former Gov. George Pataki of NY, who dropped out of the presidential race previous year, announced this morning he was endorsing Sen.
“Marco Rubio is going to bring us together”.
“I’m making a decision among all of the Republican candidates, and I’m not going to say anything ill about any of them”, he said. “I am pro-Marco Rubio”, Pataki said.
On Tuesday, the former No. 2 ranking Senate Republican officially endorsed Sen. While some consider that path risky, as it misses out on the momentum boost of winning those contests, Pataki on Tuesday echoed the Rubio camp’s assertion that the Florida senator is running a “national campaign” and the “staying power” to win the White House. “I think he will do well in New Hampshire, and I think he will do extremely well as the race moves on”.
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Pataki’s announcement comes one day after former Texas governor Rick Perry, another former 2016 hopeful, endorsed Ted Cruz as the next commander-in-chief. But Mr. Rubio will need to perform well enough in Iowa and New Hampshire, two early voting states, before surviving to the larger, delegate-rich states his campaign hopes will buoy him in the primary.
