Manuel Roig-Franzia

writer for the Washington Post

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Reporter for the Washington Post and author of The Rise of Marco Rubio

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In 1998, Marco Rubio was a city commissioner in West Miami. In 2000, he was elected to Florida's House of Representatives.

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