TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's decision to run for president set off a scramble to replace him. His last minute decision to run for re-election set off a scramble - though much smaller - to get out of the Senate race.
A crowded Republican Senate primary has become much less so after Rubio's announcement Wednesday that he'll seek a second term after spending months saying he wouldn't.
U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the race and will run for re-election, a decision U.S. Rep. David Jolly made last Friday as it became more obvious that Rubio was leaning toward running again.
And the man who Rubio said helped convince him to run again, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, will focus on his job as Gov. Rick Scott's No. 2.
Rubio will still have to face businessman Todd Wilcox and developer Carlos Beruff in the primary.
