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S enator Marco Rubio greeted First Coast locals on his book tour in July. Rubio was promoting his new memoir, An American Son, throughout Florida. Rubio visited Books-A-Million on Wells Road in Orange Park on the evening of July 2. Locals lined up to shake hands with the senator and Florida native, who eagerly spoke to fans and signed books. Rubio served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000-2008 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. His committee assignments currently include Commerce, Science and Transportation; Foreign Relations; Intelligence; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Rubio and his wife Jeanette have four young children and live in west Miami. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25 6:30 – 9:30 P.M. POOLSIDE at the SAWGRASS MARRIOTT Hors d’oeuvres • Open Bar • Silent Auction Live Music by CLOUD 9 missionhousejax.org or (904)241-6767 WEAR YOUR TEAM’S COLORS Above: Representative Mike Weinstein with wife, Sara, & daughter, Danielle. Below: Rubio’s brother, Mario Rubio, & Jay Demetree FIRST COAST REGISTER | &:,:89s8*59*2'*7