Sen. Marco Rubio to Headline Hillsborough County Republicans' Lincoln Day Dinner

Marco Rubio, the conservative Florida senator tagged as the Republican Party's next presidential nominee, will be the keynote speaker at the Hillsborough County Republican Party's 2013 Lincoln Day Dinner.

The dinner will be held Saturday, May 18 at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay, 2900 Bayport Rd., Tampa. 

Although a junior senator elected just two years ago, the 42-year-old Cuban American shot into the national spotlight in June 2012 when it was reported he was being vetted as Mitt Romney's running mate. Romney ultimately chose Paul Ryan. However, Rubio's reputation as a fiscal conservative continued to spread.

In January, the senator from West Miami was chosen to deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address. It was the first time the response was delivered in both English and Spanish.

A staunch opponent of tax increases, Rubio voted against the Budget Control Act of 2011, which led to mandatory budget cuts from sequestration, and voted against the 2012 Fiscal Cliff Resolutions.

On March 22, Rubio also voted to repeal Obama's Health Care for America plan.

The theme of this year's Lincoln Day Dinner is "A Night to Celebrate Freedom." The evening will begin with a chairman's reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by the dinner at 7:30 p.m.

Individual tickets are $125. Partnerships for the dinner range from $1,500 to $25,000.

For information about tickets for the dinner, call Deborah Cox-Roush, Lincold Day Dinner chairwoman and vice chairwoman of the Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee, at 813-657-6499 or deborah.cox-roush@hcrp.org.

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