--- title: Marco Rubio and His Wife Have Gotten Traffic Tickets description: According to an investigation by the New York Times, the Rubios have been cited with 17 traffic infractions over the last several years. canonical: https://time.com/3910873/marco-rubio-traffic-tickets/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-05T17:00:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:57:35.321Z article:section: Politics og:title: Marco Rubio and His Wife Have Gotten Traffic Tickets og:description: Defenders point out that they live in Miami. og:url: https://time.com/3910873/marco-rubio-traffic-tickets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0db3e6f69526ba4e/6988533ccd684831660a0368/gettyimages-469613970.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: &lt;&gt; on April 13, 2015 in Miami, Florida. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Marco Rubio and His Wife Have Gotten Traffic Tickets twitter:description: Defenders point out that they live in Miami. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0db3e6f69526ba4e/6988533ccd684831660a0368/gettyimages-469613970.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Marco Rubio and His Wife Have Gotten Traffic Tickets  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jun 5, 2015 5:00 PM UTC  Marco Rubio and Jeanette Rubio on April 13, 2015 in Miami, Florida. Marco Rubio and Jeanette Rubio on April 13, 2015 in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle—2015 Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jun 5, 2015 5:00 PM UTC Sen. Marco Rubio is the quintessential “young man in a hurry”—running for president after just one term in the U.S. Senate. But it appears that the Florida Republican and his wife may literally be in a hurry. According to an investigation by the New York [_Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/06/05/marco-rubio-and-his-wife-cited-17-times-for-traffic-infractions-2/)_,_ the Rubios have been cited with 17 traffic infractions over the last several years and attended remedial driving school on four different occasions. Marco Rubio seems to be the more careful driver of the two. His wife, Jeannette, is responsible for 13 of the 17 infractions. Jeanette Rubio seems to have a penchant for speeding and is reluctant to complete the traffic school courses, so the couple has paid over $1000 in traffic fines since 1997. After Rubio was elected to the Senate, he enlisted lawyer and donor Alex Hanna to help make some of the traffic violations go away, the [_Times_ ](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/06/05/marco-rubio-and-his-wife-cited-17-times-for-traffic-infractions-2/)reports. Hanna helped clear Marco Rubio of two of his infractions and Jeanette Rubio of seven. Still, some have defended the two on social media, arguing that Miami traffic is pretty bad. > [](https://twitter.com/michaelroston/status/606845632012251136) \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/06/05/marco-rubio-and-his-wife-cited-17-times-for-traffic-infractions-2/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3910873/marco-rubio-traffic-tickets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3910873/marco-rubio-traffic-tickets/"},"headline":"Marco Rubio and His Wife Have Gotten Traffic Tickets","datePublished":"2015-06-05T17:00:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:57:35.321Z","description":"Between them, they've racked up 17 traffic violations since 1997","url":"https://time.com/3910873/marco-rubio-traffic-tickets/","keywords":["2016 Election topic","Sen. 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