--- title: Marco Rubio Says He's Leaving Government description: Marco Rubio said he plans to leave the government after the end of his Senate term, and that he's not interested in Vice President. canonical: https://time.com/4263474/marco-rubio-leaving-government/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-17T20:32:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:49:45.919Z article:section: Politics og:title: Marco Rubio Says He's Leaving Government og:description: Marco Rubio said he plans to leave the government after the end of his Senate term, and that he's not interested in Vice President. og:url: https://time.com/4263474/marco-rubio-leaving-government/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75d6eb2a17ce4005/69888b29428a9e0406cd1cf3/marco-rubio-timepol-election-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Republican U.S. presidential candidate Marco Rubio announces the suspension of his presidential campaign during a rally in Miami og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Marco Rubio Says He's Leaving Government twitter:description: Marco Rubio said he plans to leave the government after the end of his Senate term, and that he's not interested in Vice President. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75d6eb2a17ce4005/69888b29428a9e0406cd1cf3/marco-rubio-timepol-election-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Marco Rubio Says He's Leaving Government > Sponsored content. 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No, I'm not gonna be anybody's vice president. I'm just not gonna, I don't want, I'm not interested in being vice president. I don't mean that in a disrespectful way. I'm not gonna be vice president, I'm not running for governor of Florida. I'm gonna finish out my term in the Senate over the next ten months. We're gonna work really hard here, and we have some things we wanna achieve And then I'll be a private citizen in January. And you're not gonna rethink this and go back and file on April or May for this season. No, no. I'm not running for re- election to the senate. As I said I'm going to finish my term here and then I'll be a private citizen. 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