--- title: Marco Rubio Endorsements: Las Vegas Review-Journal Endorses description: The Las Vegas newspaper owned by billionaire and GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson endorsed GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio canonical: https://time.com/4210259/sheldon-adelson-marco-rubio/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-05T21:38:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:49:28.315Z article:section: Politics og:title: Marco Rubio Endorsements: Las Vegas Review-Journal Endorses og:description: The Las Vegas newspaper owned by billionaire and GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson endorsed GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio og:url: https://time.com/4210259/sheldon-adelson-marco-rubio/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d1664ac8b7e2b1f/69887c5e3c1639825345be74/sheldon-adelson-marco-rubio.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sheldon Adelson Marco Rubio Las Vegas Review-Journal og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Marco Rubio Endorsements: Las Vegas Review-Journal Endorses twitter:description: The Las Vegas newspaper owned by billionaire and GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson endorsed GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d1664ac8b7e2b1f/69887c5e3c1639825345be74/sheldon-adelson-marco-rubio.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Vegas Paper Owned By GOP Megadonor Endorses Rubio  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Feb 5, 2016 9:38 PM UTC  Sheldon Adelson, chairman of Sands, speaks during an interview in Macau, China, on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. Sheldon Adelson, chairman of Sands, speaks during an interview in Macau, China, on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Feb 5, 2016 9:38 PM UTC The Las Vegas newspaper recently purchased by billionaire and GOP super-donor Sheldon Adelson [endorsed](http://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-rj-editorial-board-endorses-marco-rubio-nevada-republican-caucus) GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Friday, in advance of the state’s primary later this month. The editorial in the Las Vegas _Review-Journal_ said Adelson was not involved in the process of deciding who to endorse. The founder of the Sands casino company, who [spent $93 million on Republican candidates and priorities in the 2012 race](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/03/25/sheldon-adelson-spent-93-million-on-the-2012-election-heres-how/), tried to[ conceal his identity](http://time.com/4152442/sheldon-adelson-las-vegas-journal-review/) when he [bought the newspaper](http://fortune.com/2015/12/14/koch-brothers-las-vegas-review-journal/) last year. “The Adelsons have detached themselves from our endorsement process, and our endorsement of Sen. Rubio does not represent the support of the family,” the editorial says. The editorial cited several reasons for endorsing Rubio, including his desire to reduce government ownership of land in the state, his position on immigration and his perceived electability. 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