--- 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: 2026-02-22T16:00:48.760Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Marco Rubio Says He's Leaving Government  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Mar 17, 2016 8:32 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio announces the suspension of his presidential campaign during a rally in Miami on March 15, 2016. Republican presidential candidate, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio announces the suspension of his presidential campaign during a rally in Miami on March 15, 2016.Carlo Allegri—Reuters  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Mar 17, 2016 8:32 PM UTC Marco Rubio said Thursday that he plans to leave the government after the end of his Senate term, and that he’s not interested in being anyone’s Vice President. “I’m not going to be Vice President,” the Florida Senator told reporters Thursday. “I’m not running for governor of Florida, I’m going to finish out my term in the Senate over the next 10 months… and then I’ll be a private citizen in January.” Rubio [suspended his presidential campaign](http://time.com/4260025/super-tuesday-election-voting-ohio-donald-trump/) on March 15 after [losing his home state of Florida](http://time.com/4260668/republican-convention-contested-super-tuesday-donald-trump-delegates/) to businessman Donald Trump. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4263474/marco-rubio-leaving-government/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4263474/marco-rubio-leaving-government/"},"headline":"Marco Rubio Says He's Leaving Government","datePublished":"2016-03-17T20:32:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:00:48.760Z","description":"At the end of his Senate term","url":"https://time.com/4263474/marco-rubio-leaving-government/","keywords":["Sen. 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