Marco Rubio Accomplished Something That Hasn’t Been Done in Nearly a Century

When Marco Rubio lost the Florida Republican Primary Tuesday he became the first sitting GOP senator to fail to win his home state primary since Hiram Johnson in 1924.

Previously, The Daily Caller reported that Rubio was the first to do this since 1988. We were mistaken as the Kansas GOP website had George H.W Bush winning the state’s caucus, in fact Sen. Bob Dole had won it.

Sen. Hiram Johnson lost the California GOP primary to incumbent President Calvin Coolidge. Among both parties the last sitting senator to lose in their home state was Eugene McCarthy in 1968. He lost to a fellow Minnesotan – Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Minnesota did not have a primary that year but Humphrey got more delegates from the state than McCarthy. (Read more from “Marco Rubio Accomplished Something That Hasn’t Been Done in Nearly a Century” HERE)

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