Marco Rubio Moved By Sarasota Girl's Drawing

SARASOTA, FL — If a Sarasota girl’s prayers are answered, January 2017 will signal a move into the White House for the Rubio family.

Six-year-old Camille even has an idea what moving day might look like. To prove it, she created a drawing of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, and his family standing outside of the White House.

“My Prayer for January 2017,” she titled the colorful work that includes a smiling cloud and a White House flanked by American flags.

It seems Camille’s work made it into Rubio’s hands. He posted the art on Twitter late Tuesday afternoon. Within minutes of the tweet going live, it had been shared nearly 150 times and favorited more than 500.

“Thank you to 6-year-old Camille, from Sarasota, Florida, for the artwork and more importantly, the prayers,” the tweet said.

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• Jeb Bush Suspends Presidential Campaign

Rubio is the last candidate from Florida in the Republican race for the presidency. Former Gov. Jeb Bush suspended his campaign Saturday following a poor finish in the South Carolina primary.

Businessman Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican pack and has pulled off several major victories so far in the early primary states. Sen. Ted Cruz is the second favored among the Republican candidates, followed by Rubio in third, according to USA Today.

Floridians head to the polls March 15 to cast their ballots in the 2016 Presidential Preference Primary. Florida is a closed primary state, which means only registered Republicans can vote for those on the Republican ballot and Democrats may only vote for Democratic presidential candidates. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a slight lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders in recent national Democrat polling, USA Today noted.

Photo from the Marco Rubio Facebook page

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