Rubio The Democrat
Rubio announced too that after leaving office he would, like his father, remain active in the Democratic Party. A former Webb County Democratic chairman, Rubio was the most visible county supporter of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's unsuccessful bid for the party's 2008 presidential nomination. Rubio said that Richardson is "sensitive and knowledgeable about our culture. . . . We believe in him and think that he can do a good job."
Rubio is a maternal cousin of State Representative Richard Raymond, another Laredo Democrat.
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