Marco Rubio: Chris Christie's Reelection Doesn't 'Apply To Future Races'

The Huffington Post  |  By Sabrina Siddiqui Posted: 11/06/2013 4:16 pm EST  |  Updated: 11/06/2013 4:54 pm EST

WASHINGTON -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's landslide reelection has led some observers to declare him all but certain to seize the GOP presidential nomination in 2016. But Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), another likely Republican contender for president, on Wednesday cautioned against jumping to conclusions about the significance of Christie's victory.
"I think we need to understand that some of these races don't apply to future races. Every race is different -- it has a different set of factors -- but I congratulate [Christie] on his win," Rubio told CNN's Dana Bash.
"Clearly [Christie] was able to speak to the hopes and aspirations of people within New Jersey. That's important," he added. "We want to win everywhere and Governor Christie has certainly shown he has a way of winning in New Jersey, in states like New Jersey ... so I congratulate him on that."
But Rubio stressed that New Jersey, a decisively blue state, has its own distinctive traits and a race in the Garden State wouldn't play out the same as it would elsewhere.


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