Topic: Mel Martinez

Mel Martinez

Mel Martinez is a Republican Born: Lawyer First Cuban-American to serve in the U.S. Senate Was the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under George W. Bush Announced retirement in December 2008, will not seek reelection in Senate in 2010WashingtonPost.com: Mel Martinez ...
Fla. GOP Sen. Martinez touches on Cuba, immigration, public service in farewell speechU.S. Sen. Mel Martinez left Washington on Wednesday with some regrets, some proud accomplishments and some frustration with a process he believes often puts politics ahead of policy.Martinez gave a ...
Mel Martinez's Senate exit signals crossroads for GOP efforts to woo HispanicsFlorida Sen. Mel Martinez's resignation closes the latest chapter in the Republican Party's tumultuous, decade-long effort to woo the nation's Hispanic voters.The Cuban-American's impending departure could leave no Hispanic Republicans in ...
With GOP Sen. Martinez's early departure, Fla. gov gets to fill seat he wants for himselfRepublican Sen. Mel Martinez announced Friday he would step down 16 months early, saying he was making good on a promise to voters that he wouldn't stay ...

US Senator Martinez, Castro critic, to resign early

US Senator Mel Martinez of Florida, the chamber's only Hispanic Republican and a tough critic of Cuba's communist government, announced Friday he was stepping down before his terms ends. "Today I am announcing my decision to step down from public office, effective ...

Republican Senator Martinez says he's quitting

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Senator Mel Martinez, a native Cuban and a former chairman of the Republican Party, stunned supporters on Friday by abruptly announcing he is resigning from Congress " "Martinez, 62, who earlier said he would not run for a ...

Plea to Dismantle Broadridge Monopoly

Last month, I wrote to Chairman Mary Schapiro of the SEC about dismantling the monopoly Broadridge (BR) enjoys counting electronic proxy votes for all US public companies.. Wednesday, I wrote to Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL), who serves on the Senate Banking Committee, ...
Former Republican senator from NH announces bid for Fla.'s open US Senate seatFormer New Hampshire Sen. Bob Smith says he's running for Senate in Florida.The Republican announced his bid Monday. He's lived in Sarasota for seven years after representing New Hampshire in ...
Despite calls for conservative purity, GOP looks to the middle in recruiting for 2010 racesDick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh contend the Republican Party needs less moderation and more conservative backbone to win back voters who have been abandoning it in droves.Leaders of ...
Republican former Fla. House Speaker Rubio will run for US Senate seat vacated by MartinezFlorida's former Republican House Speaker Marco Rubio will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez.Rubio announced his plans in a video obtained by The ...
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