Homebuilder enters Senate race to replace Marco Rubio

SARASOTA — Another Cuban American Republican from Miami will soon enter the race to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.

Manatee County developer Carlos Beruff, founder and owner of Medallion Homes, recently launched a campaign website, YouTube channel, Instagram and even fired out a timely tweet following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The video, uploaded this week, pegs a Feb. 29 launch date for the campaign.

“A lot of people of these people in Washington today do not have any idea how to run a business,” Beruff says from a table in downtown Sarasota's Toasted Mango in the video. “I have been running my own business for 32 years.”