Jeb Bush Jr. Backs Connie Mack for Senate

At a media event in Coral Gables on Friday, Republican Senate hopeful Congressman Connie Mack won the endorsement of Jeb Bush Jr.

"I am delighted to have the support of Jeb Bush Jr. as my new statewide co-chairman for our campaign for U.S. Senate, Mack said on Friday. Jeb has proven himself as a leader amongst this region's young professionals when it comes to the issues important to South Florida, and his advice and counsel to this campaign will be important in our efforts to expose the liberal voting record of Bill Nelson, a record which is in 98 percent lockstep with Barack Obama."

Bush, the son of the former governor who has been working on reaching out to Hispanic voters on behalf of the Republicans, pointed to Macks record as chairman of the U.S. House Western Hemisphere Subcommittee.

"Connie has a career of doing the right thing, said Bush, who had been very active with the presidential campaign of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman. It was the right thing to stand up to Hugo Chavez and promote freedom in Latin America. It was the right thing to stand up to his own leadership to not raise the debt ceiling. It was the right thing to do to secure the border while preserving the rights of all Americans. And it was the right thing to do when he decided to enter the Senate race against liberal Bill Nelson when it was so clear no one else could defeat him. Today I proudly stand with Connie Mack and will work hard with him to advance the freedom of Floridians against the lockstep liberal agenda of Bill Nelson and Barack Obama."