Washington Sen. Marco Rubio will miss a key Senate vote on defense spending Tuesday so that he can continue campaigning in New Hampshire, a Rubio spokesman told CNN.
Rubio spokesman Alex Borgos, who works in his Senate office, said Rubio will submit a statement for the record on the bill, which will be made public.
Rubio has the worst voting attendance record of any other senator for 2015, a fact that GOP presidential foe Donald Trump has been hammering home in recent weeks.
Less than an hour after it was reported that Rubio would miss the vote, the left-aligned PAC American Bridge 21st Century blasted out an email to reporters mocking Rubio with a satirical "missing" poster highlighting his poor voting record.