# Rubio urges conservatives to promote their ideology, brushes off GOP midterm losses

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- NBC News, 2026-11-14 03:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/rubio-urges-conservatives-uplift-ideology-brushes-republicans-midterm-rcna609284

> Secretary of State Marco Rubio played down Republicans’ devastating midterm election losses on Friday, telling supporters that politics requires more than simply winning elections.

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