Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is coming to Nebraska to lend a hand to fellow Republican Deb Fischer, the GOP nominee seeking to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson.

Fischer’s campaign announced Wednesday that Rubio will be a special guest at a fundraiser for her on Oct. 25 in Omaha.

Rubio, a rising Republican star who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, introduced GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney at the national Republican Party convention last month and was considered by many to be a potential vice presidential pick.

Fischer faces Democrat Bob Kerrey, a former Nebraska governor and two-term U.S. senator, in the Nov. 6 general election.