Following Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's campaign launch in the 2016 presidential race, the League of United Latin American Citizens released a statement acknowledging him as the third Latino candidate to run for president, while noting that Latinos won't be swayed to vote for him simply because of his Hispanic heritage.

As expected, the Florida senator announced his bid for the White House in a speech delivered at Miami's Freedom Tower on Monday.

"After deliberation and prayer about the future of our country, I have come here to make an announcement on how I believe I can best serve her," said Rubio, who became the third Republican Party candidate to officially launch a presidential bid.

During his speech, he also talked about his Cuban parents making note of a quote that his father once told him about living in the land of opportunity.

"In this country, you will achieve all the things we never could," said Rubio, repeating the quote.

Subsequently, Brent Wilkes, LULAC National Executive Director, issued a press release regarding Rubio's campaign.

"In 2015, we have two Latino candidates announcing their intention to run for office with the announcement of Senator Ted Cruz earlier this month and Senator Marco Rubio today," said Wilkes.

"It is important that we acknowledge this remarkable development for what it represents -- Latinos have gained a broad base of support among various demographics sufficient to run for our nation's highest office. But, even with such broad base support, these candidates will only prevail if they win a large portion of the Latino vote," he continued.

"To that end, both candidates tried to appeal to Latinos in their announcement speeches by emphasizing their personal story and realization of the American dream. However, personal stories alone will not win the Latino vote. Instead, both should know that they need to develop specific policy positions that address the needs of the Latino community."

Last week, a conservative super PAC announced that it will be operating to raise and spend unlimited amounts of cash on behalf of Rubio. According to The Washington Post, the political committee will also be staffed with a host of senior officials from other major campaigns who will work to collect money from deep-pocketed donors to pay for Rubio's campaign ads and help the Cuban-American senator become the first Hispanic U.S. president.