Robert Penaranda immigrated to the United States from Cuba when he was 8 years old.

Now 58, and the owner of a landscaping business for the past 30 years, Penaranda says Gov. Mitt Romney is who he'll be voting for.

"He's a businessman and the United States is a business and you need a business mind to run it," said Penaranda, a Carrollwood resident.

Penaranda was joined by his wife Marlene at Wednesday's rally in Tampa.

"(President Barack) Obama is going in a different direction and we don't need big government," said Marlene, 57.

Referring to her husband she added, "He's been in business for 30 years and he's hurting right now."