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PolitiFact Florida is tracking Gov. Rick Scott's promises on the Scott-O-Meter. Photo by Joe Burbank | Orlando Sentinel.

PolitiFact Florida is tracking Gov. Rick Scott's promises on the Scott-O-Meter. Photo by Joe Burbank | Orlando Sentinel.

Our latest tally of Rick Scott's campaign promises

How did Scott's promises fare during this year's legislative session? We pulled out our Scott-O-Meter.

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The Latest from PolitiFact Florida

A scorecard separating fact from fiction

"Immigrants are more fertile."

If Gov. Rick Scott activates "the National Guard in anticipation of a federal disaster, the state’s costs, including the costs to recall any furloughed guardsmen, will be fully reimbursable by FEMA."

"Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud."

"More than half of last year's U.S. college graduates are unemployed or underemployed."

Says Gov. Rick Scott returned "$1 million in federal funding that would have helped the state cover the cost of overseeing insurance rates under the new health care law."

Promise: Attract new investment and create high-paying quality jobs

Update: Early signs of some job growth

Promise: Lower electricity costs for business

Update: Data points to a drop for businesses but hard to quantify total dollars

Promise: Adopt the Daubert standard on scientific knowledge

Update: Scott signs bill for a stricter threshold for scientific evidence in court

"We cut taxes 24 times."

In Miami-Dade County, "we spend at our school system over $20 million every year" educating recent immigrants.

A bill to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline "is an earmark" under House rules.

Promise: Return Florida's state and local spending to at least the 2004 level

Update: If you account for inflation, he's met the goal

"Two weeks after signing a taxpayer protection pledge, (Charlie Crist) breaks it."

Promise: Bring state employee health insurance costs in line with the U.S. average

Update: House isn't going along with Scott on health care goal

"This budget also reflects the smallest state government workforce per 1,000 residents in Florida in this century."

"We are already almost halfway to our 2010 goal of creating 700,000 new jobs in seven years."

Promise: Institute Accountability Budgeting for each state agency

Update: Legislature has shown no interest in accountability budgeting

"Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit."

Says Kelly Ayotte voted to "fix background checks."

Promise: Eliminate Florida's corporate income tax over 7 years

Update: Scott fails to get Legislature on board with exempting more businesses from corporate income tax

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Every day, reporters and researchers from the Times and the Herald examine statements by Florida elected officials and candidates and anyone else who speaks up on matters of public importance. We research their statements and then rate the accuracy on our Truth-O-Meter:

TRUE – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing.

MOSTLY TRUE – The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information.

HALF TRUE – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context.

MOSTLY FALSE – The statement contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.

FALSE – The statement is not accurate.

PANTS ON FIRE – The statement is not accurate and makes a ridiculous claim.

For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact and the Truth-O-Meter.

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