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Republican from Florida
Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010. He took office Jan. 4, 2011.
Recent statements involving Rick Scott
Florida has "1,200 golf courses. I think 58 million rounds played a year in Florida. We’ve got 44 percent of all travel golf in the country here. 5 million people come here just for golf."
"About 230,000 people that were on unemployment when I took office are not on unemployment now."
"The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department ... Meanwhile, the athletic budget for the current year is $97.7 million, an increase of more than $2 million from last year."
Recent stories featuring Rick Scott
Rick Scott's latest ad: Who is that teacher?:
Rick Scott has a curious surrogate in his latest television ad. Is she a public school teacher or a paid actor?
The flood of falsehoods about the health care law:
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama's health care law, we review the falsehoods that simply won't stop.
Fact-checking Rick Scott's State of the State speech:
Rick Scott's second State of the State address included claims about jobs, the cost of living and doughnuts. How'd he fare on the Truth-O-Meter?
10 News checks out the Scott-O-Meter:
We look at Gov. Rick Scott's campaign promises in a video report for 10 News.
Rating Rick Scott's campaign promises at the 1-year mark:
We've looked at dozens of campaign promises from Rick Scott to see how he's doing. No promise was more prominent than his pledge to create 700,000 jobs -- we rated it Stalled.
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