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Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.

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Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad:

President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2023
Rick Scott
stated on January 26, 2023 in a page about elections in his Rescue America plan:

Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information."

By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2023
Rick Scott
stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

“All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2022
Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2022 in a television interview:

Kamala Harris said about Hurricane Ian that “if you have a different skin color, you're going to get relief faster.”

By Jeff Cercone • October 3, 2022
Rick Scott
stated on August 16, 2022 in a press release:

The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State Department combined.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 17, 2022

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on May 3, 2022 in a memo to Republican senate candidates and lawmakers:

“Republicans DO NOT want to throw doctors” in jail.

By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2022
VoteVets.org
stated on October 12, 2018 in an ad:

Says Rick Scott’s "hospital company stole millions, defrauding the military’s health care program."

By Amy Sherman • October 23, 2018
Bill Nelson
stated on September 7, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Says Florida Gov. Rick Scott "subtracted $1.3 billion from public schools."

By Amy Sherman • September 28, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
stated on September 5, 2018 in a tweet:

"Nearly 7 million Floridians have pre-existing conditions — but Rick Scott and Florida Republicans wants to take away their health care coverage by ending the Affordable Care Act."

By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2018
Gwen Graham
stated on July 18, 2018 in a tweet:

"When a sinkhole began dumping toxic water in Florida's aquifer, Rick Scott tried to cover it up."

By Amy Sherman • August 1, 2018

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