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Rick Scott

Richard Lynn Scott

    Rick Scott is a Republican elected governor of Florida in 2010. He defeated Democrat Alex Sink, the state's chief financial officer, in the closest governor's race since 1876. He also spent $73 million of his own money to introduce himself to Floridians, having no political experience and barely met residency requirements.

    Rick Scott is the former CEO of Columbia/HCA and also started Solantic. Scott was born Dec. 1, 1952, in Bloomington, Ill. He served in the Navy and graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Southern Methodist University Law School. He and his wife, Frances Annette, have two adult daughters.

    

    • IN THE NEWS

    1. Citizens downplays cheaper property insurance option

      05/17/13 BankingBy Toluse Olorunnipa, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau

      TALLAHASSEE — Last year, the Florida Legislature mandated Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to offer a cheaper, more limited coverage option to homeowners, potentially saving them up to 70 percent on their premiums.

    2. Gov. Rick Scott asks university presidents for promise not to seek tuition increases

      05/17/13 CollegeBy Tia Mitchell and Toluse Olorunnipa, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau

      TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott has all but guaranteed a veto of the 3 percent tuition increase in the state budget and he recently reached out to an unlikely group to aid his cause.

    3. Gov. Rick Scott heading to Chile for trade mission

      05/17/13 BusinessBy Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau

      TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott will lead a state delegation to Chile next week, his eighth overseas trade mission since taking office.

    4. Gov. Rick Scott holds power with budget veto pen

      05/16/13 GubernatorialBy Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau

      TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott must soon sign the new state budget, and he's getting intense feedback on all sides: from lawmakers protecting hometown projects, hospitals worried about losing money and a business-backed group criticizing pork-barrel spending.

    5. State analysts reverse course, say supermajority wasn't needed on tax cut vote

      05/16/13 LegislatureBy Toluse Olorunnipa, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau

      TALLAHASSEE — After Gov. Rick Scott's highly prioritized manufacturing tax cut passed the Florida Legislature without receiving a two-thirds majority of votes, legislative staff analysts have had a change of heart and now believe such a supermajority was not necessary.

    6. House members say yes to cheap health insurance — for themselves

      05/13/13 HealthBy Tia Mitchell, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau

      TALLAHASSEE

      Florida House Republicans last month loudly and proudly rejected billions of dollars in federal money that would have provided health insurance to 1 million poor Floridians.

    7. Talk of budget turkeys ruffles some feathers

      05/13/13 LegislatureBy Steve Bousquet, Times Columnist

      For the past three decades, Florida TaxWatch has been a self-appointed fiscal watchdog, blowing the whistle on what it considers wasteful pork-barrel spending by the Legislature.

    8. Rick Scott declares victory on sales tax break for manufacturers

      05/13/13 State Roundup By Danielle Paquette, Times Staff Writer

      OLDSMAR — Gov. Rick Scott launched a two-day, campaign-style swing through the state Monday to celebrate the Legislature's decision to temporarily eliminate a sales tax on manufacturing equipment.

    9. Bill opens up funding for private virtual schools

      05/13/13 K12By Kathleen McGrory, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau

      TALLAHASSEE — Private online learning companies will get a better shot at Florida public school funding under a bill that won approval on the final day of the legislative session.

    10. Rick Scott's campaign machine is ready, and waiting

      05/12/13 State Roundup By Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor

      TAMPA

      It's way too early to count out Rick Scott for a second term. • His poll numbers are stubbornly bleak — only one in three voters say he deserves a second term — and despite plenty of coaching, he still displays the natural charm and warmth of an automaton. • But 77 weeks before …