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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. Gov. Rick Scott signs elections bill to fix long voter lines

      05/21/13 ElectionsBy Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau

      TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott has finished the fix of the flawed election law that relegated Florida to a late-night joke in 2012 by signing an elections cleanup bill passed on the final day of the legislative session.

    2. Democrat Nan Rich says she's ready to take on Florida Gov. Rick Scott

      05/20/13 NationalBy Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor

      SAFETY HARBOR — For 10 years, political pros have taken it almost as gospel that the strongest statewide Democratic candidates are centrists from Florida's top battleground region of Tampa Bay.

    3. Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs budget, vetoes $368 million in spending

      05/20/13 GubernatorialBy Toluse Olorunnipa and Tia Mitchell, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau

      TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott signed a record-sized $74.1 billion budget Monday, but not before trimming off hundreds of millions of dollars in local projects and proposed tuition increases.

    4. Gov. Rick Scott speeding up Florida inmate execution process

      05/19/13 CriminalBy Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau

      TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott has accelerated the pace of signing death warrants in Florida by lining up three executions over the next few weeks, the most in such a brief period of time in more than two decades.

    5. 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.

    6. 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.

    7. 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.

    8. 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.

    9. 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.

    10. 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.