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Rick Scott Wins Republican Nomination for Florida Governor

By | 08.24.10 | 11:20 pm

In an upset, former health care executive Rick Scott won Florida’s Republican primary for governor tonight, beating Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, according to the Associated Press.

Unknown candidate Mike McAlister earned about 10 percent of the vote. McCollum was all but expected to win the nomination More…

Rick Scott on His Health Care Record

By | 03.31.09 | 5:01 pm

I talked briefly with Rick Scott, the chairman (and major funder) of Conservatives for Patients’ Rights, after he gave a short talk at the Heritage Foundation about his group’s efforts to create a grassroots movement against nationalized health care. After asking him about the reception he was getting for Republicans, More…