Florida gubernatorial campaigns Rick Scott

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scott ran against democratic nominee alex sink. on april 9, 2010, scott announced candidacy 2010 republican party nomination governor of florida.


susie wiles, former communications chief jacksonville mayor john peyton, served campaign manager, , tony fabrizio chief pollster. reported on may 7 scott s campaign had spent $4.7 million on television , radio ads. scott s first video advertisement released youtube on april 13.


during primary campaign, scott s opponent, bill mccollum, made issue of scott s role @ columbia/hca. scott countered fbi had never targeted him. marc caputo of miami herald contended 1998 bill sponsored mccollum have made more difficult prosecute medicare fraud cases, , counter current views , allegations. scott won august primary approximately 47% percent of vote, compared 43% voting mccollum, mccollum conceding race after midnight. date of tampa debate between scott , sink (october 25, 2010), scott had spent $60 million of own money on campaign compared democratic opponent alex sink s reported $28 million.


the fort myers news press quoted scott saying in total spent $78 million of own money on campaign, although other figures indicate spent on $75 million. won in general election governor of florida, defeating sink around 68,000 votes, or 1.29%. took office 45th governor of florida on january 4, 2011.




2014 florida gubernatorial campaign

in october 2011, scott announced running reelection in 2014. political funding committee, let s work, had raised $28 million campaign of may 2014.


as of june 2014, scott had spent $13m since march on television adverts attacking former governor charlie crist, appeared democratic nominee, , nominated. although ads resulted in tightening of race, came decreasing crist s favorability ratings. contrast, scott s favorability ratings did not increase.


by late september 2014, scott s television ad spending had exceeded $35m , in mid-october reached $56.5 million, compared $26.5 million crist. on october 22 reported scott s total spending had exceeded $83 million , announced that, having said not so, investing own money campaign, speculated as $22 million.


crist hoped draw strong support florida s more 1.6 million registered black voters, effort challenging regards previous political career republican. poll conducted in september 2014 quinnipiac university revealed support among black voters @ 72 percent against scott, below 90 percent analysts believed needed defeat scott.


scott , crist met in debate on october 15, held florida press association @ broward college. scott refused take stage 7 minutes because crist had small electric fan under lectern. incident dubbed fangate media sources such politico. on november 4, 2014, scott , carlos lopez-cantera won general election against crist , annette taddeo-goldstein 64,000 votes. libertarian candidates, adrian wyllie , greg roe, received 223,356 votes.










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