Governor-elect Rick Scott was sworn in on January 4th, Scott recruited her from Bill McCollum's failed gubernatorial bid, where she was finance director. Rick Scott began naming the members of his transition committee in a November 4, press conference. Official inquiries to the transition team were asked to use press scotttransition.
His "Scott Transition" website names several committees:. Corrections 3. Juvenile Justice 5. Law Enforcement 6. Military Affairs 7. Emergency Management. Medicaid Reform 2. Health 3. Healthcare Administration 4. Elder Affairs 6. Persons with Disabilities 7. The transition team also had four named directors :.
In his October 4th press conference, Governor-elect Scott announced that Enu Mainigi, his personal attorney, would fill a then-unnamed senior role in his administration. See also: Gubernatorial elections , Race tracking. Florida's Secretary of State maintains an official candidate list. Pollsters were on the ground quickly the moment the primaries in this closely watched state were over.
With Chiles in a three-way match-up, Republican candidate Rick Scott, a political neophyte, held a slight lead on Alex Sink. Chiles acknowledged that he has no chance of winning and professed a desire not to be a spoiler, instead stepping aside. Polls were immediately taken of the new battlefield and showed the gap between the major party nominees suddenly dropped down to a single point. The advantage of getting Chiles out of the race initially went to the Democrats.
However, Florida was expected to gain electoral votes in the redistricting and the state is already both a prize and a bellwether for any Presidential aspirant. The absence of a third party challenge going forward forced both Republican and Democratic strategists on the ground in the Sunshine State to rework their plans, and was the signal for more money and support to flood into the race.
Scott's brusing primary seemed, for a time, to be a Pyhrric victory. Sink led in most polls and the bitter fight for the Republican nomination had left donors and volunteers tapped out and brought skeletons out of the closet.
In late summer, Alex Sink led in most polls and was, on average, just outside the margin of error in the contest to govern the Sunshine State. However, polls taken in late September showed a marked, if slight, reversal - putting Rick Scott just barely into the lead. Close inspection of the numbers shows that Scott was gaining while Sink was stable. Assuming that the Republican had to win over some McCollum supporters in the wake of the primary, this made sense.
During the hearings, Scott read a list of tweets from those who criticized him for supporting the confirmation of Sessions. Scott said of Sessions, "He is not a racist. Jeff Sessions has earned my support. And I will hold him accountable if and when we disagree.
Senators and the only black Republican senator in the th Congress. Scott was one of the 47 who signed the letter. No Democrats signed it.
The letter caused backlash from both the Obama administration and members of Congress. Paul started the filibuster in order to highlight his concerns about the administration's drone policies.
In particular, Paul said he was concerned about whether a drone could be used to kill an American citizen within the United States border without any due process involved.
Paul and other civil liberties activists were critical of President Obama for not offering a clear response to the question. A total of 14 senators joined Paul in the filibuster—13 Republicans and one Democrat. Scott was one of the 13 Republican senators who joined Paul in his filibuster. Thirty Republican senators did not support the filibuster. The day after the filibuster, Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Paul , responding to the filibuster.
Holder wrote, "Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on U. The answer to that is no. Scott spoke to business students at Howard University on February 25, During the speech, he discussed the challenges of being a black Republican. He said, "Part of the challenge of being a black Republican anywhere is that you start off with people walking in with chips on their shoulder trying to figure out what is wrong with you.
I hope that people will judge me on my agenda, what I say, and how I vote. Senate South Carolina on November 8, Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data?
Contact our sales team. Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated South Carolina's U. Senate race as safely Republican. No candidate faced a primary opponent on June 14, Scarborough defeated Jim Hinkle at convention. Scott was elected to the U. Scott defeated Randall Young in the Republican primary on June 10, Scott won re-election in the election for the U.
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Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law. Source: Follow the Money. Scott won re-election to the U. Senate in Senate winners in Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the elections season.
Below are Scott's reports. According to a July Politico report, Scott made the top 10 list of Hill members receiving defense industry contributions. House in Scott won election to the U. House of Representatives in His major contributors are listed below. The Personal Gain Index U. Congress is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:. Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets. Scott ranked as the 34th most wealthy senator in Between and , the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets.
Scott received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the Insurance industry. From , The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party. According to the website GovTrack, Scott missed 24 of roll call votes from January to September This amounts to 2.
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Overall, South Carolina ranked 31st in average salary for representative staff.
The average U. According to an analysis by CNN, Scott was one of nearly 25 percent of House members who gave their staff bonuses in Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Click the link above for the full ratings of all members of Congress. Scott ranked 3rd in the conservative rankings in Scott ranked 92nd in the conservative rankings in Scott was one of four members of congress who ranked 80th in the conservative rankings in The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.
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