TALLAHASSEE, Florida. – Senator Rick Scott will retain his position in the United States Senate for the next six years.

The Republican beat his opponent, Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell on Election Day.

Scott was elected to the Senate in 2018.

Before becoming a senator, Scott served two terms as that of Florida governor.

With no political experience, Scott defeated Democrat Alex Sink in the 2010 election, when the Republican became an independent. Governor Charlie Crist chose not to seek a second term because he ran unsuccessfully for a Senate seat.

In 2014, Scott was re-elected governor, defeating Crist, who decided to run as a Democrat.

Four years later, he narrowly defeated incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson in the closest Senate race in Florida history.

Scott, a businessman by training, co-founded the Columbia Hospital Corporation, which later merged with HCA (Hospital Corporation of America).

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He was forced to resign after Columbia/HCA was investigated for defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and other government health programs. Columbia/HCA ended up paying nearly $2 billion in fines, although Scott was not charged with any crime.

According to Scott’s online Senate biography, the unemployment rate fell from 11 percent to 3.3 percent while he was governor.

Scott, a businessman by training, co-founded the Columbia Hospital Corporation, which later merged with HCA (Hospital Corporation of America).

He was forced to resign after Columbia/HCA was investigated for defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and other government health programs. Columbia/HCA ended up paying nearly $2 billion in fines, although Scott was not charged with any crime.

Although Scott initially opposed plans to expand Medicaid in Florida under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, he later supported a three-year expansion of the trial, which was ultimately rejected by the Republican-led legislature in 2015.

A month after the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida, Scott signed a bill to raise the minimum age to buy guns to 21 and established a waiting period three days to purchase a firearm.

Scott unsuccessfully attempted to replace Senator Mitch McConnell as Republican leader in the Senate.

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