Richard Lynn Scott is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who has been the junior United States senator from Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 45th governor of Florida from 2011 to 2019.
Scott in 2007
Governor Scott speaking at the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida
Scott, Florida attorney general Pam Bondi, and other state officials