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Rick Scott: Jackpot
Rick Scott: Jackpot
Not every big spender got stiffed.

Republican Rick Scott spent $45.2 million of his own money to win the governor's seat in Florida.

Scott won despite resigning as head of health care giant Columbia/HCA amid a Medicare billing scandal in the late 1990s.



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