Rick Scott: 800,000 New Jobs in Florida Since Taking Over

On Tuesday. Gov. Rick Scott announced Florida has had 801,100 new private-sector jobs created during his time in Tallahassee.

In January 2015, the state unemployment rate stood at 5,7 percent. During Scott's 2010 bid for governor, he promised 700,000 new jobs over a seven-year period though Democrats insisted he claimed it would be 1.7 million new jobs in their unsuccessful effort to deny him a second term last year.

We are excited to announce that Florida businesses added more than 800,000 private-sector jobs since December 2010, Scott said on Tuesday. Floridas exceptional economic turnaround makes it clear that we are enacting policies to help businesses grow and giving families opportunities to achieve their dreams in Florida. We will keep working to cut taxes and make Florida the global destination for jobs. I also look forward to traveling to California next month to tell shippers that Florida is the best place for business and why they should move here.