Public Office
Scott left the Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers agency to campaign in 2003 as a Republican candidate for Sheriff and won his first term as Sheriff of Lee County.
In August 2008, Scott won the Republican primary for re-election in August 2008 with over 90% of votes. Scott was re-elected on November 4, 2008 when he defeated independent candidate Christian Meister with nearly 75% of the vote.
In a November 2009 press conference about the agency's unionization vote, Scott abruptly stopped to exclude Rachel Revehl, investigative reporter with The Fort Myers News-Press, who had exposed his relationship with convicted felon and former Cali Cartel member Dick Spence.
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