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Marcye Scott is looking to succeed her late father in suburban Atlanta district
Georgia Rep. David Scott is seen during a House Financial Services Committee hearing. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Posted July 28, 2026 at 11:33pm
The special election to succeed the late Georgia Rep. David Scott is heading to an all-Democratic runoff after no candidate took more than 50 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s all-party primary. With more than 95 percent of the vote in, Marcye Scott, the late congressman’s daughter, had 46 percent while former Gwinnett County School […]
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Marcye Scott is looking to succeed her late father in suburban Atlanta district
Georgia Rep. David Scott is seen during a House Financial Services Committee hearing. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Posted July 28, 2026 at 11:33pm

Scott’s daughter Marcye Scott and fellow Democrat Everton Blair finished atop a five-candidate field, but no one got majority…

Marcye Scott and former Gwinnett County School Board Chairman Everton Blair Jr. won with 46.8% and 36.7% of the vote,…

Two Democrats in Georgia have advanced to a runoff election to replace the late Rep. David Scott for the remainder of this year.

Georgia’s 13th district in the Atlanta area has been without representation since longtime Democratic Rep. David Scott died in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six candidates in Georgia’s 13th Congressional District will compete in a special election on Tuesday to…

Six candidates in Georgia’s 13th Congressional District will compete in a special election Tuesday to replace the late Democratic…