A race for Georgia’s 13th Congressional District started with a crowded field of candidates who had hoped to unseat a longtime lawmaker, but after the late U.S. Rep. David Scott’s death in April, the seat is open for the first time since 2002.
Former U.S. Rep. David Scott lay in state Friday at the Georgia Capitol. First elected to Congress in 2002, Scott was seeking his 13th term to represent his metro Atlanta district before he died April 22 at the age of 80.
With Scott’s death, Gov. Brian Kemp will need to call a special election to select someone to fill the remainder of Scott's term, which ends in early January.
After Rep. David Scott's death, what happens to his seat in Congress?
ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. David Scott has died. The Georgia Democrat was 80 and seeking his 13th term in Congress despite challenges from within his party because of declining health, enduring a primary challenge in 2024 and facing another one at the time of his death.
The omnibus law that began 90 years ago as crop supports now has an impact far beyond the farm, with programs to create wildlife habitat, address climate change and run the nation’s largest federal nutrition program.
Thursday on Political Rewind: President Joe Biden faced a series of daunting challenges since taking office one year ago, including a dramatic resurgence of the coronavirus and a unified GOP Senate minority determined to block the president’s agenda. Plus, former Sen. David Perdue is calling for a new police unit to monitor state elections, based on his continuing lies about massive election fraud costing Donald Trump the state in 2020.
Former Trump administration officials and conservative and libertarian nonprofits have launched lawsuits to block federal relief funds aimed at Black and minority farmers.
The House Agriculture Committee on Thursday heard about how Black farmers have faced decades of racial discrimination in their dealings with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
U.S. Rep. David Scott, an Atlanta Democrat, is a leading candidate the chairmanship of the House Agriculture Committee after a longtime congressman’s reelection defeat opened up a contest for the post.
Scott has announced that he’s seeking to run the influential panel after the current chair, Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, lost Tuesday to his Republican challenger, Michelle Fischbach. Peterson had served for nearly three decades in Congress and is a fixture in the agricultural community.
Michael Owens, past chairman of the Cobb County Democrats and cyber security expert, announced his bid for U.S. House of Representatives Monday morning....
On this edition of Political Rewind, after choosing their nominee for governor, Georgia Democrats declare they are unified and energized to put Stacey...
