{"id":20643,"date":"2026-07-29T05:59:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20643"},"modified":"2026-07-29T05:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:59:39","slug":"two-democrats-advance-to-a-runoff-in-the-georgia-special-election-to-succeed-late-rep-david-scott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20643","title":{"rendered":"Two Democrats advance to a runoff in the Georgia special election to succeed late Rep. David Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit_1500w\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260723-David-Scott-aa-912-a2a0f6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-5a159e\" class=\"body-graf\">Marcye Scott, the daughter of the late Rep. David Scott, and fellow Democrat Everton Blair advanced to a runoff Tuesday in the Georgia special election to fill the final months of the longtime congressman\u2019s term in the House, NBC News projects.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-4aec86\" class=\"body-graf\">The two candidates finished atop a five-candidate, all-party special primary election for Georgia\u2019s 13th District. But since no one got majority support, the race will go one more round.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-cdfb19\" class=\"body-graf\">With about 80% of the expected vote tallied, Marcye Scott had 47% support and Blair, a former school board chair in Gwinnett County, had 37%.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-ab81fb\" class=\"body-graf\">David Scott died April 22, triggering the special election to decide who holds the seat for the rest of 2026.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-edc689\" class=\"body-graf\">He represented the solid-blue district, consisting of counties covering metro Atlanta and southern suburbs, for two decades and won his final term with about 72% support in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-307353\" class=\"body-graf\">Voters in the district already participated in a separate contest for the next full congressional term in the 13th District starting in January. Jasmine Clark, a state legislator, won that Democratic primary this year, about four weeks after David Scott died. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-74edb9\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">Marcye Scott and Blair outran a field that included one other Democrat, Carlos Moore, and two Republicans, Caesar Gonzales and Fayth Park.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcye Scott, the daughter of the late Rep. David Scott, and fellow Democrat Everton Blair advanced to a runoff Tuesday in the Georgia special election to fill the final months of the longtime congressman\u2019s term in the House, NBC News projects. 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