Democrat Everton Blair defeats Rep. David Scott’s daughter in the special election for the late congressman’s seat
Blair won by 4.92 percentage points, according to state election results, and will serve only the remaining months of David Scott’s term.
- On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, former Gwinnett County School Board Chair Everton Blair won the special election runoff for Georgia's 13th Congressional District, defeating Marcye Scott.
- Georgia's 13th Congressional District had lacked voting representation since Congressman David Scott's death in April, prompting the special election process.
- Securing 52.46% of the vote against Scott's 47.54%, Blair became the first Black openly gay man elected to Congress from a Southern state.
- Serving only the remainder of the 119th Congress through January, Blair will not appear on the November ballot for the full term.
- Blair and California state Sen. Aisha Wahab are expected to be sworn in next week after the House's August recess, potentially reducing Republicans' narrow majority.
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Historic Hype Masks Bare-Bones Win | Fresh Off The Press
A low-turnout Georgia runoff sent a new Democrat to Congress, while national media pushed a “historic first” label that risks overshadowing the basics of the vote. Story Highlights NBC News and local outlets projected Everton Blair won Georgia’s 13th District runoff. Unofficial results showed Blair leading about 53% to 47% over Marcye Scott. The race fills the late Representative David Scott’s unexpired term. The Democratic National Committee p…
Jamaica-linked Everton Blair headed to US House of Representatives
Another person of Jamaican heritage is headed to the United States House of Representatives. Everton Blair won a special run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday night to serve out the remainder of the term of the previous representative, the late David Scott. Blair, a Democrat, will join Yvette Clarke, who is also of Jamaican descent, in the House. With more than 95 per cent of the votes counted, Blair received 53 per cent of those cast to defeat…
Everton Blair Is South’s First Black Gay Congressman
The former Gwinnett County school board chair won a special election to complete the late U.S. Rep. David Scott’s term. The post Everton Blair Is South’s First Black Gay Congressman appeared first on Metro Weekly.
Late Georgia Congressman’s Daughter Loses Runoff for His House Seat
Marcye Scott, the daughter of the late Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.), lost a runoff on Aug. 25 for the final months of her father’s term, ending a bid that had led the first round of voting a month earlier. Everton Blair Jr., a former chairman of the Gwinnett County Board of Education, defeated Scott with 9,891 votes to 8,443—53.9 percent to 46.1 percent—according to unofficial results posted by the Georgia secretary of state’s office. Blair carried …
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