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David Scott

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 27, 1945 in Aynor, SC

Education:

  • Florida A&M University, B.A., 1967
  • University of Pennsylvania School of Business, M.B.A., 1969

Career:

  • Founder/president, Dayn-Mark Advertising, 1979-2002

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1974-1982
  • GA Senate, 1982-2002


Election Results for David Scott


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 29 GA D State House District 037 Primary 1 1,005 37.4%
1974 29 GA D State House District 037 Primary Runoff 1 2,059 59.4%
1974 29 GA D State House District 037 General 1 2,669 99.9%
1976 31 GA D State House District 037 Primary 1 1,210 100.0%
1976 31 GA D State House District 037 General 1 4,203 100.0%
1978 33 GA D State House District 037 Primary 1 1,476 77.9%
1978 33 GA D State House District 037 General 1 1,599 100.0%
1980 35 GA D State House District 037 Primary 1 1,278 100.0%
1980 35 GA D State House District 037 General 1 2,988 100.0%
1982 37 GA D State Senate District 036 Primary 1 4,936 58.5%
1982 37 GA D State Senate District 036 General 1 8,404 72.4%
1984 39 GA D State Senate District 036 Primary 1 5,140 100.0%
1984 39 GA D State Senate District 036 General 1 16,668 100.0%
1986 41 GA D State Senate District 036 Primary 1 5,318 100.0%
1986 41 GA D State Senate District 036 General 1 9,964 81.0%
1988 43 GA D State Senate District 036 Primary 1 3,651 68.0%
1988 43 GA D State Senate District 036 General 1 16,087 100.0%
1990 45 GA D State Senate District 036 Primary 1 7,397 75.3%
1990 45 GA D State Senate District 036 General 1 9,489 100.0%
1992 47 GA D State Senate District 036 General 1 20,801 100.0%
1994 49 GA D State Senate District 036 General 1 12,817 100.0%
1996 51 GA D State Senate District 036 General 1 20,667 100.0%
1998 53 GA D State Senate District 036 General 1 16,324 100.0%
2000 55 GA D State Senate District 036 Primary 1 1,919 80.3%
2000 55 GA D State Senate District 036 General 1 21,782 100.0%
2002 57 GA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 22,624 53.8%
2002 57 GA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 70,011 59.6%
2004 59 GA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 42,498 83.6%
2004 59 GA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 170,657 100.0%
2006 61 GA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 29,179 67.3%
2006 61 GA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 103,019 69.2%
2008 63 GA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 30,719 63.7%
2008 63 GA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 205,919 69.0%
2010 65 GA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 34,374 76.1%
2010 65 GA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 140,294 69.4%
2012 67 GA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 55,214 100.0%
2012 67 GA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 201,988 71.7%
2014 69 GA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 29,486 82.2%
2014 69 GA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 159,445 100.0%
2016 71 GA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 36,214 100.0%
2016 71 GA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 252,833 100.0%
2018 73 GA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 56,216 100.0%
2018 73 GA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 223,157 76.2%
2020 75 GA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 77,735 52.9%
2020 75 GA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 279,045 77.4%
2022 77 GA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 60,544 65.7%
2022 77 GA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 216,388 81.8%
2024 79 GA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 37,135 57.6%
2024 79 GA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 256,902 71.8%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for David Scott


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2003 58 House 75 24 R 38 62 99 75 36
2004 59 House 76 20 R 48 48 96 75 30
2005 60 House 76 20 R 39 52 96 88 38
2006 61 House 85 15 R 45 55 99 85 32
2007 62 House 95 4 R 10 89 99 90 4
2008 63 House 97 2 R 19 80 98 95 4
2009 64 House 97 3 D 94 6 99 95 0
2010 65 House 98 2 D 95 5 98 90 0
2011 66 House 90 9 D 87 12 99 75 4
2012 67 House 90 7 D 81 10 98 75 8
2013 68 House 90 8 D 88 11 97 80 12
2014 69 House 88 8 D 85 12 95 79 4
2015 70 House 89 7 D 72 25 96 70 8
2016 71 House 85 9 D 70 21 93 94 4
2017 72 House 92 3 R 17 78 96 89 4
2018 73 House 84 10 R 44 56 87 83 13
2019 74 House 99 1 R 4 96 99 85 7
2020 75 House 95 2 R 6 89 95 84 4
2021 76 House 96 2 D 100 0 98 85 10
2022 77 House 97 2 D 100 0 99 3
2023 78 House 95 3 D 90 4 98 89 1
2024 79 House 86 9 D 86 14 95 0
2025 80 House 96 3 R 99 22
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2025) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.