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Tim Scott
United States Senator
from South Carolina
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2, 2013[1]
Serving with Lindsey Graham
Appointed by Nikki Haley
Preceded by Jim DeMint
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 1st district
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 2, 2013
Preceded by Henry Brown
Succeeded by Mark Sanford
Member of the
South Carolina House of Representatives
from the 117th district
In office
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by Tom Dantzler
Succeeded by Bill Crosby
Tim Scott
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Timothy Eugene "Tim" Scott (born September 19, 1965) is
an American politician and the junior United States Senator
for South Carolina. A Republican, he joined the Senate in
2013 when South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley named him
to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jim DeMint.[2] Scott
won a special election in 2014 for the final two years of
DeMint's second term, and won election to a full term in
2016.
In November 2010, Scott was elected to the United States
House of Representatives for South Carolina's 1st
congressional district, and served from 2011 to 2013. Scott, a
fiscal and cultural conservative, was endorsed for the Senate
by Tea Party groups.[3][4] He served one term in the South
Carolina General Assembly (2009–2011); prior to that, he had
been on the Charleston County Council from 1996 to
2008.[4][5]
Along with Democrats Cory Booker of New Jersey and
Kamala Harris of California, Scott is one of three African
Americans serving in the United States Senate. He is the first
African-American senator from the state of South Carolina,
the first black Republican elected to the United States Senate
since the election of Edward Brooke in 1966, and the first
elected from the South since 1881, four years after the end of
Reconstruction.[6][7] He is the first Republican African-
American Congressman from South Carolina since 1897[8]
and since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He is
also the first African American to have been elected to both
the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate since
P.B.S. Pinchback.[9]
Contents
1 Early life, education, and business career
2 Charleston County Council (1995–2008)
2.1 Elections
2.2 Tenure
2.3 Committee assignments
3 South Carolina House of Representatives
(2009–2011)
3.1 Elections
3.2 Tenure
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Member of the Charleston County Council
from the 3rd district
In office
February 8, 1995 – January 3, 2009
Preceded by Keith Summey
Succeeded by Elliott Summey
Personal details
Born Timothy Eugene Scott
September 19, 1965
North Charleston, South Carolina,
U.S.
Political party Republican
Education Presbyterian College
Charleston Southern University
(BS)
Website Senate website
(http://scott.senate.gov)
4 United States House of Representatives
(2011–2013)
4.1 Elections
4.2 Tenure
4.3 Legislation
5 United States Senate
5.1 2012 appointment
5.2 2014 election
5.3 2016 election
6 Personal life
7 Electoral history
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Early life, education, and business
career
Scott was born in North Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Frances, a nursing assistant, and Ben Scott,
Sr.[10] His parents were divorced when he was 7. He grew up in working-class poverty, as his mother worked
16-hour days to support her family, including Tim's brothers.[4] His older brother is a sergeant major in the U.S.
Army.[11] Scott's younger brother is an air force colonel.
Scott attended Presbyterian College from 1983 to 1984, on a partial football scholarship. He graduated from
Charleston Southern University in 1988 with a B.S. in Political Science.[3][12]
In addition to his political career, Scott owns an insurance agency, Tim Scott Allstate,[13] and works as a
financial adviser.[4]
Charleston County Council (1995–2008)
Elections
Scott ran in a February 1995 special election to the Charleston County Council at-large seat vacated by Keith
Summey, who resigned his seat after being elected as Mayor of North Charleston.[14][15] Scott won the seat as a
Republican, receiving nearly 80% of the vote in the white-majority district, which since the late 20th century has
voted Republican.[16] He became the first black Republican elected to any office in South Carolina since the late
19th century.[5] In 1895 the state legislature passed a new constitution that raised barriers to voter registration; in
practice, it disenfranchised most black voters for decades into the late 20th century, as was done across the
South, crippling the Republican Party in the region.
By 1995 there was a new divide in politics. Scott was not the 'candidate of choice' of voters in precincts with a
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majority of African Americans who, since re-entering the political system after gaining passage of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965, have voted mostly for Democratic candidates. Scott served on the County Council for a time
alongside Paul Thurmond, the son of the late Republican U.S. Senator, Strom Thurmond, who had switched in
1964 from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.[17]
In 1996, Scott challenged Democratic State Senator Robert Ford in South Carolina's 42nd Senate district, but
lost 65%–35%.[3][18]
Scott won re-election to the County Council in 2000, again winning in white-majority districts.[19] In 2004, he
won re-election again with 61% of the vote, defeating Democrat Elliot Summey (son of Mayor Keith Summey).
[20][21]
Tenure
Scott served on the Council from 1995 until 2008, becoming Chairman in 2007.[10] In 1997, Scott supported
posting the Ten Commandments outside the county council chambers, saying it would remind members of the
absolute rules they should follow. The county council unanimously approved the display, and Scott nailed a
King James version of the Commandments to the wall. Shortly after, the ACLU and Americans United for
Separation of Church and State challenged this in a federal suit. After an initial court ruling that the display was
unconstitutional, the council settled out of court to avoid accruing more legal fees.[22] Regarding the costs of the
suit, Scott said, "Whatever it costs in the pursuit of this goal (of displaying the Commandments) is worth it."[22]
In January 2001, the US Department of Justice sued Charleston County, South Carolina for racial discrimination
under the Voting Rights Act, based on its having all its council seats elected by at-large districts. This dilutes the
votes of a minority group. DOJ had attempted to negotiate with county officials on this issue in November 2000.
Justice officials noted that at-large seats dilute the voting strength of the significant African-American minority
in the county, who in 2000 comprised 34.5% of the population. They have been unable to elect any "candidates
of their choice" for years. Whites or European Americans comprise 61.9 percent of the population in the
county.[23] Since the late 20th century, the majority-white voters have elected Republican Party candidates.
County officials noted that the majority of voters in 1989 had approved electing members by at-large seats in a
popular referendum.[24]
Scott, the only African-American member of the county council, has said about this case and the alternative of
electing council members from single-member districts,
"I don't like the idea of segregating everyone into smaller districts. Besides, the Justice Department
assumes that the only way for African Americans to have representation is to elect an African
American, and the same for whites. Obviously, my constituents don't think that's true."[24]
The DOJ officials noted that the voting preference issue is not a question of ethnicity; voters in black precincts
in the county had rejected Scott as a candidate for the council. The candidate of their choice was the Democratic
Party at-large candidate. The suit noted that historically, black and white precincts in Charleston County have
consistently supported different candidates for the Council. It noted that, because of the white majority, "white
bloc voting usually results in the defeat of candidates who are preferred by black voters."[24] Blacks live in
compact areas of the county; they could comprise the majority in three districts if the county seats were
apportioned as nine single-member districts.[24]
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Committee assignments
Economic Development Committee (Chair)[25]
South Carolina House of Representatives (2009–2011)
Elections
In 2008, incumbent Republican State Representative Tom Dantzler decided to retire. With support from advisors
such as Nicolas Muzin,[26] Scott decided to run for his seat in District 117 of the South Carolina House of
Representatives and won the Republican primary with 53% of the vote, defeating Bill Crosby and Wheeler
Tillman.[27] He won the general election unopposed,[28] becoming the first Republican African American
representative from South Carolina in more than 100 years.[29][30]
Tenure
Scott supports the state's Right-to-work laws and argued that Boeing chose South Carolina as a site for
manufacturing for that reason.[31]
In South Carolina Club for Growth's 2009–2010 scorecard, Scott earned a B and a score of 80 out of 100.[32] He
was praised by the South Carolina Association of Taxpayers, for his “diligent, principled and courageous stands
against higher taxes.”[33]
Judiciary
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Ways and Means[34]
United States House of Representatives (2011–2013)
Elections
2010
Scott entered the election for lieutenant governor but switched to run for South Carolina's 1st congressional
district following the retirement announcement of Republican incumbent Henry Brown. The 1st district is based
in Charleston, and includes approximately the northern 3/4 of the state's coastline (except for Beaufort and
Hilton Head Island. Since redistricting, they have been included in the 2nd District.)[35]
Scott ranked first in the nine-candidate Republican primary of June 8, 2010, receiving a plurality of 32% of the
vote.[36] Fellow Charleston County Councilman Paul Thurmond, son of U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond, ranked
second with 16% of the vote. Carroll A. Campbell III, the son of former Governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.,
ranked third with 14% of the vote.[17][37] Charleston County School Board member Larry Kobrovsky ranked
fourth with 11% of the vote. Five other candidates had single digit percentages.[38]
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Congressman Scott's official
112th Congress portrait
Because no candidate had received 50 percent or more of the vote, a runoff was held on June 22, 2010. Scott
faced off against Paul Thurmond. Scott was endorsed by fiscally conservative Club for Growth,[39] various Tea
Party movement groups, former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin,[4][40] Republican
House Whip Eric Cantor,[41] former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee,[42] South Carolina Senator Jim
DeMint, and the founder of the Minuteman Project.[3] Scott defeated Thurmond[43] 68%–32% and won every
county in the congressional district.[44][45]
According to the Associated Press, Scott "swamped his opponents in fundraising, spending almost $725,000
during the election cycle to less than $20,000 for his November opponents".[4] He won the general election,
defeating Democrat Ben Frasier 65%–29%.[46] With this election, Scott and Allen West of Florida became the
first African-American Republicans in Congress since J.C. Watts retired in 2003.[47] Scott also became the first
African-American Republican elected to Congress from South Carolina in 114 years.[8] From the period of 1895
to after 1965, most African Americans had been disenfranchised in the state, and they had comprised most of the
Republican Party when they were excluded from the political system.
2012
Scott was unopposed in the primary and won the general election, defeating Democrat Bobbie Rose 62%–36%.
[48][49]
Tenure
Scott, one of two African American Republicans elected to the House in
2010, declined to join the Congressional Black Caucus.[50]
In March 2011, Scott co-sponsored a welfare reform bill that would deny
food stamps to families whose incomes were lowered to the point of
eligibility because a family member was participating in a labor strike.
[51][52] He introduced legislation in July 2011 to strip the National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB) of its power to prohibit employers from relocating
to punish workers who join unions or strike.[53] The rationale for the
legislation is that government agencies should not be able to tell private
employers where they can run a business.[53] Scott described the legislation
as a common sense proposal that would fix a flaw in federal labor policy
and benefit the national and local economies.[53] The NLRB had recently
opposed the relocation of a Boeing production facility from Washington
state to South Carolina.[53]
Scott successfully advocated for federal funds for a Charleston harbor
dredging project estimated at $300 million, arguing that the project is neither an earmark nor an example of
wasteful government spending.[54] He said the project was merit-based, and in the national interest because
larger cargo ships could use the port and jobs would be created.[54]
During the summer 2011 debate over raising the U.S. debt ceiling, Scott supported the inclusion of a balanced
budget constitutional amendment in the debt ceiling bill, and opposed legislation that did not include the
amendment. Before voting "no" on the final bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, Scott and other first-term
conservatives prayed for guidance in a congressional chapel. Afterward, Scott asserted that he had received
divine inspiration regarding his vote, and joined the rest of the South Carolina congressional delegation in voting
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Representative Scott
speaking at a Veterans
Day event in 2011
"no" on the measure.[55][56]
Taxes and spending – Scott believes that federal spending and taxes should be reduced,[3] with a
Balanced Budget Amendment and the FairTax respectively being implemented for spending and taxes.
Health care – Scott believes the 2010 health care reform law should be repealed.[3][57][58] Scott states that
the health care in the U.S. is one of the greatest in the world,[58] stating that people all over the world
come to study in American medical schools, waiting lists are rare, and Americans are able to choose their
insurance, providers, and course of treatment.[58] Scott supports an alternative to the health care bill that
he says keeps these benefits while controlling costs by reforming the medical tort system by having a limit
on non-economic damages[58] and by reforming Medicare.[58] In January 2014 Scott signed an amicus
brief in support of Senator Ron Johnson's legal challenge against the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management's Affordable Care Act ruling.[59][60][61]
Earmarks – Scott opposes earmarks, and yet he successfully advocated for federal funds for a Charleston
harbor dredging project estimated at $300 million.[3]
Economic development – He supports infrastructure development and public works for his district.[3] He
opposes restrictions on deepwater oil drilling.[3]
Social issues – Scott describes himself as pro-life. Scott supports adult and cord blood stem cell
research.[62] He opposes embryonic stem cell research funded by taxpayers.[63] He opposes the creation of
human embryos for experimentation.[64] and opposes assisted suicide.[62] Scott opposes same-sex
marriage.[65]
Immigration – Scott supports federal legislation that is similar to the Arizona law, Arizona SB 1070.[66]
He supports strengthening penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.[66] He also
promotes cultural assimilation by making English the official language in the government, and by
requiring new immigrants to learn English.[66]
Labor – Scott introduced a bill which would deny food stamps to families whose incomes were lowered
to the point of eligibility because a family member was participating in a labor strike.[67]
Foreign Policy – Scott advocates a continued military presence in Afghanistan and believes an early
withdrawal will benefit Al-Qaeda. He also views Iran as the world's most dangerous country and believes
that the US should aid pro-democracy groups there.[68] Scott opposed the 2011 military intervention in
Libya.[69]
Police body cameras – After the Shooting of Walter Scott (no relation), Scott urged the Senate to hold
hearings on police body cameras.[70]
Legislation
As a Representative, Scott sponsored thirty-six bills, including:[71]
H.R. 698, a bill to deauthorize funding for the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act and the health-care related provisions of the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, introduced February 14, 2011
H.R. 937, a bill to reduce the federal corporate income tax from 35% to 23%,
introduced March 4, 2011
H.R. 1976, a bill to provide that an employer's expression or written
dissemination of views, argument, or opinion regarding the costs associated
with collective bargaining, work stoppages, or strikes shall not constitute an
unfair labor practice if such expression contains no threat of reprisal or force
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or promise of benefit, introduced May 24, 2011
H.R. 2587, a bill to deny the National Labor Relations Board the power to 1) require employers to restore
or reinstate any work, product, production line, or equipment, 2) rescind any relocation, transfer,
subcontracting, outsourcing, or other change regarding the location, entity, or employer who shall be
engaged in production or other business operations, or 3) require any employer to make an initial or
additional investment at a particular plant, facility, or location, introduced September 15, 2011
H.R. 2810, a bill to prohibit labor organizations from prohibiting their members from selecting individuals
to collectively bargain on their behalf, introduced August 5, 2011
H.R. 4015, a bill to repeal the Conservation Stewardship Program, introduced February 13, 2012
In addition to the bills listed above, on May 15, 2012, Scott introduced more than two dozen bills that would
temporarily lift or extend tariffs on various chemicals.
Scott was appointed by the House Republican Steering Committee to both the Committee on Transportation and
the Committee on Small Business.[72] He was later appointed to the powerful Committee on Rules and
relinquished his other two committee assignments.[73]
Committee on Rules
Subcommittee on Rules and the Organization of the House
United States Senate
2012 appointment
On December 17, 2012, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced she would appoint Scott to replace
retiring Senator Jim DeMint, who had previously announced that he would retire from the Senate to become the
President of The Heritage Foundation.[2] Scott is the first African American to serve as US Senator from South
Carolina. Scott was one of three black senators in the 113th Congress alongside Mo Cowan and later Cory
Booker (and the first since senator Roland Burris retired in 2010 after succeeding President Barack Obama). He
is the first African American to serve as a Senator from the Southern United States since Reconstruction.[74]
From 1890 to 1908 state legislatures passed new constitutions and laws that disfranchised most blacks and many
poor whites across the South, securing power for white conservatives then in the Democratic Party.
During two periods, first from January 2, 2013 until February 1, 2013, and again from July 16, 2013 until
October 31, 2013, Scott was the only African-American Senator. He and Cowan were the first black senators to
serve alongside each other.
News media reported that Scott, along with Rep. Trey Gowdy, former South Carolina Attorney General Henry
McMaster, former First Lady of South Carolina Jenny Sanford, and Catherine Templeton, Director of the South
Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, were on Governor Haley's short list to replace Sen.
DeMint.[75] In her decision to pick Scott, Governor Haley said: "It is important to me, as a minority female, that
Congressman Scott earned this seat, he earned this seat for the person that he is. He earned this seat with the
results he has shown."[76]
2014 election
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Senator Tim Scott speaking at the
2014 Conservative Political Action
Conference (CPAC) in National
Harbor, Maryland.
Scott ran in November 2014 to win the final two years of Jim DeMint's
term and won.[77] He said that he will seek re-election in 2016 to a full
six-year term.
2016 election
Scott won re-election to a first full term in office in November 2016.[78]
He has been endorsed by the Club for Growth.[79]
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet (Ranking Member)
Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining
Subcommittee on Water and Power
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Special Committee on Aging
Personal life
Scott is unmarried.[10] He owns an insurance agency and he is also a partner in Pathway Real Estate Group,
LLC.[5] Scott is a devout evangelical Christian.[80][81][82] He is a member of Seacoast Church, a large
evangelical church in Charleston, and is a former member of that church's board. Republican leadership has
praised Scott's background as an example of achieving the American dream according to a conservative
model.[83]
Electoral history
Republican Primary - 2008 South Carolina General Assembly 117th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Scott 1,333 53.30
Republican William Bill Crosby 647 25.87
Republican Wheeler Tillman 521 20.83
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General election 2008 – South Carolina General Assembly 117th District[84]
Write-in Various 67 0.73
Total votes 9,147 100
Voter turnout 76.02%
Republican Primary – 2010 1st Congressional District of South Carolina[85]
Republican Paul Thurmond 13,149 16.26
Republican Carroll Campbell 11,665 14.43
Republican Larry Kobrovsky 8,521 10.54
Republican Stovall Witte 7,192 8.90
Republican Clark B Parker 6,769 8.37
Republican Katherine Jenerette 3,849 4.76
Republican Mark Lutz 3,237 4.0
Republican Ken Glasson 1,006 1.24
Total votes 80,845 100
Republican Primary Runoff – 2010 1st Congressional District of South Carolina[86]
Republican Tim Scott 46,885 68
Republican Paul Thurmond 21,706 32
2010 1st Congressional District of South Carolina Elections[46]
Democratic Ben Frasier 67,008 28.67
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2014 United States Senate Special Republican Primary Election in South Carolina[87]
Republican Randall Young 30,741 10.02
2014 United States Senate Special Election in South Carolina[88]
Democratic Joyce Dickerson 459,583 37.09
Independent Jill Bossi 21,652 1.75
Other Write-Ins 532 0.04
See also
Black conservatism in the United States
List of African-American United States Senators
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External links
Senator Tim Scott (http://scott.senate.gov/) official U.S. Senate site
Tim Scott for Senate (http://www.votetimscott.com/)
Appearances (http://www.c-span.org/person/?timscott) on C-SPAN
Tim Scott (http://dmoztools.net/Regional/North_America/United_States/South_Carolina/Government
/Federal/US_Senate/Tim_Scott_%5BR%5D) at DMOZ
Biography (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001184) at the Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress
Profile (https://www.votesmart.org/candidate/11940) at Project Vote Smart
Financial information (federal office) (http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer
/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?&tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=S4SC00240) at the Federal
Election Commission
Legislation sponsored (https://www.congress.gov/member/tim-scott/2056) at The Library of Congress
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Henry Brown
Member of the U.S. House of
Representatives
from South Carolina's 1st congressional
district
2011–2013
Succeeded by
Mark Sanford
United States Senate
Preceded by
Jim DeMint
U.S. Senator (Class 3) from South Carolina
2013–present
Served alongside: Lindsey Graham
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Jim DeMint
Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from
South Carolina
(Class 3)
2014, 2016
Most recent
United States order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Brian Schatz
United States Senators by seniority
66th
Succeeded by
Tammy Baldwin
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