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马西·斯科特与埃弗顿·布莱尔在特别选举中晋级，将角逐接替已故众议员戴维·斯科特的席位
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民主社会主义者议程威胁中期选举前的民主党
福克斯新闻记者亚历山德里亚·霍夫详细报道了美国民主社会主义者协会日益增长的政治影响力。《与劳拉·特朗普共论观点》主持人劳拉·特朗普在《福克纳焦点》栏目中发表分析。
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当地时间周二，佐治亚州民主党籍已故众议员戴维·斯科特之女马西·斯科特，与前格温内特县教育委员会主席埃弗顿·布莱尔，晋级8月25日的决选，以填补斯科特剩余的任期，直至11月常规选举产生的获胜者于明年1月就职 full 任期。
据美联社报道，两名候选人都未获得胜选所需的50%多数票。美联社在东海岸时间晚8点45分左右宣布了选举结果。截至当晚8点45分，约85%的预期选票已被统计，斯科特获得47.5%的选票，布莱尔获得36.1%的选票。共和党候选人凯撒·冈萨雷斯以8.5%的得票率远远落后，位居第三。
此次决选将决出谁将在这位已故议员剩余的任期内任职。该选区是佐治亚州亚特兰大都会区的第13国会选区，民主党基础深厚，斯科特于今年4月去世，享年80岁。此次决选不会决定谁将在明年1月开始的下一个完整两年任期内代表该选区；选民已于5月为该full任期举行了单独的初选，大选定于11月3日举行。
继任议题：议员无法履职时国会尚无明确计划
2020年12月4日周五，佐治亚州民主党籍众议员戴维·斯科特——时任众议院农业委员会候任主席——在国会山台阶上与阿尔法 Phi Alpha 兄弟会的国会成员合影留念。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-滚石公司 盖蒂图片社摄）
民主党籍州众议员贾斯敏·克拉克在5月的常规初选中以约56%的得票率赢得full任期提名，将在11月与共和党候选人乔纳森·查韦斯对决。布莱尔是唯一一位同时参加了5月常规初选的特别选举候选人，他在常规初选中以约12%的得票率位居第三。
无论党派归属，所有候选人都在周二的同一张特别选举选票上。佐治亚州法律规定，得票率超过50%的候选人可直接胜选，若无人达标，则由得票前两名进入决选。选票上共有6名候选人，但据佐治亚州州务卿办公室消息，民主党候选人托尼·布朗因缴纳5220美元 qualifying 费的支票被退票而被取消资格，该办公室表示，为布朗投出的选票将不计入统计。
其余候选人包括斯科特、布莱尔、冈萨雷斯、律师卡洛斯·穆尔以及共和党候选人费思·帕克。
斯科特在今年5月初于亚特兰大举行的父亲的葬礼上宣布，将参加特别选举，以完成父亲的剩余任期。斯科特将自己定位为最有能力完成父亲未竟事业的候选人，尤其是父亲尚未完成的联邦资金申请项目。她的竞选团队指出，她已与父亲并肩工作二十余年，积极参与父亲的竞选活动、筹款工作、选民联络以及社区互动。
中期选举百日冲刺启动，两党在全国范围内争夺控制权
“我父亲去世后，很多市议会成员、委员和主席都想知道这些项目将何去何从，”斯科特在父亲去世后接受《亚特兰大宪法报》采访时表示，“这正是我参选的原因：完成这些项目。”
她的决选对手布莱尔于2018年当选格温内特县教育委员会委员，并于2021年当选委员会主席。
据布莱尔的竞选网站介绍，这位前高中数学教师拥有哈佛大学应用数学学士学位、教育领导学博士学位，以及斯坦福大学政策、组织与领导力硕士学位。布莱尔的竞选活动重点宣传了他在教育政策方面的背景，以及此前在格温内特县教育委员会的当选任职经历。
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8月决选的获胜者将为席位微弱分化的众议院再添一张民主党议员票。目前共和党正式持有218个席位，民主党为212席，另有4个席位空缺。加州独立众议员凯文·凯利今年早些时候脱离共和党，但仍与共和党团共事。一旦佐治亚州的获胜者宣誓就职，民主党将拥有213个席位，而共和党团的席位将达到219个。
第13国会选区涵盖克莱顿县、迪卡尔布县、格温内特县、亨利县和牛顿县的部分区域，以及罗克代尔县全境。戴维·斯科特在2024年的选举中以约72%的得票率赢得该选区。同年的总统选举中，时任副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯获得了该选区约71%的选票，而总统唐纳德·特朗普的得票率约为28%。
亚历克·舍梅尔是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，原籍北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市，现居住在华盛顿特区-巴尔的摩都会区。
Daughter of late House Dem forced into runoff after falling short in special election
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Marcye Scott and Everton Blair advanced to a runoff in the special election to replace the late-Rep. David Scott
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Marcye Scott, the daughter of late Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., and former Gwinnett County school board chair Everton Blair advanced Tuesday to an Aug. 25 runoff in the special election to serve the remainder of the late Congressman Scott’s term before the winner of November’s regular election takes office for a full-term beginning in January.
Neither candidate captured the 50% majority needed to win the seat outright, according to the Associated Press, which called the race around a quarter to 9 o’clock East Coast time. Scott had received 47.5% of the vote and Blair had received 36.1% when the race was called around 8:45 p.m. eastern, with 85% of the expected vote counted. Republican Caesar Gonzales was far behind in third with just 8.5%.
The runoff will determine who serves the final weeks of the late-Congressman’s term in the heavily Democratic metro Atlanta 13th Congressional District following his death in April at age 80. It will not determine who represents the district for the next full two-year term beginning in January; voters held a separate primary for that term in May, with the general election set for Nov. 3.
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Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., incoming chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, is seen on the House steps of the Capitol on Friday, December 4, 2020. Scott was outside for group photo with congressional members of of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Democratic state Rep. Jasmine Clark won the regularly scheduled May primary for the full term with roughly 56% of the vote and will face Republican Jonathan Chavez in November. Blair, the only special-election candidate who also competed in that regular May primary, finished third with approximately 12%.
Regardless of party affiliation, all candidates appeared together on one special-election ballot Tuesday. Georgia law allows a candidate who receives more than 50% to win outright, but sends the two leading candidates to a runoff when no one reaches that mark. Six names appeared on the ballot, although Democrat Tony Brown was disqualified after the check he submitted for the $5,220 qualifying fee bounced, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, which indicated votes cast for Brown would not count.
The remaining field included Scott, Blair Gonzales, Attorney Carlos Moore and Republican candidate Fayth Park.
Scott announced during her father’s early-May funeral in Atlanta that she planned to run in the special election to complete his term. Scott has cast herself as the candidate best positioned to complete her father’s unfinished work, particularly his outstanding federal funding requests, with her campaign noting how she worked alongside her father for more than two decades, playing an active role in his campaign operations, fundraising, constituent outreach and community engagement.
Marcye Scott, daughter of the late-Rep. David Scott, campaigns with voters amid her bid to replace her father.(Marcye Scott for Congress)
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“Right after my dad passed, a lot of the City Council or the commissioners and chair people, they wanted to know what was going to happen with these projects,” Scott said following her father’s death, according the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. “And that’s really why I’m running: to complete that.”
The late-Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., seen using a cane on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. in 2020.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Her runoff opponent, Blair, was elected to the Gwinnett County Board of Education in 2018 and was elected board chairman a few years later in 2021.
According to Blair’s campaign website, the former high school math teacher earned a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and a doctorate in education leadership from Harvard University, as well as a master’s degree in policy, organization and leadership from Stanford University. Blair’s campaign has highlighted that education-policy background and his prior elected service on the Gwinnett County school board.
Everton Blair, candidate for Congress in Georgia’s 13th Congressional District, is seen in a photo from his campaign website talking to voters on the campaign trail.(Everton Blair for Congress)
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The winner of the August runoff will add another Democratic vote to a narrowly divided House. Republicans officially hold 218 seats, compared with 212 Democrats and four vacancies, while independent Rep. Kevin Kiley of California continues to caucus with Republicans despite defecting from the GOP earlier this year. Once the Georgia winner is sworn in, Democrats would hold 213 seats, compared with a 219-member Republican-aligned bloc.
The 13th District includes portions of Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry and Newton counties, along with all of Rockdale County. David Scott carried the district with approximately 72% of the vote in 2024. In the presidential race that same year, then-Vice President Kamala Harris received roughly 71% of the district’s vote, compared with about 28% for President Donald Trump.
Alec Schemmel is a Politics Reporter for Fox News Digital who is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina but now resides in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore Metro Area.