Sen. Tim Scott

Latest News:

January 11, 2013

Scott completed a two-day tour of the Upstate.

January 7, 2013

Scott responded to the NAACP’s claim that he was not sympathetic to civil rights.

January 4, 2013

Scott was sworn in as South Carolina’s junior senator.

December 17, 2012

Tim Scott was appointed by Gov. Nikki Haley to replace Jim DeMint who had resigned.

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Scott On Patch

All of Patch’s coverage of Tim Scott can be found HERE.

Scott serves on the following committees:

Commerce Science & Transportation

Small Business

Energy & Natural Resources

Health Education, Labor & Pensions

Special Committee on Aging 

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Scott on Social Media

Scott’s Official Twitter page can be viewed HERE.

Scott’s Facebook page can be viewed HERE.

Scott’s YouTube page can be viewed HERE.

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Scott Biography

Few members in the history of the United States Senate have overcome the type of odds that Tim Scott did to reach that chamber.

Raised in a single-parent home in North Charleston, Scott struggled academically for most of high school. He credits local businessman John Moniz with taking him under his wing and providing him with the leadership and guidance he was missing at a young age. Scott eventually went to college and graduated from Charleston Southern with a degree in political science.

Soon after graduation, Scott started his own business and became a successful insurance agent. He ran for and won a seat on the Charleston County Council in 1995, where he remained until 2008. He ran for and won a seat to represent District 117 in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He served there for one term before running for Congress in 2010. Scott was re-elected with ease in November 2012.

Shortly after Sen. Jim DeMint announced his resignation in December 2012, Scott became the frontrunner to replace him. On Dec. 17, Gov. Haley made Scott only the seventh African-American to serve in the Senate, the first from south of the Mason-Dixon line since the 1880s and the first ever from South Carolina.

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