Georgia special election runoff pits Marcye Scott against Everton Blair
NBC News projects Marcye Scott and Everton Blair will meet again for David Scott’s House seat after no candidate won a majority.
By Sal Moretti · Money Reporter
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Marcye Scott and Everton Blair are headed to a Georgia special election runoff for the late Rep. David Scott’s seat, after NBC News projected Tuesday that the two Democrats led the field but neither secured majority support.
The race is for Georgia’s 13th Congressional District and will determine who serves out the remaining months of David Scott’s term in the U.S. House. Scott, a Democrat, died on April 22, prompting the special election.
Marcye Scott is David Scott’s daughter. Blair, also a Democrat, finished alongside her at the top of a five-candidate contest, according to NBC News’ projection.
Who advanced in the Georgia special election runoff?
NBC News projected that Marcye Scott and Everton Blair advanced from Tuesday’s all-party special primary in Georgia’s 13th District. The field also included Democrat Carlos Moore and Republicans Caesar Gonzales and Fayth Park.
Because no candidate won a majority, the contest will continue to a runoff between the top two finishers. A runoff is a follow-up election used to settle a race when the leading candidate does not clear the required majority threshold.
The seat is anchored in a heavily Democratic Atlanta-area district. NBC News reported that the 13th District includes counties across metro Atlanta and its southern suburbs.
David Scott had held the seat for two decades. In his final election in 2024, he won another term with about 72% of the vote, NBC News reported.
What seat is the runoff deciding?
The runoff will decide only who completes the final months of David Scott’s current congressional term through the end of 2026. Voters in the district have already made a separate choice for the next full House term that begins in January.
In that separate contest, state legislator Jasmine Clark won the Democratic primary for the full term earlier this year, about four weeks after Scott’s death, according to NBC News.
That means voters in Georgia’s 13th District are dealing with two linked but distinct elections: one to fill the immediate vacancy for the rest of this year, and another to choose who holds the seat for the next Congress.
The runoff between Marcye Scott and Blair keeps the short-term race in Democratic hands at the top of the ballot, after both Republicans in the all-party primary fell short of the top two. NBC News did not report a runoff date in its projection.
This story draws on original reporting from NBC News.