Former representative · Georgia's 13th district

David Scott

David Scott served in Congress from 2003 to 2026, last as a Democratic representative for Georgia's 13th district. In the 119th Congress, 492 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 5, and cast 341 of 347 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Jan 7, 2003
Last term ended
Apr 21, 2026
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives4921.0%5 of 492 · rank 326 of 43998%341 of 347 · rank 224 of 439180 became law27%52 of 194
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2223.5%43 of 1,222 · rank 147 of 44294%777 of 824 · rank 309 of 442160 became law23%63 of 271
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9971.0%10 of 997 · rank 221 of 44398%553 of 565 · rank 240 of 443230 became law7%21 of 316

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.30+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Yea
    Feb 3, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 217–214· Against party
  2. H.R. 3383: Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025Yea
    Dec 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 302–123· Against party
  3. H.R. 3095: To direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes.Yea
    Jul 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 278–121· Against party
  4. H.Res. 488: Denouncing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado.Yea
    Jun 9, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 280–113· Against party
  5. H.R. 881: DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern ActYea
    May 7, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 266–153· Against party
  6. H.R. 27: HALT Fentanyl ActYea
    Feb 6, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 312–108· Against party
  7. H.R. 3334: STOP CCP ActYea
    Sep 25, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 243–174· Against party
  8. S. 2228: Building Chips in America Act of 2023Yea
    Sep 23, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 257–125· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 1020: A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects.Yea
    Apr 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 394–14
  2. H.R. 2493: Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025Yea
    Apr 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 406–4
  3. H.R. 5201: Kari's Law Reporting ActYea
    Apr 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 405–5
  4. H.R. 5200: Emergency Reporting ActYea
    Apr 20, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 386–7
  5. H.R. 1681: Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews ActYea
    Apr 20, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 384–9
  6. H.Res. 1175: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8035) to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
    Apr 17, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 200–220
  7. H.Res. 1156: Expressing support for tax policies that support working families.Nay
    Apr 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 219–207
  8. H.R. 1689: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.Yea
    Apr 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 224–204
  9. H.R. 6398: RED Tape ActNay
    Apr 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 222–205
  10. H.R. 6409: FENCES ActNay
    Apr 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 220–208
  11. H.Con.Res. 40: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Apr 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Failed 213–214
  12. H.R. 7613: ALERT ActYea
    Apr 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 396–10

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

57 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced5393%
  2. Reported by committee23.5%
  3. Passed one chamber23.5%

Policy areas

  1. Health18
  2. Agriculture and Food9
  3. Finance and Financial Sector5
  4. Science, Technology, Communications4
  5. Armed Forces and National Security3
  6. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues3
  7. Congress3
  8. Labor and Employment3

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 6819 Bridge to Summer Nutrition Act of 2025
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· May 20, 2026
  2. H.Res. 1200 Supporting the designation of March 2026 as Endometriosis Awareness Month.
    Introduced· Health· Apr 20, 2026
  3. H.R. 6673 To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify airport revenue use of local general sales taxes, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Feb 2, 2026
  4. H.Res. 972 Recognizing the significance of Atlanta, Georgia, as the cradle of the civil rights movement.
    Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Dec 19, 2025
  5. H.R. 6726 To amend the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to provide reforms to housing counseling and financial literacy programs.
    Introduced· Housing and Community Development· Dec 15, 2025
  6. H.R. 6725 Jobs, On-the-Job Earn-While-You-Learn Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African-Americans Act
    Introduced· Labor and Employment· Dec 15, 2025
  7. H.R. 6161 SEC Data Protection Act
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Nov 19, 2025
  8. H.R. 5239 Endometrial Cancer Research and Education Act of 2025
    Introduced· Health· Sep 9, 2025

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Georgia's 13th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$42.6M
Per resident
$53.53
Rank in Georgia
14 of 14
Contract actions
2,191
New awards: 1,442

By fiscal year

  1. 52.3MFY2017
  2. 50.6MFY2018
  3. 40MFY2019
  4. 60.7MFY2020
  5. 27.4MFY2021
  6. 35.5MFY2022
  7. 41.1MFY2023
  8. 61.1MFY2024
  9. 85.8MFY2025
  10. 42.6MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$14M33%
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$7.8M18%
    Department of Defense
  3. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$6M14%
    Department of Homeland Security
  4. Federal Acquisition Service$5.3M12%
    General Services Administration
  5. Federal Aviation Administration$2.2M5.2%
    Department of Transportation
  6. Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.9M4.4%
  7. Department of the Navy$1.2M2.8%
    Department of Defense
  8. Department of the Army$1.2M2.8%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. DIX-GRA, INC.$10.7M25%
    3 awards
  2. SEAHORSE DEFENSE SUPPLY, LLC$4.9M12%
    275 awards
  3. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$4.5M10%
    1 award
  4. THE GEO GROUP, INC.$3.3M7.7%
    3 awards
  5. BIOMERIEUX INC$2M4.8%
    1 award
  6. EAGLEGRACE GLOBAL LLC$2M4.7%
    1 award
  7. RESIDENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS, INC.$1.9M4.4%
    1 award
  8. VERTEX LLC$1.7M4.1%
    109 awards
  9. ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.$1.4M3.4%
    8 awards
  10. PHILLIP CABLE MANUFACTURING, INC.$1.2M2.9%
    880 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$521.8K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$15.7K
From committees
$287.5K
94 committees
From contractor PACs
$45.5K
13 PACs · 16% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$10KAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
the coca-cola companythe coca-cola company nonpartisan committee for good government$5,000THE COCA-COLA COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$2.5M
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$5,000PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
georgia power companygeorgia power company federal pac$5,000GEORGIA POWER COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$3.9M
u.s. bancorpu.s. bancorp federal political action committee$5,000U.S. BANCORPAI match · 99% · the same organization$8M
delta airlinesdelta air lines pac$3,500DELTA AIR LINES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$8.9M
international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee$2,500INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization—
international paperinternational paper political action committee (ip-pac)$2,500INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization—
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)$2,500UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$2,000HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$521.8K$287.5K$45.5K13 PACs · 16% of committee money
2024$1.2M$1.1M$192.5K47 PACs · 17% of committee money
2022$2M$1.7M$238.7K62 PACs · 14% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Georgia's 13th districtJan 3, 2025 – Apr 21, 2026
  2. House · Georgia's 13th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Georgia's 13th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Georgia's 13th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Georgia's 13th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Georgia's 13th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · Georgia's 13th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  8. House · Georgia's 13th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  9. House · Georgia's 13th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  10. House · Georgia's 13th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
  11. House · Georgia's 13th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
  12. House · Georgia's 13th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.