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2026 Georgia's 13th congressional district special election
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Georgia's 13th congressional district
 
Candidate Marcye Scott Everton Blair Caesar Gonzales
Party Democratic Democratic Republican
First round 9,439
46.0%		 7,673
37.4%		 1,777
8.7%
Runoff TBD TBD Eliminated
First round county results
Scott:      50–60%      60–70%
Blair:      50–60%
U.S. Representative before election

David Scott
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Representative

TBD
Democratic

The 2026 Georgia's 13th congressional district special election was held on July 28, 2026, to elect the U.S. representative for Georgia's 13th congressional district. The special election was triggered following the death of incumbent Democratic representative David Scott on April 22, 2026.[1] As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff is scheduled for August 25 between Democrats Marcye Scott and Everton Blair.[2]

Background

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Incumbent representative David Scott died on April 22, 2026, at 80 years old.[3] First elected in 2002, Scott had served 12 terms, and was running for a 13th at the time of his death.[4] Governor Brian Kemp was responsible for calling a special election within 10 days of the vacancy to take place no less than 30 days after the special election is called.[5] Per Georgia state law, all candidates will run on one ballot, with a runoff election scheduled for the top-two candidates if none receive over 50% of the vote.[6] On May 1, Kemp scheduled the election for July 28, 2026.[7] As no candidate got a majority, the runoff election will be held August 25, 2026.[8]

Candidates

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Democratic Party

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Advanced to runoff

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  • Everton Blair, former chair of the Gwinnett County Board of Education and candidate in the regular May primary election[9]
  • Marcye Scott, computer consultant and daughter of former representative David Scott[10]

Eliminated in first round

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Disqualified

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  • Tony Brown, military officer[9][11]

Declined

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Republican Party

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Eliminated in first round

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  • Caesar Gonzales, aerospace engineer[9]
  • Fayth Park, small business owner[9]

Special election

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Endorsements

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Marcye Scott (D)
Executive branch officials
U.S. representatives
Everton Blair (D)
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators

Results

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2026 Georgia's 13th congressional district special election results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marcye Scott 9,439 46.0
Democratic Everton Blair 7,673 37.4
Republican Caesar Gonzales 1,777 8.7
Republican Fayth Park 971 4.7
Democratic Carlos Moore 639 3.1
Total votes 20,499 100.0

Runoff

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Results

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2026 Georgia's 13th congressional district special election runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marcye Scott
Democratic Everton Blair
Total votes
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Mitchell, Tia (April 22, 2026). "Georgia U.S. Rep. David Scott has died". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
  2. ↑ Darnell, Tim (May 5, 2026). "Qualifying dates set for special election to fill late David Scott's congressional seat". Atlanta News First. Retrieved May 7, 2026.
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Tia (April 22, 2026). "Georgia U.S. Rep. David Scott has died". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
  4. ↑ Raby, Dan (April 22, 2026). "Rep. David Scott, longtime Georgia lawmaker, dead at 80". CBS News. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
  5. ↑ "2024 CODE OF GEORGIA :: Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) :: Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) :: Article 14 - SPECIAL ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-540 — 21-2-546) :: Section 21-2-543 - Special election for United States congressional representative vacancy". Justia Law. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  6. ↑ Darnell, Tim (November 21, 2025). "Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns. Now what?". WANF. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  7. ↑ Darnell, Tim (May 1, 2026). "Special election set to fill US Rep. David Scott's 13th district seat". Atlanta News First. Retrieved May 1, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Call for Special Election, Congressional District 13". May 5, 2026. Retrieved May 18, 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Darnell, Tim (May 14, 2026). "6 candidates qualify in special election to replace late Rep. David Scott in Congress". Atlanta News First. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
  10. ↑ Davis, Sarah (April 30, 2026). "David Scott's daughter to run to fill his Georgia House seat: Report". The Hill. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Bounced check: Tony Brown disqualified from Special Election for Georgia's 13th Congressional District". On Common Ground News. July 11, 2026. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  12. ↑ Bluestein, Greg (April 23, 2026). "David Scott's death triggers new race for his deep-blue House seat". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Mitchell, Tia (July 25, 2026). "Six candidates, including David Scott's daughter, compete to finish his term". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  14. ↑ Gaynor, Gerren Keith (December 16, 2025). "Former Gov. Deval Patrick endorses GA House candidate Everton Blair Jr". Yahoo News. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Official Results of the July 28, 2026 Special Election" (PDF). Georgia Secretary of State. July 2026. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
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